I personally loved ING bank (with head office next to Novoslobodskaya).. the rest seems to be an extreme crap.. mistakes and lack of professional support..
2015-05-18 19:12 GMT+03:00 Bruce Hoult <[email protected]>: > I can't help much with your question, I'm afraid, but I have a related one. > > I've been in Moscow four weeks (today), now have a "salary account" at > Citi, and expect my first salary payment into it on Wednesday. > > The Citi representative (Anna Rubashevskaya, I can give phone/email if > desired) who visited me at work to set up the account seemed very competent > and easy to communicate with. > > What I now want to know now is whether some other bank has a better fee > structure for wiring money overseas. If for no other reason than I'll have > a nearly NZ$20,000 a year income tax obligation in NZ -- even after > deducting the tax already paid in Russia -- until and unless I lose my NZ > tax residence. Which requires, at minimum, not having set foot in NZ for > 366 days. Which may not happen for some time or at all as I will visit NZ > in August and (probably) February. > > Citi wire transfer fees are 1% of the sum transferred, with a US$15 > minimum and US$150 maximum. > > At banks in NZ (and USA, and Australia) I'm used to a flat fee for wire > transfers, generally in the $20 range. > > Do any banks in Russia have a flat fee for international wire transfers > (via SWIFT or otherwise)? Or, do any charge less than 1%? > > > > On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 1:09 PM, Nick Hodgkins <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Anyone know of a Russian 'high street' bank that's any good (savings, >> mortgages...)? If so, it'll get my business immediately. One with competent >> staff above the age of, say, 20, who know the basic transactions and >> procedures that tend to come up during any working day? I've yet to find >> one after being here 22 years. I've tried Raiffeisen, VTB24 and Bank >> Moskvi. All provide mostly terrible service, it seems to me due to poor >> training/HR strategy in general. Some staff are great (actually, only at >> Raiffeisen), but most... let those great exceptions down, not to mention >> their clientele. Rant over. Any recommendations? >> >> -- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and >> dangerous content by *MailScanner* <http://www.mailscanner.info/>, and >> is >> believed to be clean. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Expat mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat >> http://www.expat.ru/forum/ >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ >
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