Euro Bank Account

Kontiki

I will certainly have a look at the German DKB, I do speak a little German. I also use the German ADAC for my breakdown cover & find them excellent.

Sorry '111KAB' if by ignoring somebody I might seem rude but find 'bob the savers' posts nothing to do with opening a Euro account, as your posting of his words of 'wisdom' :doh: only shows what I mean. I am not looking for opinions on the rights & wrongs or if a Euro account is the best solution I was just after information on Euro accounts. He is not aware of all my circumstances & what I originally posted was only some of the reasons why I want to consider a Euro account.

Bob_the_Saver

Kontiki wrote: »

I am not looking at transferring any significant amount into euros just enough for any cash we might need when we are touring Europe in our motrohome

Wish he'd make his mind up. Advice can only be given based on the information provided.

NFH

Bob_the_Saver wrote: »

Advice can only be given based on the information provided.

The information provided was that he wanted a EUR account. You suggested a GBP account, which was clearly not the currency he wanted.

Bob_the_Saver

Kontiki wrote: »

I'm looking for an account which has minimal charges (preferably 0 ) with just a debit card so any help would be appreciated.

Ed

An alternative solution was provided to the situation mentioned, I thought this would come under the ANY HELP bit.

NFH

Bob_the_Saver wrote: »

An alternative solution was provided to the situation mentioned, I thought this would come under the ANY HELP bit.

You ignored the thread subject which is "Euro Bank Account". The question was not how to receive EUR-denominated dividends. The requirement was a EUR-denominated bank account; the question was which one.

Bob_the_Saver

Any more of this I shall throw a childish fit and put you and me on my Ignore list

callum9999

NFH wrote: »

The information provided was that he wanted a EUR account. You suggested a GBP account, which was clearly not the currency he wanted.

So if I said "I'm looking to go on holiday to Panama, so would like to open a bank account in Chinese Yuan for my spending money" - the appropriate advice in your mind would be to recommend a Chinese account, and not to tell them there is a better way of doing it?

NFH

callum9999 wrote: »

So if I said "I'm looking to go on holiday to Panama, so would like to open a bank account in Chinese Yuan for my spending money" - the appropriate advice in your mind would be to recommend a Chinese account, and not to tell them there is a better way of doing it?

The OP had already suggested he wanted to avoid being charged for an incoming SWIFT payment, so the suggestion of using another UK account with similar fees was inappropriate.

Bob_the_Saver

NFH wrote: »

The OP had already suggested he wanted to avoid being charged for an incoming SWIFT payment, so the suggestion of using another UK account with similar fees was inappropriate.

I agree with you, he suggested trying to avoid the fee for sending a couple of hundred from Euro's to sterling by opening a Euro account but then paying to send several hundred or a couple of thousand perhaps from a sterling account to a Euro account to pay for his hols.
Smart move!

NFH

Bob_the_Saver wrote: »

but then sending several hundred or a couple of thousand perhaps from a sterling account to a Euro account to pay for his hols.

No, he said he would use his Clarity Card to do this. No mention was made of sending money from a UK GBP account.

I think the OP is already one step ahead of you. Instead of focussing only on UK-based English-speaking banks, he is thinking outside the box. He came here hoping that people would be one step ahead of him and give him some useful advice, but he has mainly found advice that is one step behind.