Where To Bank Whilst Living In Thailand

[bjderb]

i have recently sold my house in uk and am in the process of retiring to live permanently in Thailand.The money from the sale of the house i was going to invest with ING direct now i find you cannot invest with ING direct in UK unless you you have a permanent address in the UK.Any advice other than transfering everything to a bank in Thailand..........Bri.

[piercefilmlid]

i have recently sold my house in uk and am in the process of retiring to live permanently in Thailand.The money from the sale of the house i was going to invest with ING direct now i find you cannot invest with ING direct in UK unless you you have a permanent address in the UK.Any advice other than transfering everything to a bank in Thailand..........Bri.

Dependent on the size of your invesment, you could open a Premier account with HSBC and they will allow you a free second account with the local HSBC branch in Bangkok. This makes transfers easy and cheap and gives you a local ATM card.

I think this thread will be moved to its rightful place once a Mod wakes up.

Good luck.

Regards

Edited August 25, 2009 by piercefilmlid

[bjderb]

i have recently sold my house in uk and am in the process of retiring to live permanently in Thailand.The money from the sale of the house i was going to invest with ING direct now i find you cannot invest with ING direct in UK unless you you have a permanent address in the UK.Any advice other than transfering everything to a bank in Thailand..........Bri.

Dependent on the size of your invesment, you could open a Premier account with HSBC and they will allow you a free second account with the local HSBC branch in Bangkok. This makes transfers easy and cheap and gives you a local ATM card.

I think this thread will be moved to its rightful place once a Mod wakes up.

Good luck.

Regards

Thanks Pierce for your help will follow it up ....... Bri

[Jaydillon]

i have recently sold my house in uk and am in the process of retiring to live permanently in Thailand.The money from the sale of the house i was going to invest with ING direct now i find you cannot invest with ING direct in UK unless you you have a permanent address in the UK.Any advice other than transfering everything to a bank in Thailand..........Bri.

Dependent on the size of your invesment, you could open a Premier account with HSBC and they will allow you a free second account with the local HSBC branch in Bangkok. This makes transfers easy and cheap and gives you a local ATM card.

I think this thread will be moved to its rightful place once a Mod wakes up.

Good luck.

Regards

Please don't transfer all your funds to Thailand,best leave it in the UK or in a bank like the HSBC.I have a HABC premier account and it works well.Take only what you need to LOS

Good Luck Mate

[dave2]

keep 95 % of your money in the uk somehow or other DONT transfer it to thailand

keep all your bank b society accounts open with ten quid in all of them coz your pension will have to be paid into one of them

get a care of address from your son daughter or ANYONE you trust and tell all your bank b societys your new care of address but whatever you do DONT leave yourself without a uk address !

if you do it will bite you on the bum one day in ??????? years time

dave2

ps .. its probably too late but see if you can open a nationwide flex account .... if you can ? ... do it TODAY ... as its the cheapest way to bring money here that ive found

[bjderb]

keep 95 % of your money in the uk somehow or other DONT transfer it to thailand

keep all your bank b society accounts open with ten quid in all of them coz your pension will have to be paid into one of them

get a care of address from your son daughter or ANYONE you trust and tell all your bank b societys your new care of address but whatever you do DONT leave yourself without a uk address !

if you do it will bite you on the bum one day in ??????? years time

dave2

ps .. its probably too late but see if you can open a nationwide flex account .... if you can ? ... do it TODAY ... as its the cheapest way to bring money here that ive found

Cheers & thanks guys,as usual sound advice from members....Bri.