weekend bank

spezial · 21 April 2015 at 5:20PM

I am looking for a weekend bank in Basildon to open an account in euro, can you suggest me a good one? I saw the Metro is opened even Sundays, is it good and reliable bank?

Paul_1977 · 21 April 2015 at 5:27PM

I used to be with Metro bank, they are good and it does what it says on the tin sort of bank.

Very nice branches and staff, you get through very quickly if you ring them.

I left the bank because I moved away from my local bank and often have to put money in.

benjus · 21 April 2015 at 5:39PM

Do you really want a Euro account with Metro Bank? €15/month or €5/month + a €2k balance seems quite pricey to me.

I've had a standard current account with them for 5 years or so. It works well in general, although I had an incident with them a few years back where they lost an incoming transfer and took over a week to find it, and only then with a lot of pressure from me (I was abroad at the time which didn't make it easy). Opening the account was easy, but the late/7 day opening doesn't mean a lot as I never visit the branches.

spezial · 21 April 2015 at 5:54PM

ok then is there a comparison of the accounts in euros in uk? which would be the best option?

benjus · 21 April 2015 at 6:16PM

spezial wrote: »

ok then is there a comparison of the accounts in euros in uk? which would be the best option?

Not that I know of.

Will you be making cash or cheque deposits in Euros? If not you could look at accounts outside the UK. I have one with Britline in France which charges €0.60 per month for a basic cheque book account with no card.

colsten · 21 April 2015 at 7:39PM

search the forum for euro. There's plenty of debate about euro accounts for UK residents. Although I have never seen anything about a 'weekend bank' before so these discussions may or may not be of help.