pcuz

Guys,

Following on from the HSBC thread which has its fans and haters! Intrested to know peoples views on what they consider to be the best bank for people arriving in country and why?

Cheers,

P

Biiiiink

For free banking it has to be PC Financial but newcomers might have problems with them as they run a credit check (yes, even for savings accounts or checking accounts with no credit facility!), and they don't accept cheques for initial deposit without pre-printed address on them.

But as with all banking threads, someone'll be along in a minute to say they had no problems with the above issues

See the Wiki on banking for more info.

jericho

On the subject of Canadian banks, do they do a UK credit check?

ireland2canada

Interesting. Having done an internet trawl of possible banks I had planned on approaching PC first. Just for a checking account, nowt fancy.

I thought it might be helpful to get an Equifax report done before leaving for Canada, and providing it for the bank to look at?
How else would they check up on you?

hippy chick

Well we arrived in Canada on 1st June, opened an account at RBC and 2 days later were given $5000 credit card and no probs at all, we didn't have a credit history in Canada. Its our local branch and they call us by our names etc... Very helpful.
Hope this helps

Mikey B

Unfortunately all Canadian Banks are crap compared to UK banks (one of the few bad things about the country) but you have to live with it. Been with TD now for 4 years and they are as good as your gonna get out here plus have long opening hours compared to a lot of other banks.