Any advice as to the best Spanish bank when it comes to opening an account. I have a uk Santander account is that a benefit or are there more competitive Spanish banks out there?
I have also been impressed with sabadell excellent service and easy to use Internet banking .
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2016 1:33pm
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Thanks for that Pete, sounds good
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2016 5:17pm
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Hi yeah we also have sabadel and are very happy with them
Exactly the same as Pete knight, I thought Santander-Santander was best but they are totally separate banks and do not affiliate.
We have Santander uk (free withdrawals from Spanish Santander banks) and sabadell for Spanish banking (purchases DD's) etc. We obtained a 0% free credit card which 'loans' and borrowed £5k on that, we then purchased the equivalent in €'s through a money company who obtained the highest rate possible, then they transferred that to sabadell. ( our Spanish needs and bills are now taken care of for the next few years worry free having to just pay a set monthly fee back to the CC each month).
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Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2016 12:56pm
Hi,
Thanks for that really helpful
Kind regards
Dennis
Dennis668 wrote on Thu Dec 29, 2016 11:35am:
Any advice as to the best Spanish bank when it comes to opening an account. I have a uk Santander account is that a benefit or are there more competitive Spanish banks out there?
We opened one with Bbva and I could give you a direct contact there
They brilliant and opened our account there and then u will need your NIE number
Debit card posted to uk and there on line banking is easy to use
Posted: Sun Jan 1, 2017 2:15pm
Yes thanks,that would be good
E mail me on t22apt@yahoo.co.uk and I will send you details
Posted: Wed Jan 4, 2017 8:46am
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Dennis668 wrote on Thu Dec 29, 2016 11:35am:
Any advice as to the best Spanish bank when it comes to opening an account. I have a uk Santander account is that a benefit or are there more competitive Spanish banks out there?
Hi, someone recently wrote on this site about the Spanish none residents fee going up to 150 euro per person per year according to my bank Sabadell this is BS I have just paid our via our bank and it's around 30 euro each and that is for 2 years, do wish people would check their info before they go and scare people. Anyway this is not a charge from the bank it's a charge imposed by the police.
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