How is it going with the movement of your savings abroad?

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Hi, today I moved some money but I didn't specify "same day transfer" so when I called back they told me that noon was passed and that they can make a "same day transfer" the day after.

I'm now waiting for the other money to arrive to my current accounts in order to send them away.

What about you? How is it going with the movement of savings abroad or the opening of accounts abroad? I read some people were opting for the belgian bank or Barclays France. How's it going?
 
I have taken savings out of local credit union & transferred to new Easy Access account with Nationwide (UK) Ireland. Also ceasing regular saver with Ulster Bank (previously First Active) & contributing that amount to Rabo Savings Acc. instead. Have just opened Keytrade Account (Belgium) and when my Irish Nationwide 1Year bond matures at end of Oct its going into that. The bottom line is that I do not have any confidence in the Government Deposit Guarantee Scheme and a bit of diversification gives me a "little" more peace of mind.

Was in touch with Barclays Bank in France and it appears you can only open a current account with them as a non resident.
 
truthseeker said:
Have a substantial sum in An Post Certs that I do not want to move unless necessary - am waiting things out a bit before touching them.
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Truthseeker can I ask why with your An Post Certs you are waiting things out while make relatively firm plans to move other savings. Would An Post Certs surely not be "less liquid" in that it would take at least 7days to get access to your funds if there was a default and also surely your Certs much be at much risk than other savings given that they are 100% govt owned. Just I am in the same situation and have application at home to withdraw certs and am still a little uncertain as to what to do.
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Yes I agree with you - the reason for my hesitancy is just the size of the return pure and simple.

Im very uncertain - I deliberately got the An Post Certs with the belief that it was the 'best' thing I could do with my money in terms of a return.

The rest of what Im considering moving would float me for a year or so in a worst case scenario - so I suppose Im just thinking of having a safe cushion outside of Ireland.

But as for An Post - I just dont know.
 
HG its not that it took 10 days for the funds to hit the other account, it was because I could only transfer 5k each day so had to dripfeed it. Now if there was some clampdown on transfers out of Irish banks then how would you get money out fast if limited to 5k per day with AIB. Just wondering am I missing something?
 
I have an Internet savings account in the Netherlands. The interest rate is relatively low (2.1%) but you can deposit or withdraw at any time without penalty once the balance is kept above 20K. There is no fixed term period.

The hard part is that you need to have a current account in the Netherlands in order to service the Internet savings account and opening a current account in the Netherlands is not straight forward.
You need to get a Dutch PPS number (BSN mumber) to do so.
The get a BSN number you must have proof of permenant address or a rental agreement. If you can find a way around this problem then the application process is quick and straight forward and only takes a day.

Selecting a Dutch bank should be done carefully as many have been given government assistance due to liquidity problems the past 2 years. (e.g. ING, ABN AMBO).

I do not see any point in panicing about the safety of my deposits in Ireland yet. I think they are safe for the next 6 months or so. However, I think that it is worth having some sort of safe haven in place just in case things deteriorate later next year - 2011.
 
dewdrop said:
Has what happens when you die been considered when opening foreign bank accounts?
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Most/all banks in European countries would have procedures in place to deal with transfer of deposits to the estate of the deceased.
 
 

Yes, you can pop into an AIB branch and transfer more than 50,000 EUR.
 
About to open a bank account with Barclays Bank in France. They currently have a promotional offer called Barclays Premier Life. They pay 5% for first 3 months and thereafter 1.8% gross (AER) on a demand deposit account. As non-resident there are no deductions, interest paid is declared by yourself in Ireland. This seems to be the best offer I can find in France, no fixed term deposit accounts available. I transferred my money into France last Friday and currently in France myself.
Any comments on above or on Barclays Bank??
 
@ JOhnny Euro


Hi Johnny, I am very intertesed in this option. Can you tell me any more about the process, any contact over there (email address etc) that you could pass on.

Thanks
 
on a related note, has anyone considered a euro account in a swiss financial institution ?

Westgolf
 
Moving savings abroad - switzerland

Bcommercial said:
Why euro a/c?
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Hi Bcommercial,

I'm thinking of a euro account to remove the prospect of currency exchange losses wiping out any interest earned on the lump sum. I'm considering the idea as a safety issue for my funds and not as a revenue stream due to the need to declare any interest earned to the revenue,

westgolf
 
@ Westgolf

If thats your only reason and the money is staying in euro then surely there's no difference between a euro a/c held in Switzerland and one held in any other eu state, except that it's much easier to open a euro a/c in say Germany than in Switzerland. Don't forget, the currency risk can also work both ways, and your euros could be quietly depreciating away into the future while say the Swiss Franc might be retaining it's value or increasing.
 

Well, to be honest the idea of a swiss account came from the point of view of a worst case scenario, where a knock-on effect ,if you will, places a level of investor uncertainty about other european economies and their banks. The relative independance of the swiss system i.e not so closely linked with the euro as to suffer from its ills was what drew my attention originally. The option of holding funds in a swiss institution in euros was a bonus when thinking of avoiding currency exchange losses.

To be honest I had not considered the scenario where the swiss franc increases in value against the euro.

Time to put the thinking cap on again I guess


Westgolf
 

Can I just ask why you are moving from Rabo - I', with them and I thought the were compeltely secure? In fact I was thinking of moving some funds from BOI to Rabo this week.... am I missing something?

Roy
 
I still have most of my money in Rabo - transferred some to Keytrade in case of Ireland leaving the euro.
 
Guys, you are aware that if Ireland were ever to leave the euro (hopefully not), but if ever, we would be the last to know, and since Rabo don't facilitate offshore transfers the delays would be excessive.
 
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