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Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2020 8:30am
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Hi  hope everyone is well .I just wondered if anybody is using a online bank account without fees .Pauline has said about using cajamar on line account which looks pretty good .I have a starling account and im hoping that other people have it and can it can replace the spanish bank. .My bank has just increased a maintenance charge from 22.50 to 47.50 they never answer problems in other words their poor cheers, steve 

Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2020 1:17pm

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Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2020 1:17pm

Southend steve wrote on Sat Sep 12, 2020 8:30am:

Hi  hope everyone is well .I just wondered if anybody is using a online bank account without fees .Pauline has said about using cajamar on line account which looks pretty good .I have a starling account and im hoping that other people have it and can it can replace the spanish bank. .My bank...

 

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... has just increased a maintenance charge from 22.50 to 47.50 they never answer problems in other words their poor cheers, steve 

Steve, I, ve replied by pm. Just get yourself to your nearest Cajamar branch. 

To anyone interested please see:-

Free Spanish banking for non residents in Yecla forum. 

Regards 

Pauline 

Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 12:18pm

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Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 12:18pm

Southend steve wrote on Sat Sep 12, 2020 8:30am:

Hi  hope everyone is well .I just wondered if anybody is using a online bank account without fees .Pauline has said about using cajamar on line account which looks pretty good .I have a starling account and im hoping that other people have it and can it can replace the spanish bank. .My bank...

 

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... has just increased a maintenance charge from 22.50 to 47.50 they never answer problems in other words their poor cheers, steve 

would love to hear if there is an option for no feee banking as well, i only use my bank to pay electric and water bills and i get charged €14 per month, my bank have ignored multiple attempts to find out why i get charged this and how i reduce it but always ignored...i use Bankia

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Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 1:05pm

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Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 1:05pm

Jimbo657 wrote on Wed Sep 16, 2020 12:18pm:

would love to hear if there is an option for no feee banking as well, i only use my bank to pay electric and water bills and i get charged €14 per month, my bank have ignored multiple attempts to find out why i get charged this and how i reduce it but always ignored...i use Bankia

I closed my Bankia account in January as they were going to charge me the same as you.

See here

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Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 6:35pm

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Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 6:35pm

Roland wrote on Wed Sep 16, 2020 1:05pm:

I closed my Bankia account in January as they were going to charge me the same as you.

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so what did you do? as €14 a month just to pay  €20 and €30 utility bills is outrageous, i have been reading that you can open u an HSBC spanish account or even santander but surely they will charge in spain as well?

Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 6:48pm

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Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 6:48pm

I closed the account & opened a Cajamar Wefferent account.

As per the thread I linked to.

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