kirstywales Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 ok which bank do you recommend? ideally I don't want to be charged for just having a bank account I would like easy access to my money ie atm's around duncraig, carine and Hillary's as well as freo trips I may need to transfer money HSBC uk to this account but rarely and not much money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkft Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 I've been advised to go with NAB. They don't charge you for having a bank account - but there are charges for using other peoples cash machines (but I imagine there are plenty of NAB cash machines around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiasco Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 Definitely NAB, there are no monthly charges and plenty of ATMs you can use for free. You can also open the account online before you get here if you want to. Let me know if you need the details for doing this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peata Whyted Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 I used NAB, opened the account in the uk, they gave me a contact at Moneycorp to transfer our uk cash without charge to the account. Jess (who deals with all migrant banking) was great when we went to see her yesterday. Cards were ready, pin codes ready, started using account straight away. NAB charge a flat fee of $22 for cash transfers back to a UK account, but no charge for transfers from the uk via Moneycorp into your account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akasully2 Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 Opened my NAB account today online from the UK. Just need your passport number to proceed, very easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou8670 Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 Has anyone used ANZ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikkiwd Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 We opened with NAB a few weeks ago. We used Commonwealth when on our WHV a few years ago, they were ok but had a monthly charge for the account so chose NAB this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikkis2000 Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 We used NAB initially and they were good to start with. They screwed us over though so we are moving to someone else. Charges aren't such an issue as long as you're putting a certian amount in per month, this is normally covered by your salary. Most of the big banks ANZ, Commonwealth, Bankwest, NAB have ATMs all over the place so it's not sucha big issue. And Woolies do cashback too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miamai Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 I used anz, they were great. Opened an account in the uk online. They telephoned me to ask when I was coming out etc and gave me my online banking details. When I came out I attended the branch to get my canard! Bring your boarding passes to the bank because they need those if your passport wasn't stamped - mine wasn't and it's common apparently! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirstywales Posted April 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 thanks guys that's great, my husband has one with ANZ so think I will go with them too. when looked at commonwealth there were charges just for an account Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miamai Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 Where in wales are you from Kirsty? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verystormy Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 I am with NAB and very happy with them. They have been great. I lost my wallet recently and they managed to get new cards to me within a couple of days. Also have a ANZ account just for a loan and the mortgage is with Westpack who have been "ok" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou8670 Posted April 21, 2014 Report Share Posted April 21, 2014 I used anz, they were great. Opened an account in the uk online. They telephoned me to ask when I was coming out etc and gave me my online banking details. When I came out I attended the branch to get my canard! Bring your boarding passes to the bank because they need those if your passport wasn't stamped - mine wasn't and it's common apparently! Great, so far our experience with ANZ has been really good but that's only from the London office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROB T Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Banks are really the same here as in most other countries and certainly no different than in the UK. All 'high street' banks in Oz must be competitive to survive and it would be foolish to think that they are not aware of each other's account facilities and charges. If a visiting Australian to the UK was to ask which UK bank is best I'm sure we would probably all have horror stories to tell at some point and it's no different here. Westpac, NAB, ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, BankWest etc all appear to have a good presence in most suburbs so it could almost be a case of pinning the tail on a donkey and hoping for the best!! Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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