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Old Sep 6th 2004, 3:47 pm
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Hi all,

Going to Almeria in a couple of weeks and would be grateful if anyone could tell me which details and Documents I will need to open a Spanish account.

Any contacts with anyone who resides in Almeria would also be of a great help.

Thanks in advance

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Hi all,

Going to Almeria in a couple of weeks and would be grateful if anyone could tell me which details and Documents I will need to open a Spanish account.

Any contacts with anyone who resides in Almeria would also be of a great help.

Thanks in advance

Simon
I'm not a resident, but with the Solbank, I just gave them a Uk address or give them your new spanish address if preferred and my passport and bingo it was opened and I had my debit card approximately a week later which I picked up from the Bank showing my passport again.
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Default Re: Details needed to open a Spanish account

Thanks for the info, I have seen sol bank advertised, did you by any chance use them for a mortgage or are you using them purely for expenses.

What are they like for Information etc.

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Thanks for the info, I have seen sol bank advertised, did you by any chance use them for a mortgage or are you using them purely for expenses.

What are they like for Information etc.

simon

I found my manager very helpful, considering I didnt use them for a mortgage they actually offered advice on my real estate contract. But like anywhere it depends on your actual manager and personality. I was lucky mine was lovely and helpful. I havent had any problems with them to date though only opened it last year. I had more problem opening another Bank Account in UK with Barclays for a company, even though my co director has banked with them for 20 odd years.....A friend wanted a mortage out here and he had a few problems mainly because he had been in the RAF for 20 odd years and gone self employed. They wanted 3 months pay slips and a letter from employer, their Bank was Santander. They then went to a mortgage broker which set them back 1000 euros before they got a mortgage and it didn't come through. So be aware of that. Anyway try Solbank and see how you find them, so far so good with me. Oh the other thing is if you change your status to resident which my friend in the above example did, they had their account frozen whilst it when through, so no funds available to draw on and they had to borrow money from relatives. So may be good idea to have other monies elsewhere where you can get access if need be.

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Default Re: Details needed to open a Spanish account

Originally Posted by cidshock
Thanks for the info, I have seen sol bank advertised, did you by any chance use them for a mortgage or are you using them purely for expenses.

What are they like for Information etc.

simon

If you're going to be wanting to transfer funds from the UK (or anywhere else!), avoid BBVA. We ended up opening another account with Cam because they handle international banking well, whereas BBVA don't seem to understand the meaning of the word!
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If you're going to be wanting to transfer funds from the UK (or anywhere else!), avoid BBVA. We ended up opening another account with Cam because they handle international banking well, whereas BBVA don't seem to understand the meaning of the word!
Totally agree with that! I used CAM and found them great. My sis used to have BBVA and was always having problems with them.
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Totally agree with that! I used CAM and found them great. My sis used to have BBVA and was always having problems with them.

BBVA actually 'lost' over €500 of ours for a week. I still use them for day to day stuff - supermarket & so on. We put €1000 in one day (never keep the balance above that now) - did some shopping - knew exactly what was in there. I went to use my card in Mas y Mas a week later & it was refused. I went to BBVA & they said I had no funds in the account!!
Nearly a week later & several trips to the branch - they 'found' it!
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Originally Posted by cidshock
Hi all,

Going to Almeria in a couple of weeks and would be grateful if anyone could tell me which details and Documents I will need to open a Spanish account.

Any contacts with anyone who resides in Almeria would also be of a great help.

Thanks in advance

Simon
I opened an account with Bancopopular in England through Lloyds, and later transfered money at a better rate than any else and it was transferred almost immediately.
Bancopoular has a branch in London and they speak English.
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My parents are over visiting and have just told me that Santander are buying Abbey National. Anyone else heard about this?
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My parents are over visiting and have just told me that Santander are buying Abbey National. Anyone else heard about this?

As I understand it they are one of several bidders - though I may be out of date - haven't watched the news (english or spanish) for a couple of days
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As I understand it they are one of several bidders - though I may be out of date - haven't watched the news (english or spanish) for a couple of days


not too out of date

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http://news.google.co.uk/news?q=sant...-8&sa=N&tab=nn
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Default Re: Details needed to open a Spanish account

Yes it is true Abbey National has been bought by Satander, dont know how widespread the branches will be over in spain though.

Also found out that Barclays have may branches in costa del sol, costa blanca, and right to the north of spain with a few dotted around the islands,
42 in total.

thanks for all youre help.

simon

cant wait to get there
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Originally Posted by cidshock
Yes it is true Abbey National has been bought by Satander, dont know how widespread the branches will be over in spain though.

Also found out that Barclays have may branches in costa del sol, costa blanca, and right to the north of spain with a few dotted around the islands,
42 in total.

thanks for all youre help.

simon

cant wait to get there

don't bother with Barclays - It was easier & quicker to get money from my Barclays in UK to CAM than to Barclays in Spain
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Originally Posted by xabiachica
don't bother with Barclays - It was easier & quicker to get money from my Barclays in UK to CAM than to Barclays in Spain
Might be wroing but think Lloyds, Barclays etc are different to the Uk branches, I know when I popped into Lloyds it was hard to find out my bank account details....heard someone else have similar probs with Barclays also in Spain. Doesnt seem to work on the same system as Uk?? (well it didnt when I went in
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Might be wroing but think Lloyds, Barclays etc are different to the Uk branches, I know when I popped into Lloyds it was hard to find out my bank account details....heard someone else have similar probs with Barclays also in Spain. Doesnt seem to work on the same system as Uk?? (well it didnt when I went in
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Yes they are different, thats why i was recomended to Bancopopular by Lloyds financial dept.
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