Posted: Mon Oct 9, 2017 3:17pm
Just some updates for anyone following in my footsteps.
Barclays apparently don't operate in Spain anymore. No explanation why. I'm trying to find out if any other UK bks still operate in Spain, the motive being 'maybe they don't charge fees for non-resident bank accounts' (as Barclays apparently didn't).
In the meantime, can anyone say whether there are any 'cajas' (as opposed to bancos) near-ish to Pinoso? Bancaja, La Caixa, Unicaja were mentioned as having comparatively lower 'maintenance' fees than, for example Sabadell.
We only need to honour a couple of direct debits a year at the moment, so if we can avoid paying 120 euros a year and an additional 75 euros for a bit of paper every two years, which all goes to making wealthy bankers even wealthier then obviously that would be the preference!
Here's a useful article I found for non-resident bank accounts. Unfortunately it's from 2013 so I've no idea how current the information is: http://www.terrameridiana.com/blog/491-bank-accounts-for-non-residents-of-spain.html