Do I need to open a joint HSBC JD.COM Platinum Member Card at the outlet?
It's not just JD.COM Platinum member co-branded cards that need to be activated at the outlets. As long as it is an online HSBC credit card, if you want to open a card, you must go to the outlet to activate it.
After you get the card, the bank will prompt you what information to bring to the outlet for activation. Just follow the prompts to bring all the information to the outlets for activation.
Is there no local outlet to apply for HSBC JD.COM Platinum Card?
If you don't have a local network, you can apply for the HSBC Platinum Card in JD.COM through online application, or go directly to the counter of the nearby HSBC branch.
However, many people said that because online applications also need to fill in the address, if there is no HSBC outlet in the city where the residential address belongs, it is likely to be rejected.
It is also said that when applying online, you can fill in the address of the city near the HSBC outlet, and then fill in your real street address, not the district or county. But some people say that this method will be rejected by the bank with an address error.
However, in this case, you can also try to fill in the real city and district at the detailed address and then write down the real street address to see if you can pass. I'll contact you later to change the address.
The above is about "Do I need to go to an outlet to open the HSBC JD.COM Platinum Card? Is there no local outlet to apply for? " The answer. To apply for the HSBC JD.COM Platinum Member Co-branded Card, just like online application, you must activate it at the outlet. As for the situation where there are no local outlets but you want to apply for a card, you can refer to the suggestions mentioned above.