Thread: Banks: Local banks or International?

Quote: btb Has it ever occurred to anyone else that practically every bank with international operations has a branch in Switzerland, but 99% of them are only of the wealth management type? This has always bugged me. ING, HSBC, Citibank, BoA, they're all here, but they just won't open up retail branches here. Even though, they have no problem breaking into virtually every other market like Germany, Turkey, or China. The only foreign...

https://www.postfinance.ch/pf/conten...ine/offer.html also play with their calculator https://www.postfinance.ch/pf/conten...PrivateInit.do

Quote: CorsebouTheReturn Update! HSBC geneva is only for PRIVATE bankings, which means you need to have over 1million us dollars savings!!! So basically I have choices with UBS + BCS (canton bank) + Credit suisse UBS and Credit suisse are VERY expansive! Like over 140chf per year!! (its like 40chf a year for maestro normal card, then 10 chf per month ) I set up my sterling account with HSBC by post, I haven't seen a branch here. I just...

Quote: btb Has it ever occurred to anyone else that practically every bank with international operations has a branch in Switzerland, but 99% of them are only of the wealth management type? This has always bugged me. ING, HSBC, Citibank, BoA, they're all here, but they just won't open up retail branches here. Even though, they have no problem breaking into virtually every other market like Germany, Turkey, or China. The only foreign...

Mud, do you transfer money from your Postfinance account to a foreign bank? If so, how much does this cost?

Postfinance offers very low fund transfer rates, fees and very convenient through E-Finance .

Quote: Boxman the magic number for free at Postfinance is...... 7500 francs deposited. Do you mean above 7500 one or more of these go away on a private account?: Account management...CHF 3 per month PostFinance Card.....CHF 12 per year Payment order........CHF 2 per order If not, then what becomes free? (I'm not doubting your word, Boxman, just don't see where that's published.)

Quote: CorsebouTheReturn It means when opening, or regularly? I am checking your links it,s not so clear+ Also POSTFINANCE card you cant use ATM abroads...+ ATMs abroadNot possible Hm...my card has worked just fine in bank machines in the UK, US, Sweden, Netherlands, Spain, etc.

Hi, were just about to open a Swiss bank account and still waiting for our B permit, which seems to be a problem with some banks. We have our Attestations from employer and Canton stating all is in order. Apparently we can with open an account with BCV and am going to check with CS tomorrow. I hope someone can help or who is in the same position; 1. We have a HSBC account in the UK (they don't seem to deal in CHF unless your loaded) 2. We...

If you're an American, you can't buy stock through the Kantonalbank.