How much time does it take?

It should not take more than 40 working hours to activate the account. I also got my account kit with all the required details and card. You should contact bank to activate the account and card.

I dont know much about how long banks take to activate a credit card though if my memory serves me correctly it didnt take that long in my experinces. but you could ask your bank representative whats going on and maybe they will help you. But this is why I love my prepaid credit card because they have quick activation no overdraft fees and its safer then using my bank card I just load it with the amount I want to spend and wham I can shop, another benefit of having a prepaid credit card is that some of them have a credit builders program.

Hi mturacom, here in my place once we have got either the master or visa card, we could activate the card by making call to the card service center. After the guy asking a few questions related to the key information about our particular to make sure that we are the right person to hold the said card we then could use the card to do any purchase immediately. At the moment almost all the card service counters under the banks here have upgrated their service and we could get the card applied after filling the required particulars as well as dropping our signiture. We even could make the phone call the service center using the phone at the counter. The staff on duty that day would help to make a call for us as well. Really fast and efficient eh! Happy posting

That's strange sweetie. Here i could use my card as i left the bank. And that is something new for this country. Maybe you should go and ask what the problem is. Good Luck. TATA.

Whenever I applied for a debit card my bank did not give it to me immediately. They always gave me a VISA card and never a Master card. It always came after 15 days or so and it always came activated.

As much as i know it should take 3 days only. But sometime need 1 week if they are busy or complicated. So you should wait for 1 week.

You have to receive that username and password, isn't it? That takes about a month, and at times you might have to follow it up. :)

In my country I have to activate it myself at the ATM. What does it say in the letter when they send you the debit card? Anyway I have learnt somewhere that if you use your debit card, it is riskier then using your credit card because if it is a fraud, you can block the payment but not so if you use a debit card. I myself can afford a debit card only so I advise you to be extra cautious when you use your debit card.

I think it should take 3 days only. But sometime it takes 1 week. So you should wait for 3 weeks.