banks
Nov 20th 2006 | 2:02 pm
#16
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 367
From: Port Alberni, BC
Transferring Money to the UK
We opened a CIBC account when we arrived in Canada in 2005.
It's probably just our branch. They began disinterested, and deteriorated to incompetent.
The low-point was when one of regular payments to the UK went astray. We gave them paperwork to copy from the last transfer, and they still managed to screw it up.
We managed to get to HSBC in Campbell River and they did a transfer to our UK HSBC account for $35. Much better and quicker than CIBC (and they charge us $70!).
So, I can recommend HSBC Canada - even though we are not actually one of their customers. Also, we got our mortgage from our local credit union. They've been brilliant and I may end up using them for our everyday banking.
Hope this helps,
Sarah
It's probably just our branch. They began disinterested, and deteriorated to incompetent.
The low-point was when one of regular payments to the UK went astray. We gave them paperwork to copy from the last transfer, and they still managed to screw it up.
We managed to get to HSBC in Campbell River and they did a transfer to our UK HSBC account for $35. Much better and quicker than CIBC (and they charge us $70!).
So, I can recommend HSBC Canada - even though we are not actually one of their customers. Also, we got our mortgage from our local credit union. They've been brilliant and I may end up using them for our everyday banking.
Hope this helps,
Sarah
Nov 20th 2006 | 8:07 pm
#17
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 13,402
From: South of Calgary
Re: banks
Originally Posted by Southcote
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It depends what type of account- you can open a deposit account by e-mail (this will enable you to make deposits but you can't withdraw any money until they've seen the original ID documents). They won't open a current account unless you are over there
It depends what type of account- you can open a deposit account by e-mail (this will enable you to make deposits but you can't withdraw any money until they've seen the original ID documents). They won't open a current account unless you are over there
