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Forum: France
Nov 16th 2020, 2:32 pm
Replies: 111
Views: 10,008
Posted By G-J-B

Re: British bank accounts for expats

British banks can be a nightmare at the best of times. When I moved from the French capital to the countryside I let them know about my change of address. My personal account got changed, no problem...
Forum: France
Nov 16th 2020, 12:40 pm
Replies: 111
Views: 10,008
Posted By G-J-B

Re: British bank accounts for expats

I guess they could have different ways of knowing. A P85 would surely make it obvious with HMRC for example and maybe that information eventually gets transmitted to the bank.
As Cyrian says, it's...
Forum: France
Nov 16th 2020, 6:56 am
Replies: 111
Views: 10,008
Posted By G-J-B

Re: British bank accounts for expats

If you can use a UK address to get around it, that's great. I have two UK bank accounts (thankfully neither affected at the moment), and in the past 2-3 years or so, both of them were very keen that...
Forum: France
Oct 1st 2020, 9:00 am
Replies: 111
Views: 10,008
Posted By G-J-B

Re: British bank accounts for expats

Personally I wasn't using borderless (it's a bit like a Paypal account?), just transferring with a personal account I set up last week. Now it's set up I did another transfer this morning and it was...
Forum: France
Sep 29th 2020, 1:37 pm
Replies: 111
Views: 10,008
Posted By G-J-B

Re: British bank accounts for expats

Thanks Helen, it got there in the end - faster payment in 16 hours! :) Thankfully not much difference in the exchange rate.
It looks like my bank is staying open after the 31st December, but if...
Forum: France
Sep 29th 2020, 11:19 am
Replies: 111
Views: 10,008
Posted By G-J-B

Re: British bank accounts for expats

You might be right Malcom - spoke to the bank and it seems faster payments should be renamed slower payments. 12 hours after payment it still hasn't been sent (despite showing debited), and will go...
Forum: France
Sep 29th 2020, 8:40 am
Replies: 111
Views: 10,008
Posted By G-J-B

Re: British bank accounts for expats

Hi Malcolm, they have a page where they chart the progress. It states 'We should've received your money by now. Please check with your bank — they'll know what's holding things up.'
Problem is it...
Forum: France
Sep 29th 2020, 7:07 am
Replies: 111
Views: 10,008
Posted By G-J-B

Re: British bank accounts for expats

Well I gave Transferwise a whirl last night for the first time and I'm already beginning to regret it... opened the account, provided the details, all good. Made the payment, all the details were...
Forum: France
Sep 25th 2020, 2:29 pm
Replies: 111
Views: 10,008
Posted By G-J-B

Re: British bank accounts for expats

Going back over a decade now, but I opened up an HSBC business account, personal account and also a sterling account all at the same time. I only used the sterling account about three times when I...
Forum: France
Sep 21st 2020, 7:29 pm
Replies: 111
Views: 10,008
Posted By G-J-B

Re: British bank accounts for expats

Good to know the option exists, should I need it for continuing NI contributions.
Forum: France
Sep 21st 2020, 7:10 pm
Replies: 111
Views: 10,008
Posted By G-J-B

Re: British bank accounts for expats

Hi EuroTrash. Yes, it redirects to the French one for me too, but there exists the name of the company followed by .uk and they have their own trustpilot review page (same site, just the UK version)...
Forum: France
Sep 21st 2020, 5:42 pm
Replies: 111
Views: 10,008
Posted By G-J-B

Re: British bank accounts for expats

I'm sure they're good, but those who use them regularly had complained that they weren't what they used to be, and customer service has significantly declined. I guess they're regulated by the FCA,...
Forum: France
Sep 21st 2020, 3:26 pm
Replies: 111
Views: 10,008
Posted By G-J-B

Re: British bank accounts for expats

I was thinking of using Transferwise if necessary. It's odd because the .com website gets good ratings on Trustpilot but the UK version of the same site gets terrible trustpilot reviews. I'm also...
Forum: France
Sep 20th 2020, 4:38 pm
Replies: 111
Views: 10,008
Posted By G-J-B

Re: British bank accounts for expats

If the writing was on the wall, you'd have thought more people would have been notified by now. When I moved addresses within France one UK bank account went out of their way to try and forcibly...
Forum: France
Sep 20th 2020, 3:56 pm
Replies: 111
Views: 10,008
Posted By G-J-B

Re: British bank accounts for expats

Just to add that HSBC UK say on their website that their accounts will still remain operable for UK expats living in the EU after Brexit. My other bank say they are considering their options and will...
Forum: France
Sep 20th 2020, 3:23 pm
Replies: 111
Views: 10,008
Posted By G-J-B

Re: British bank accounts for expats

I'm with two UK banks and they both got me to confirm my residency some time ago, so I can't provide a UK address if that loophole existed. So far they haven't issued any warnings about closing...
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