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Federal Bank Celesta Mastercard application experience

sjmajumder

TF Ace
I closed One Card earlier to apply for Scapia but as Scapia is not issuing new cards decided to go with Federal Bank Celesta MC.

One Card was closed on 29th December but I was unable to apply for Celesta as system kept saying "You are already using Federal Bank Credit Card services". So, I wrote to customer care and they asked me to provide proof of One Card closure. Provided mail from One card team and also shared CIBIL report where closure date was reflecting as 29th December. They asked me to wait for cool down period which is 90 days. But even when I tried on 1st April system was giving the same error, so I wrote back to customer care. They opened a ticket and kept giving me updates every 3/4 days saying team working on it, we need some more time. Yesterday night also I saw a mail from them and wrote back saying it's already 15 days when is the problem going to be resolved? As usual after sending the mail I tried applying and Voila! it worked. It was around 9:10 pm when I submitted the application. System only asked for last 3 months salary account bank statement. Did not ask for salary slip, no Aadhaar verification, no address proof or anything else, no VKYC either.

Today morning at 10:57 received SMS your card is issued. That was superfast...card issued in less than 14 hours. The SMS also said I can use the digital card from FedMobile app but when tried to register, after mobile number verification it is asking for 14 digit Federal Bank account number and not allowing to proceed :(

Let's wait and see when I receive the card.

Update:
17-Apr: Card issued Signet Visa with 1.2L CL
18-Apr: Requested for cancellation on 18-Apr as they refused to upgrade to Celesta MC
22-Apr: Card received through Delhivery on 22-Apr
26-Apr: Card closed on 26-Apr (exactly on the 7th working day from date of request :cry:)
18-May: Random CIBIL hit from Federal Bank credit cards. Didn't apply anywhere
20-May: Wrote to Bank asking to remove CIBIL hit.
21-May: Received reply from bank that they are now willing to offer me Celesta with CL of 3L and they will look into the CIBIL hit issue. Asked for my consent. Confirmed back stating want only Celesta MC, OK with CL.
 
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newinnov

TF Premier
Thanks for this… those mailboxes were already looped in

They are not able to give any precise reason of rejection. I threatened them for RBIO escalation… but don’t want to fight hard for federal card

Let’s see how it goes
Dont fight, just complain to RBI
They have 1 inquiry against you in 1 of the 4 buereos
You give them 1 into RBI
1-1 :)

Why do you think Federal got RBI's bamboo for co-branded cards :D
 

sjmajumder

TF Ace
Got a random CIBIL hit from Federal Bank on 18th May. Wrote to them asking to remove the CIBIL and any other credit bureau hit as I didn't apply for anything. Received reply from bank stating that they are now willing to offer me Celesta with CL of 3L. They will look into the CIBIL hit issue as well. Asked for my consent for Celesta card. Confirmed back stating want only Celesta MC, OK with CL.
 

imdjay

TF Ace
Contributor
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Got a random CIBIL hit from Federal Bank on 18th May. Wrote to them asking to remove the CIBIL and any other credit bureau hit as I didn't apply for anything. Received reply from bank stating that they are now willing to offer me Celesta with CL of 3L. They will look into the CIBIL hit issue as well. Asked for my consent for Celesta card. Confirmed back stating want only Celesta MC, OK with CL.
Congrats . .
 

codenerd

TF Ace
As per bank facility is available only for primary card holder. If club will allow or not that needs to be checked. They might allow because it will mean business for them but then again these are big clubs and may value policies more than small fees they will earn from bank.

The club that I go to has a 12 year waiting for new membership and recently advertised in newspaper that if any member is willing to give up their membership they will pay 4L to the member.
Woahh! Which club is that? I am also from Kolkata.
 

bhaveshS

TF Ace
I closed One Card earlier to apply for Scapia but as Scapia is not issuing new cards decided to go with Federal Bank Celesta MC.

One Card was closed on 29th December but I was unable to apply for Celesta as system kept saying "You are already using Federal Bank Credit Card services". So, I wrote to customer care and they asked me to provide proof of One Card closure. Provided mail from One card team and also shared CIBIL report where closure date was reflecting as 29th December. They asked me to wait for cool down period which is 90 days. But even when I tried on 1st April system was giving the same error, so I wrote back to customer care. They opened a ticket and kept giving me updates every 3/4 days saying team working on it, we need some more time. Yesterday night also I saw a mail from them and wrote back saying it's already 15 days when is the problem going to be resolved? As usual after sending the mail I tried applying and Voila! it worked. It was around 9:10 pm when I submitted the application. System only asked for last 3 months salary account bank statement. Did not ask for salary slip, no Aadhaar verification, no address proof or anything else, no VKYC either.

Today morning at 10:57 received SMS your card is issued. That was superfast...card issued in less than 14 hours. The SMS also said I can use the digital card from FedMobile app but when tried to register, after mobile number verification it is asking for 14 digit Federal Bank account number and not allowing to proceed :(

Let's wait and see when I receive the card.

Update:
17-Apr: Card issued Signet Visa with 1.2L CL
18-Apr: Requested for cancellation on 18-Apr as they refused to upgrade to Celesta MC
22-Apr: Card received through Delhivery on 22-Apr
26-Apr: Card closed on 26-Apr (exactly on the 7th working day from date of request :cry:)
18-May: Random CIBIL hit from Federal Bank credit cards. Didn't apply anywhere
20-May: Wrote to Bank asking to remove CIBIL hit.
21-May: Received reply from bank that they are now willing to offer me Celesta with CL of 3L and they will look into the CIBIL hit issue. Asked for my consent. Confirmed back stating want only Celesta MC, OK with CL.
Mc or visa m kya difference milega benefits m btao jara
 

cr_1290

TF Buzz
Hi, I've recently applied for the federal Credit cards to try my luck for their Celesta cc After filling my details It has shown me their Celesta Credit card which was instantly approved after completing the Vkyc with highest limit in my portfolio.
I don't have any existing relation with Federal Bank
Their approval logic is unpredictable 🤣
Without account login kaise karoge fedmobile me?
 

codenerd

TF Ace
I am not able to see which card variant I am Getting. The page which says select your card itself is disabled so I can't know which card I am getting. Earlier I was given celesta visa variant with 5L limit which I returned them. Now again I am trying but unable to see variant!
 

sjmajumder

TF Ace
I am not able to see which card variant I am Getting. The page which says select your card itself is disabled so I can't know which card I am getting. Earlier I was given celesta visa variant with 5L limit which I returned them. Now again I am trying but unable to see variant!
I don't think Federal Bank allows selection of card variant. I didn't get any either and have read multiple posts on this forum stating the same.
 
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