I will be going to London for six months early next year. I intend on opening a bank account there, and then transferring money to myself. However, I heard from Standard Bank today that it is only possible to transfer money overseas in person. In other words, I have to personally go to a...
Hi all, who can help me with the opening of a swiss bank account? At least an explanation of different account type also with not too big of an initial deposit.
Point me in the right direction, a company name, phone number, etc...
Much appreciated.
This is a follow up of my earlier thread http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/632985-Help-with-online-trading?p=13137109#post13137109
I plan on doing some online trading using stockpair.net, it uses foreign currency for both payouts and payments. What would be the best bank account...
Took some time to write up my recent experiences over in Health, Wealth and Leisure and figured I may as well post something here with proper tags.
I recently went through the experience of buying a home and applying for a bond and thought I'd write up something on my experiences for...
Businesses watch out for FNB's new July 2014 bank charges.
Clearly FNB does not want Retail Business customers.
Retail customers require change (cash and coin) with FNB's new CASH SWOP charge, if you go with R4500 in R100 notes to get change for the week
it will cost you R124.15 incl. each...
Businesses watch out for FNB's new July 2014 bank charges.
Clearly FNB does not want Retail Business customers.
Retail customers require change (cash and coin) with FNB's new CASH SWOP charge, if you go with R4500 in R100 notes to get change for the week
it will cost you R124.15 incl. each time...
Hi guys,
I'm currently with Standard Bank and as of late ive been having loads of issues.
Started with my card being swallowed randomly, then not being able to do fixed deposits, then not being able to do once off payments and also having constant issues with prepaid electricity...
So...
Hi all,
Is this true? Apparently, according to my girlfriend, your credit rating will suffer if you change bank or even your bank account. Sounds bocus to me. Bank scare tactic maybe? Or maybe someone does not want to change bank account or bank?
Thank you for your response and help...
So my dad's friend just phoned me he got scammed R16k yesterday. He's a Capitec client. He didn't articulate his story well because of his hysteria.
Here goes:
1. He was phoned by the bank.
2. They told him he could enjoy benefits he doesn't have (Internet banking, et al).
3. They ask him last...
Aai FNB, I really don't understand you. You have this big drive to get people onto self service banking. Great, its better for everybody. Then I need to do a simple thing like change the cell number that my OTP gets sent to. Not even Google can tell me how to do this.
I call the helpline...
Police in Utah say they've arrested a husband and wife bank robbery team that took their two children along for the illegal excursion.
An arrest report from police says the man and woman, both 27, were caught Monday soon after a Wells Fargo branch was robbed. A 5-year-old and a 2-year-old...
i was reading online forums and they say in areas like USA if you deposit about $10 000 or more they (IRS)may start to investage you secrecly, so i was wondering concerng this in South Africa. Anyone with ideas?
Hi,
I am getting frustrated at the amount of bank charges I have to pay each month.
I currently have a gold cheque account at absa and pay way to much each month.
So my question remains, What bank would be the best for me.
I use the following A LOT:
Internet banking
swiping...
Hi Guys,
I am looking at buying a car from a private seller, which is fine by my bank, just includes a lot of paperwork and time :-/
Is there any way for me to get the deal done through a dealership(not "Your Uncles Car Shop", one of the bigger names..) even if there is some charges and...
I made some rough calculations after seeing the amount of ATMs still using CRT screens. Based on http://www.mtnsp.co.za/MTNServices/banking/Pages/ATMTopUp.aspx there are about 18,000 ATMs in SA and if I would have to take a guess I would say about 80% of them (15,000) are still running on CRT...
Hackers target bank and credit card websites in the WikiLeaks war
An anonymous group of hackers said Wednesday they had launched online attacks to shut down the websites of credit card Mastercard and a Swiss bank that cut off business ties with WikiLeaks.
I am going through the process of using an originator for a bond. He has so far submitted the application to ABSA, Standard Bank and Nedbank. I bank with ABSA and was surprised to see that they came back with quite a poor rate (.4% above base). When I asked the originator to see if they would...
I plan on getting a second hand car and paying for it with cash, thing is I've never withdrawn more thank 5K from the bank in cash so nervous about this... are there any fees involved? (I'm FNB client) and are banks willing to part with that cash easily? any experience here?