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Banks

Postby Lyric » Wed Apr 26, 2017 6:54 pm

I think it is a widely held belief that UK banks will not open accounts for non-uk residents.
My UK bank is NatWest (I know) and earlier I was looking at my account from my phone sat in my car in Nerja using 4g as opposed to my home connection.
As I was logging out a message came up that they would open an account for non uk residents that were resident in the EU.
They may not be alone.
Maybe useful to some.

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Re: Banks

Postby Evelyn » Thu Apr 27, 2017 7:37 am

This came up on another site a while ago. Apparantly it has always been the case but not one advertised widely. If you make a request for a checking account(I did with Santander in England) they confirmed it. I was EU law apparently. Try a bank!

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Re: Banks

Postby Wicksey » Mon May 01, 2017 12:25 pm

I had a look at the requirements for an HSBC account for British non residents and it seems to say you have to pay in 1,750 pounds per month, so that would rule us out. Some say you have to open them in person in the branch too. Presumably they don't really want this type of account but are obliged to offer them.

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Re: Banks

Postby El Cid » Mon May 01, 2017 4:01 pm

The Natwest web page says that you can open an account as an EU resident and there do not appear to be any special conditions other than those that apply to UK residents. http://personal.natwest.com/

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Re: Banks

Postby wollie » Mon May 01, 2017 6:33 pm

Just confirm the account in ££ or is it possible to have €€ account, it may be a stupid question but so what...

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Re: Banks

Postby chrissiehope » Mon May 01, 2017 10:41 pm

Years ago hubby had a $$ account with Natwest, but whether they still do them....
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Re: Banks

Postby Wicksey » Tue May 02, 2017 2:18 pm

wollie wrote:Just confirm the account in ££ or is it possible to have €€ account, it may be a stupid question but so what...
Barclays offer a euro account.


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