Times are tough, and even heroes need a hand every now and then. Sure, Bruce Wayne may be worth a billion dollars, but with the rising price of jet fuel, monster truck tires, and butlers, it's not a surprise that the man may need a line of credit.
However, despite Bruce Wayne's financial background and surprising amount of community service, it would appear that even he has a difficult time qualifying for a credit card in this day and age.
In order to effectively test this theory, we had to pick a company willing to extend credit to everyone's favorite Caped Crusader. For the sake of anonymity, we have removed all identifiable markings from the screen shots below.
Or maybe we didn't.
Once we began looking, it became clear that there was only one card worthy of Bruce Wayne's wallet: the World Elite Mastercard. After all, Master Bruce is worldly and elite, and the sleek black look would compliment his existing wardrobe nicely. However, once we tried to get him set up, we received this message:
Yeah, that won't be happening.
Although it was a major step down in class, we decided it best to just go with the standard Mastercard.
Applying for credit cards, particularly online, requires much more information today than it used to. For some of this information, a little bit of Wikipedia and DC Comics contact information was all we needed. For others, it required being a little more creative.
Social Security Numbers are hard to fake.
Once the basics were filled out, it became apparent that we would need to supply some legitimate contact information, in the event that somehow, some way, Bruce Wayne actually got a credit card. For that, we headed straight to Gmail to create the very first email account for Mr. Bruce Wayne.
Success!
Now, as with any email address, it's important to set up a top secret security question. Something that only the owner can answer. In Bruce Wayne's case, this is no different.
Bulletproof.
Armed with all the information we needed, we were ready to pull the trigger. But wait -- what's that? Would we like to personalize our credit card? Of course we would!
Lee Cardholder is a sexy man.
With everything in place, there was just one final step before committing a federal crime.
There's no going back.
Holy Card Rejection, Batman! What's this? Foiled again? While we must admit this setback was rather disappointing, the mailman did not disappoint. A mere seven days later, this envelope arrived:
Dammit! Now the mailman knows.
While the letter was informational, we had a hard time believing it was the truth.
Really?
Really, Equifax, Experian and TransUnion? You've NEVER heard of Bruce Wayne? We find that shocking and highly unlikely.
Although the experiment seems to prove that the banking industry has maintained some of its dignity over the last three years, it fails to help out a man who was there when we needed him the most. This credit card was going to be our way of saying "thank you."
But then again, we'll never have to. He does it for the public good.
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