Opening bank accounts from UK
Dec 2nd 2007, 4:41 pm
#1
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Opening bank accounts from UK
To those who are resident and those about to depart.......
What are your experiences of opening accounts with banks prior to emmigration? I notice NAB have a advertisment on this site but just wondering what pros and cons there were?
Is it worth it or is it best to maintain uk account until arrival?
Any info much appreciated
Paul.
What are your experiences of opening accounts with banks prior to emmigration? I notice NAB have a advertisment on this site but just wondering what pros and cons there were?
Is it worth it or is it best to maintain uk account until arrival?
Any info much appreciated
Paul.
Dec 2nd 2007, 5:36 pm
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Re: Opening bank accounts from UK
To those who are resident and those about to depart.......
What are your experiences of opening accounts with banks prior to emmigration? I notice NAB have a advertisment on this site but just wondering what pros and cons there were?
Is it worth it or is it best to maintain uk account until arrival?
Any info much appreciated
Paul.
What are your experiences of opening accounts with banks prior to emmigration? I notice NAB have a advertisment on this site but just wondering what pros and cons there were?
Is it worth it or is it best to maintain uk account until arrival?
Any info much appreciated
Paul.
Dec 2nd 2007, 6:41 pm
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Re: Opening bank accounts from UK
We're with the NAB. They are very good and have heaps of branches.
Dec 2nd 2007, 6:50 pm
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Re: Opening bank accounts from UK
We will be keeping our UK accounts but opened a Westpac account online to use in Oz. So easy to do, all online, then when you get your account number through the post you ring them up and ask for internet passwords etc. All done there and then (24hr service so no need to check time). We then transfered money via moneycorp and checked our balance online. They also wrote to us to let us know money had reached account.
I'm impressed so far.
I'm impressed so far.
Dec 2nd 2007, 7:35 pm
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Re: Opening bank accounts from UK
HSBC in Oz allow you to open from the UK if you are an HSBC/FirstDirect customer. They don't charge any fees either.
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