An International Bank Account (No Address)

[chiang mai]

Many posters are referring to addresses in USa and far east. I have a UK address, I will no longer have an address in the UK. At the moment I get no statements from them because everything is online and paperless. Am I entitled to have an account with the banks with no address? Even if I dont inform them of moving when my bank cards expire over a two year period they will post them to the old address. If I say I dont live in the UK they say to me "You are no longer eligible to have a bank account with them" Yes or no?

You can keep your HSBC UK bank account and cards when you move overseas as long as you give them your address in Thailand to mail statements and cards to, I did this seven years ago and everything still works fine, you can do the same with other big banks but not the building societies.

Maybe Nationwide is the exception. I maintain an account with them at my Thai address. In theory they do not post replacement cards here.

I wasn't aware of that, I thought that Nationwide tried to push all their expat business to Nationwide International in the IOM.

[KKvampire]

Many posters are referring to addresses in USa and far east. I have a UK address, I will no longer have an address in the UK. At the moment I get no statements from them because everything is online and paperless. Am I entitled to have an account with the banks with no address? Even if I dont inform them of moving when my bank cards expire over a two year period they will post them to the old address. If I say I dont live in the UK they say to me "You are no longer eligible to have a bank account with them" Yes or no?

You can keep your HSBC UK bank account and cards when you move overseas as long as you give them your address in Thailand to mail statements and cards to, I did this seven years ago and everything still works fine, you can do the same with other big banks but not the building societies.

Maybe Nationwide is the exception. I maintain an account with them at my Thai address. In theory they do not post replacement cards here.

Really ? I have nationwide . do they post new cards to you in Thailand , do you use their cards? and what proof of your address did they require.

[lopburi3]

I had no issues opening USAA savings account and then checking account within last 3 years using my Bangkok address only. I am not allowed to purchase some of there other financial accounts such as stock market however and believe would have to mail checks to a US address but have no need of them and check/debit card is directly sent to Thailand without issues.

[yoshiwara]

I can say that is/was not so, or at least it could be waived. Having an introduction from an existing customer who did have proof of residence helped though. So you are maybe correct at one step removed. I would not be surprised to hear that things are different now.

believe it or not:

venue: Singapore

date: april 2011

task: additional account same bank (banking with them since 2004)

bank: please submit yada yada yakety-yak the whole nine yards

me: your compliance department has already ten and a half yards from me

bank: cannot yada yada yakety-yak same same yes, but different

me: are you out of your cotton-picking mind?

bank: yada FATCA yakety OECD yada yak-yak strict MAS - Monetary Authority of Singapore

me: i give up

Yes, I read now that Singapore is more awkward.

they have been always awkward but since it is common that CDs and DVDs galore with thousands of names and data are sold to various EU-taxmen billions have been flowing and are still flowing to mainly Singapore and of course Hong Kong. but somehow the naïve European tax evaders put more trust into SG. they don't trust them commies across the border which might annex Hong Kong perhaps next month or next year and confiscate all the capitalist dough.

Whether one establishes a base in SG or HKG, either feels safer as far as banking is concerned than the surrounding alternatives IMHO.

[Rowdy100]

perhaps by international account... he means offshore..??

[Rowdy100]

and if that is the case...try HSBC....