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Bank recommendations

Posted: Mon Mar 6, 2023 8:20pm
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Frances34

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Can anyone recommend a good bank to open an account .

BigOLondo

Posted: Mon Mar 6, 2023 9:29pm

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Posted: Mon Mar 6, 2023 9:29pm

Based on what I have read in this forum, no such thing exists in Spain.  Sorry.

tebo53

Posted: Mon Mar 6, 2023 9:54pm

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Posted: Mon Mar 6, 2023 9:54pm

Frances34 wrote on Mon Mar 6, 2023 8:20pm:

Can anyone recommend a good bank to open an account .

All banks in Spain charge maintenance fees up to €60 per quarter for non residents accounts. 

A lot of forum members are moving away from the usual Spanish banks and having accounts with online banks such as Wise Online Banking. 

Look here for more information:

www.wise.com 

Steve 

Herefordjack

Posted: Tue Mar 7, 2023 8:57am

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Posted: Tue Mar 7, 2023 8:57am

There have been many threads here on the subject in recent months for the reasons Steve mentions. If you do a forum search on banking and finances, you can study them at your leisure.

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Martyn1986

Posted: Tue Mar 7, 2023 9:09am

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Posted: Tue Mar 7, 2023 9:09am

Imagin is 100% free, it is part of the La Caixa group but because it's all online its free and it has a direct phone number which (surprisingly) has very good quick customer service. You can use all the La Caixa cash points and also get help in their branches 

tebo53

Posted: Tue Mar 7, 2023 9:40am

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Posted: Tue Mar 7, 2023 9:40am

Martyn1986 wrote on Tue Mar 7, 2023 9:09am:

Imagin is 100% free, it is part of the La Caixa group but because it's all online its free and it has a direct phone number which (surprisingly) has very good quick customer service. You can use all the La Caixa cash points and also get help in their branches 

Imagin (no 'e') looks very good but one condition is that you have to be a Spanish resident so no good for non residents. 

https://www.caixabank.es/particular/imagin_en.html#

Steve 

Martyn1986

Posted: Tue Mar 7, 2023 1:39pm

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Posted: Tue Mar 7, 2023 1:39pm

tebo53 wrote on Tue Mar 7, 2023 9:40am:

Imagin (no 'e') looks very good but one condition is that you have to be a Spanish resident so no good for non residents. 

https://www.caixabank.es/particular/imagin_en.html#

Steve 

Autocorrect, now changed. I assumed they were. But either way hopefully it will help others who are residents looking to change or open a new account. So far I have been more than happy with them

paulsav

Posted: Wed Mar 8, 2023 10:06am

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Posted: Wed Mar 8, 2023 10:06am

tebo53 wrote on Tue Mar 7, 2023 9:40am:

Imagin (no 'e') looks very good but one condition is that you have to be a Spanish resident so no good for non residents. 

https://www.caixabank.es/particular/imagin_en.html#

Steve 

I changed to Cajamar weferrent online account 3 yrs ago, and as a non resident havent paid a cent in fees since. Written many replies on subject here and no time now to explain more. Wrote a very lengthy report on Costa Calida forum under. Free bank for non residents, anyway we are delighted with their service. You need to go into branch to oen as a non resident. 

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Pauline 

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