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Setting up telephone banking if you don't speak English!
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You shouldn't assume that english is my first language because it is not. So I know first hand that it is possible to learn enough english to manage a bank account or two.
How arrogant can you get.... Of course it is "possible" - but he hasn't done it. Not everyone can be as brilliant as you are...0 -
callum9999 wrote: »How arrogant can you get.... Of course it is "possible" - but he hasn't done it. Not everyone can be as brilliant as you are...
Indeed. I also don't know many people who are capable of learning a foreign language to fluency in less than 6 months whilst working 6 days a week solely in their native tongue...0 -
dont worry i speak english and it doesnt help£48515 interest £181 (2009)debt/mortgage-MFIT/T2/T3
debt/mortgage free 28/11/14
vanguard shares index isa £1000
credit union £400
emergency fund£500
#81 save 2018£42000 -
black_taxi wrote: »dont worry i speak english and it doesnt help
Haha especially with the Ts&Cs!0 -
studentsaver166 wrote: »He does speak French, and his wife is French so that would be ok, but (naive question) do they have HSBC branches in France? Apologies if I'm being spectacularly stupid by asking that...
Yes they do. I've been into branches in more than one French city. They've been able to access our accounts, although we are Premier customers, so I don't know what difference that makes.
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