Advice on changing from Bankia to Starling online account

I suggest you check with Cajamar re their non-resident account.

As regards paying non-resident tax:

https://www.costablancaforum.com/area/almorad%C3%AD-spain-11/taxes-suma-nie-tax-advice-in-almorad%C3%AD-25/jims-tip-non-resident-tax-returns-for-20-inc-payment-51142/

I have both a Starling account and a Transferwise account.

I am also with Bankia and opted to move my direct debits to Transferwise which work perfectly.

In January I visited the local offices of Hydraqua, Iberdrola and Suma and gave them the Transferwise account number, community fees by telephone call.

I intended to close the Bankia account when over in June but the virus prevented travel, I will do this in September.

Thank you very much for your response. This will help us make a decision.

Hi, as Jim has recommended, I changed to Cajamar online account called "Weferrent" over a year ago and wished I,d done it 10+yrs ago before Sabadell had over 2000€ in fees of us. They are superb, no fees for non residents, google their website in english and now app too (wasnt when I joined them). 25€ for non resident certificate should be all you pay per 2 yrs. Non residents must apply in branch not online, use google translate if no english speakers, they change direct debits if you take your info(I took all my old statements showing ref no,s) however must admit I followed up with emails to all companies as a confirmation just to ensure no problems as I had cancelled Sabadell same day as opening. Just a tip, they didnt add "transfers"initially on setup, seems you have to "contract it" ie. its an extra signed for service(no cost) so ask on setup to include it.

I also use Angar for my non residents payments, highly recommend, 

Regards

Pauline.

Hi Pauline,

Thank you very much for your detailed reply. It is great to get first hand knowledge.