Experience of the HSBC Expat Account for banking and investing

[RandolphGB]

Does anybody have experience of the HSBC expat account? I'm thinking of opening one as they are more expat friendly. The minimum requirement is to keep a balance of 50,000GBP.

 

They also have an InvestDirect account for expats, which is slightly more expensive than other brokers, but HSBC allows non-UK residents to trade in UK markets with such accounts.

[kwonitoy]

Have had an HSBC expat account for 25 years, no problem with the bank and getting credit cards to Thailand, that used to be a big problem with some banks.

Have never used them for investing, I use Interactive Brokers for that.

 

A less expensive off shore bank is Standard Bank Offshore which I use for my company account, less of a balance to keep up and equally good service.