Fineco Bank multicurrencies account

SnowTiger

Card arrived today from Italy, delivered in a big yellow envelope by DHL.

SnowTiger

I've just noticed my name on the card is listed SURNAME FORENAME.

Is that normal for Italian cards or has here been a small slip up somewhere along the way?

eDicky

SnowTiger wrote: »

I've just noticed my name on the card is listed SURNAME FORENAME.

Is that normal for Italian cards or has here been a small slip up somewhere along the way?

I'd say it's the Italian style. Let's see if others are the same.

Marchitiello

A friend confirmed that surname first is the formal style adopted in Italy.

Both my cards have my surname first

SnowTiger

Marchitiello wrote: »

Fast payment (from UK bank) done during working days/hours: about 2:5 hours.
Fast payment (from UK bank) done at week end , about 2.5 hours within Monday morning .

Incoming payments are a bit sluggish. I guess that's because they use an intermediary and, perhaps, don't allocate payments immediately.

Outgoing payments seem to be extremely slow. When I try to make a payment today (29th June) the first available date for the transfer is 3rd July.

I made a test £1 payment on 26th June, it was scheduled for 28th June and still hasn't reached its destination.

Marchitiello

Thanks, I did not try to make an outwards payment yet. Good to know.

SouthLondonUser

Fineco is not exactly a challenger bank: it was founded about 18 years ago!

If you just want a euro card there are many other alternatives; I believe Fineco's strength should be its trading platform, as that is what it is known for. I rang them and they said they still don't offer ISAs and SIPPs, but plan to do so in an unspecified "near future".

Has any one compared if their trading fees are competitive? Especially for trading securities in currencies other than GBP?

SnowTiger

SnowTiger wrote: »

I made a test £1 payment on 26th June, it was scheduled for 28th June and still hasn't reached its destination.

My £1 payment arrived this afternoon (30th June), tagged as an international payment.

eDicky

SnowTiger wrote: »

My £1 payment arrived this afternoon (30th June), tagged as an international payment.

Did it show the sender's name (yours), or just the payment provider such as Currency Cloud or whatever?

SnowTiger

eDicky wrote: »

Did it show the sender's name (yours), or just the payment provider such as Currency Cloud or whatever?

It shows my name: lastname firstname.

This is how it appears on my Tesco Bank statement: