Working in the credit card division for an Australian bank, I have heard many stories when customers have requested cards because Tommy or Jimmy or Tyson (their pets) have started to play with their card and it got eaten up.
But this one incident featuring the Bank of Queensland providing a secondary card for the pet of a customer is unheard of.
Katherine Campbell, the customer applied for an additional credit card in the name of Messiah, her pet cat. And, the bank approved the card and sent it over. She reportedly wanted to test the security of the bank.
The bank has now cancelled the card of the pet.
January 4, 2007 at 1:10 pm
I read the news and it’s just unbelievable !!! Sometimes I think they just follow the procedures without thinking further ….
January 4, 2007 at 10:53 pm
Mona, it just goes to say that even a cat can get a credit card, no wonder u see such high levels of credit card fraud in this country.