Look at the online accounts offered by Cajamar and CaixaBank.
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 6:00pm
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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 6:11pm
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Where is the bit about financial hardship? I thought I read it carefully. Don't know anything about the UK banking or Post Office system.
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 6:13pm
jimtaylor wrote on Thu Sep 10, 2020 6:00pm:
Look at the online accounts offered by Cajamar and CaixaBank.
Yes I suppose there are accounts out there ok but I was surprised that the banking system here in Spain is so different to the Irish one. Changing an account there is as easy as changing your car insurance.
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 6:54pm
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I don't think that's correct. It's an account that would be used for Basic banking like direct debits and standing orders. No overdraft. A debit card is available on it too.
They did not refuse to open one for me.
What they said was that it if I changed my account all my direct debits and standing orders would be cancelled and it would be up to me to reinstate them with the relevant companies. I was surprised at this as I assumed it was standard practice in Banking to do that. I was not going to move my account from Sabadell just change the type of account.
Thanks for all the replies.
I'll leave it as is for now.
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2020 12:03pm
Bubsy wrote on Thu Sep 10, 2020 6:13pm:
Yes I suppose there are accounts out there ok but I was surprised that the banking system here in Spain is so different to the Irish one. Changing an account there is as easy as changing your car insurance.
Assuming car ins transfer is similar then 🙄😁
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Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2020 12:07pm
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Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2020 1:01pm
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Maybe backwards is the wrong qirei to use . A better one would be greedy or one arm bandits 🙄
Utterly shameful practice 😠
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2020 6:58pm
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Hi It's most of the Spanish Banks have started this racket of €14 per month, it's savage . There's an online Bank it's called N26 and no monthly charge ! I need to sort it myself .
Regards Oldman
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2020 7:13pm
Irishgigilo wrote on Fri Sep 11, 2020 6:58pm:
Hi It's most of the Spanish Banks have started this racket of €14 per month, it's savage . There's an online Bank it's called N26 and no monthly charge ! I need to sort it myself .
Regards Oldman
Thank you. I think they are really taking advantage of us all. It's present reprehensible practice with the banks here & it's beyond me how they get away with it !
Thank you for your advise & I will look into it straight away. Hopefully others will switch too as & thwart them for being so greedy 🤞
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2020 7:14pm
Ita wrote on Fri Sep 11, 2020 7:13pm:
Thank you. I think they are really taking advantage of us all. It's present reprehensible practice with the banks here & it's beyond me how they get away with it !
Thank you for your advise & I will look into it straight away. Hopefully others will switch too as & thwart them for being so greedy 🤞...
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