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Banking recommendations for Camposol/Mazzaron?

Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2020 1:18pm
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NewToCamposol

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Hi there,

I have only been banking with Bankia for a few weeks and have found them to be charging me for making simple transactions i.e Spanish peer to peer transfers, and even some unexplained charges have been noted. The person I deal with there barely responds to my communication.

I also heard that Caixia is going to be taken over by Bankia so I would like to avoid them for now.

Does anyone have any banking recommendations preferably ones that don't charge for normal things?

All the best

eraser

Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 10:11am

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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 10:11am

Look here in files about Cajamar "Wefferet" Account.......lots of info. 

NewToCamposol

Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 10:36am

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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 10:36am

eraser wrote on Tue Oct 20, 2020 10:11am:

Look here in files about Cajamar "Wefferet" Account.......lots of info. 

Thank you so much, Eraser

LeginSenoj

Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2020 7:30am

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Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2020 7:30am

Free banking is Spain is not as common as in the UK, especially if you are a non resident. We bank with Caixa on Camposol and do not pay bank charges, because we took out a home insurance policy with them. I have seen several posts from people who are using online banks such as Tranferwise, which allow you to set up direct debits and do not charge fees.
Hope this helps and good luck

Barbara50

Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2020 8:33pm

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Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2020 8:33pm

NewToCamposol wrote on Mon Oct 19, 2020 1:18pm:

Hi there,

I have only been banking with Bankia for a few weeks and have found them to be charging me for making simple transactions i.e Spanish peer to peer transfers, and even some unexplained charges have been noted. The person I deal with there barely responds to my communication.

I also heard that Caixia is going to be taken over by Bankia so I would like to avoid them for now.

Does anyone have any banking recommendations preferably ones that don't charge for normal things?

All the best

Hi, we are non resident and use Transferwise and a Starling Bank account for everything.  No need at all to open a Spanish bank account.  Good luck 👍 

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NewToCamposol

Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2020 11:07pm

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Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2020 11:07pm

Barbara50 wrote on Wed Oct 21, 2020 8:33pm:

Hi, we are non resident and use Transferwise and a Starling Bank account for everything.  No need at all to open a Spanish bank account.  Good luck 👍 

Thanks a bunch Barbara, super helpful!

Roland

Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 10:32am

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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 10:32am

I use TransferWise for all my DD.

I decided to keep a presence in the Spanish banking system by opening a fee free Cajamar Wefferent account.

NewToCamposol

Posted: Tue Feb 2, 2021 8:07am

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Posted: Tue Feb 2, 2021 8:07am

Roland wrote on Thu Oct 22, 2020 10:32am:

I use TransferWise for all my DD.

I decided to keep a presence in the Spanish banking system by opening a fee free Cajamar Wefferent account.

Thank you, I moved my banking to Transferwise thanks to all the great advice here, but Aqualia isn't playing ball at the moment... I can't log into my account due to a captcha error but I will keep trying!

Jan1961

Posted: Tue Feb 2, 2021 2:43pm

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Posted: Tue Feb 2, 2021 2:43pm

Barbara50 wrote on Wed Oct 21, 2020 8:33pm:

Hi, we are non resident and use Transferwise and a Starling Bank account for everything.  No need at all to open a Spanish bank account.  Good luck 👍 

Hi we Bank with Sabadell and after reading reviews about opening up a Euro Transferwise Account.Is the Transferwise Account a free bank account and how did you transfer Your Direct Debits.Did you contact Companies Direct or get a Solictor to do this.My Spanish is not that Good to explain to Companies to transfer DDR to another Account.Thanks

NewToCamposol

Posted: Sat Feb 6, 2021 9:07am

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Posted: Sat Feb 6, 2021 9:07am

Jan1961 wrote on Tue Feb 2, 2021 2:43pm:

Hi we Bank with Sabadell and after reading reviews about opening up a Euro Transferwise Account.Is the Transferwise Account a free bank account and how did you transfer Your Direct Debits.Did you contact Companies Direct or get a Solictor to do this.My Spanish is not that Good to explain to Compa...

...nies to transfer DDR to another Account.Thanks

You can mostly update your direct debits by logging into the provider portals online. You can change the site language to English using your browser, or website language selection option at the top or bottom of the homepage.

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