Spugsy

I am leaving my job in 3 weeks and need to repay my housing allowance, also my new place doesn't give you the allowance so I'll need a loan for about AED 40,000 to be paid off in 7 or 8 monthly installments, then once done I'll need another years loan,

who/where is the best place to go for this? I am currently banking with HSBC over here.

Ta.

lionheart

Why not sit down with your HSBC Personal Banking Officer or whatever their Customer Services people call themselves?

skeleton

ADCB Bank may offer loan in Low intrest.
Try First Gulf bank also.

IndieG

They're all equally useless - best to stick with HSBC, as your salary is already credited with them and they know you...

Spugsy

do I need to ring them up and make an appointment or just go?

Man alive, they are useless though, the trouble I had just setting up my account, it took forever,

any documents I need to take?

Madam Medusa

tell me about it, i'm just trying to open my own account with them now, what a friggin mare...

MM, xx

jrudofsky

Well I have been here 8 months and had an account for longer (through opening it in the UK), and today I got an email from my account manager introducing himself?!?!?! "As a valued customer....blah blah" and my favourite bit "providing a globally connected service"....thanks chaps!

Although having said all that, surely worth sticking with one bank for as much as possible, even if it is only so you need to go to one place to transact/complain/explain etc etc???

Confucius

Help Spugsy...Be a friend in need...

shiva

dont tell them your leaving your job..it will just confuse them and send them into a panic

TGFKASE

Dunno if this is just a deal thru my work, but I was automatically cleared for a lending limit of 250K AED when I opened my acct with HSBC.

Blue Cat

what cars did you buy in the end

TGFKASE

OH went for a Durango, and I am surprised you havent seen my 'Starsky and Hutch' mobile flying around the Lakes/Greens/Springs area!!!!

Spugsy

oh I'm not going to, and I've been asking HR here for the final payment I need to pay before I leave, no answere so I did the thing I always said I never would do, that they all do here, I sent a snotty email and CC'd in my boss, the MD, the big dude at HR, bloody evberybody - got a resposne in 20 mins, jesus.

Still no answer though, I'm half tempted to say ' I leave in under 3 weeks, unless I get the finaly sum to be paid you'll get nowt...'

Blue Cat

what colour S and H did you get, saw one in the lakes carpark the other day

TGFKASE

Bright red with the white stripes down the middle. Believe there is another one going around now, with a bonnet scoop which Al Futtaim tried to charge me 10K AED for!!!!