Jurong East is getting a reputation for being a banking hub, just beside Citibank at the CPF building, there is HSBC and OCBC, with POSB, Maybank, and a few others all in the vicinity.

I was at Citibank jurong east since its the one nearest to my home, and the one here is more of a regional hub than a small branch.

Anyway, my objective for the visit was to apply for citibank credit card, (i couldn't, my dad sup for me).

I was amazed by the simple procedures of getting a credit card nowadays, even though i'm a banking and finance student and i do know that the rules have relaxed a lot compared to last time, but i was still amazed.

How simple you asked? From the time we walked into the bank to the time we walked out, it took slightly less than 20mins. And poof! you got your credit card!

I cant remember the name of the sales person who attended to me, but he was polite and helpful to any questions and enquiries which i had.

Just for information i was tempted by the promotions offered in the citi gourmet promotions, so in the end i got two cards, citi mastercard, and citi clear platinium.

That guy suggested getting two since there was firstly no charge on the cards, and secondly he said just in case one card couldn't be use the other will be available. But thinking of it now even though there's no charges involved, but its still quite dumb to get two cards from a same bank.

In short, i'm pretty happy with the no-hassle service provided.