Is la Caixa in trouble>
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Is la Caixa in trouble>
I had an appointment with my branch last Tuesday at 1100. When I got there the branch was closed. It was also closed on Wednesdaay, Thursday and Friday. I sent an email to their head ofice asking why, and when was the branch likely to re-open. No reply. Today i telephone d them and was kept waiting an hour whilst I was pushed from pillar to post and then they cut me off. They have never been very helpful but this is just ridiculous.
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Re: Is la Caixa in trouble>
One would assume not
https://www.caixabank.com/comunicaci...html?id=43633#
but maybe your branch is?
https://www.caixabank.com/comunicaci...html?id=43633#
but maybe your branch is?
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Just as in UK Spanish banks are closing lots of branches and moving everyone to online banking. Caixa in torrevieja is closing 2 branches next month. I recieved an email telling me to download their new digital signature app as they say I will need that to make online banking easier. Best to start getting familiar with how do use these things because banking in Spain is bad enough at the moment t but about to become much worse!!!
Plus the banks are furious with Sanchez and his new proposal to tax them more. Not to mention the energy companies!!!
Plus the banks are furious with Sanchez and his new proposal to tax them more. Not to mention the energy companies!!!
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Re: Is la Caixa in trouble>
Just as ein UK Spanish banks are closing lots of branches and moving everyone to online banking. Caixa in torrevieja is closing 2 branches next month. I recieved an email telling me to download their new digital signature app as they say I will need that to make online banking easier. Best to start getting familiar with how do use these things because banking in Spain is bad enough at the moment t but about to become much worse!!!
Plus the banks are furious with Sanchez and his new proposal to tax them more. Not to mention the energy companies!!!
Plus the banks are furious with Sanchez and his new proposal to tax them more. Not to mention the energy companies!!!
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Exactly right. We used to have three branches of La Caixa in one street in Pamplona , four if you include the Barclays branch which they acquired and then shut. Now reduced to one, at the same time our charming account manager made redundant and we are left with a "general" account services centre. In all I have three La Caixa Apps on my phone each having a slightly different function, manageable but a real pain.
I find the apps good but if something goes wrong then telephone banking is a nightmare!!!
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Just watching the news this morning as the heads of the banks react to the new tax. What a bunch of terrible entitled old men. They talk with such contempt to the media not to mention the government. They have made 12 % more profit this year compared to last and they basically are threatening us that if they are taxed Spain will pay for it. It's pretty much the behaviour of a dictatorship. These are the remains of the frano-era that Spain needs to finally get rid of.
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Re: Is la Caixa in trouble>
Just as in UK Spanish banks are closing lots of branches and moving everyone to online banking. Caixa in torrevieja is closing 2 branches next month. I recieved an email telling me to download their new digital signature app as they say I will need that to make online banking easier. Best to start getting familiar with how do use these things because banking in Spain is bad enough at the moment t but about to become much worse!!!
Plus the banks are furious with Sanchez and his new proposal to tax them more. Not to mention the energy companies!!!
Plus the banks are furious with Sanchez and his new proposal to tax them more. Not to mention the energy companies!!!
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Re: Is la Caixa in trouble>
Bonus's and share payouts should have 80% tax on them.
After all even at this amount, the remaining monies will still be many times what the ordinary person in the street earns in a year.
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Just watching the news this morning as the heads of the banks react to the new tax. What a bunch of terrible entitled old men. They talk with such contempt to the media not to mention the government. They have made 12 % more profit this year compared to last and they basically are threatening us that if they are taxed Spain will pay for it. It's pretty much the behaviour of a dictatorship. These are the remains of the frano-era that Spain needs to finally get rid of.
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I had an appointment with my branch last Tuesday at 1100. When I got there the branch was closed. It was also closed on Wednesdaay, Thursday and Friday. I sent an email to their head ofice asking why, and when was the branch likely to re-open. No reply. Today i telephone d them and was kept waiting an hour whilst I was pushed from pillar to post and then they cut me off. They have never been very helpful but this is just ridiculous.
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(drifting off topic a bit ) I assume you mean those at the top of the food chain creaming in millions ? there are also a lot of hard working 'ordinary people in the street' who receive bonuses and shares as part of their compensation package as a reward for hard work, Im sure they wouldnt be best pleased at losing 80% of it in tax.