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Today's Idiot

2007-01-05

Bank issues credit card to cat

SYDNEY, Jan 4 (Reuters Life!) - An Australian bank has apologized for issuing a credit card to a cat after its owner decided to test the bank's identity security system. The Bank of Queensland issued a credit card to Messiah the cat when his owner Katherine Campbell applied for a secondary card on her account under its name.

"I just couldn't believe it. People need to be aware of this and banks need to have better security," Campbell told local media on Thursday.

The bank said the cat's card had been canceled. "We apologize as this should not have happened," it said in a statement.

Posted by:Free Radical

#11 #8 Oh sure, banks are the victims of fraudulent customers. Poor banks. /tears

If I actually could get a buck for every pre-approved credit application that show up in my snailmailbox, I'd be rich.

double dittos and tears.

Posted by: RD 2007-01-05 19:44

#10 What I love about banks is that they charge you extra for basic security fraud prevention they should be taking care of on their own.

Posted by: rjschwarz 2007-01-05 14:51

#9 I imagine there would be a quite different reaction from certain elements if the cat had been named, oh I don't know, how about 'Mohammed'?
That would obviously be an anti-Muslim act.

Posted by: USN, Ret. 2007-01-05 14:35

#8 Oh sure, banks are the victims of fraudulent customers. Poor banks. /tears

If I actually could get a buck for every pre-approved credit application that show up in my snailmailbox, I'd be rich.

Posted by: john 2007-01-05 11:32

#7 A secondary card on a credit card account is not quite the same as the cat having applied for it's own credit card. All onus is on the primary card holder and the primary card holder is responsible for all secondary applications.

The problem is not the bank, it's Katherine, who submitted a falsified secondary application.

Used to work for Citybank Visa. If I had a buck for every application in the name of "Fluffy", "Rover" and "Buster" that I threw out in my years there, I'd have amassed almost $100.

Posted by: Thinemp Whimble2412 2007-01-05 11:07

#6 Bank issues credit card to cat.

"Messiah the cat" may be part of a moggy terror
cell supplying rocket launchers in exchange for Whiskettes and Snappy Tom.

Seriously, it was Katherine Campbell who created the false belief that her cat was eligible for a card - she should apologise for misrepresentation
and wasting the BoQ's time.

Posted by: Whiskettes4Hilali 2007-01-05 06:36

#5 Married With Children. It's where every lessons in life are to be found. Is there ANYTHING this serie can't teach to the modern man and woman, I ask you?

Posted by: anonymous5089 2007-01-05 06:20

#4 Careful on the cat's credit card. If for some reason your cat can't sign it and you sign it instead, it's forgery. This topic has already been explored on Married With Children. I am assuming that the forgery scenario would apply to you and your cat as well as it did Al and his dog.

Posted by: gorb 2007-01-05 04:29

#3 Wait, if my cats can get CC, does this mean they will be able to repay me for they food, and even buy me stuff to show they love me? Cool!

Posted by: anonymous5089 2007-01-05 02:45

#2 Sooooo The Bank of Queensland grudgingly goes off and fixes a procedural loophole that is just too embarrasing to leave open. Much like every financial institution in the West.

Why does fraud happen? Because there's no real financial penalty to the banks for allowing to happen.

Posted by: gorb 2007-01-05 01:55

#1 Salmon 2 Yur Door (SYD) down sharply in heavy trading.

Posted by: Shipman 2007-01-05 01:16

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