A note about ATMs in Moscow, at least my experience in the past years, all ATMs appear to work for all banks (i.e. you don’t have to find a Citi ATM to use a Citi card), and I have yet to have a fee charged to withdraw cash. I mostly use cards from a US bank but also have Uralsib. Charles
> On May 25, 2015, at 11:29 AM, Bruce Hoult <br...@hoult.org> wrote: > > I'm also new. Five weeks today! My work opened a "salary account" at > Citibank. Apparently a lot of people also open another account somewhere (or > several), but Citi seems ok so far. Colleagues complain about the web site, > but it seems ok to me. It works in English. I've already set up several > payees and paid my rent and internet from it, no problems. ATMs are easy to > find (in particular, in the lobby at work, so there's that...) > > At the moment the only thing that will make me open an account elsewhere is > if another bank has significantly less than 1% fee on international transfers > in the $5k - $10k range. > > > On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 9:27 AM, Richard Bozkurt <rich...@serconsrus.com > <mailto:rich...@serconsrus.com>> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > > > I am rather new in Moscow, I had same problem and I was on search of bank, I > choose my bank based on availability of ATM machines (Bankomat) > > If was choose based on Language I would have choose Raiffisen or Credit > Europe bank but I pick Sberbank, it has ATM everywhere and its IPhone > application very useful even though not in English > > It is really shame for Russia, even the biggest bank of Russia doesn’t have > English webpage (their English page very limited, almost nothing) > > > > Kind Regards, > > Richard R. Bozkurt > > Department of Certification and Business Development Manager > > SERCONS LLC > DubininskayaSt.33 Bld: B,Moscow, Russia > > > > Kimden: expat-bounces+richard=serconsrus....@lists.ru > <mailto:serconsrus....@lists.ru> [mailto:expat-bounces+richard > <mailto:expat-bounces%2Brichard>=serconsrus....@lists.ru > <mailto:serconsrus....@lists.ru>] Yerine John Riley > Tarih: Friday, May 22, 2015 14:29 > Kime: Ex-pat List > Konu: Expat List Re: Moscow Banks > > > > > > I’ve been very satisfied with Raiffeisen. Their online platform for local > payments & sending money domestically & overseas works very well & has a > responsive support service. I use their premium banking service which > provides a higher level of customer support & access to additional services & > a few perks. My overseas bank is HSBC (who welcome Russians in UK with open > arms but seem to think ex-pats here are launderers & or thieves) & I can > honestly say Raiffeisen outperforms them on just about all criteria. > > > > With Regards > > > > John > > > > > > > > From: <expat-requ...@lists.ru <mailto:expat-requ...@lists.ru>> > Reply-To: Ex-pat List <expat@lists.ru <mailto:expat@lists.ru>> > Date: Friday 22 May 2015 11:00 > To: Ex-pat List <expat@lists.ru <mailto:expat@lists.ru>> > Subject: Expat Digest, Vol 127, Issue 12 > > > > Send Expat mailing list submissions to > > expat@lists.ru <mailto:expat@lists.ru> > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > <http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat> > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > expat-requ...@lists.ru <mailto:expat-requ...@lists.ru> > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > expat-ow...@lists.ru <mailto:expat-ow...@lists.ru> > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of Expat digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Re: Moscow Banks (Ian Mitchell) > > 2. Expat List Are There Any Banks in Moscow that Are Any > > Good? (MacDougall C & W) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 07:13:08 +0100 > > From: "Ian Mitchell" <i...@ianmitchellonline.co.uk > <mailto:i...@ianmitchellonline.co.uk>> > > Subject: Re: Expat List Moscow Banks > > To: <expat@lists.ru <mailto:expat@lists.ru>> > > Message-ID: <B81491AAC7074E9792FDE434EF8B08D0@IanPC> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > Thatâ•˙s been my experience too (8 years). Unicredit is great. Ian > > > > From: jeffrey wilgus > > Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 6:26 PM > > To: expat@lists.ru <mailto:expat@lists.ru> > Subject: Expat List Moscow Banks > > > > I've been with Unicredit Bank since they entered the Russian market - > Unicredit took over the International Moscow Bank which used to be the Bank > of Austria. I've been with them since the late nineties and have never had a > problem in all of those years. Incidentally, the Bank of Austria was one of > the few banks to protect their depositor's money during the crisis of 1998. > > > > They are professional with me - all types of transfers including > international ones are all done online with a very modest fee. Perhaps > others haven't had the same experience but I'm very happy with them. > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > > Expat mailing list > > Expat@lists.ru <mailto:Expat@lists.ru> > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > <http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat> > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ <http://www.expat.ru/forum/> > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/> > Version: 2015.0.5941 / Virus Database: 4347/9823 - Release Date: 05/20/15 > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: > http://www.lists.ru/pipermail/expat/attachments/20150521/014cd8db/attachment-0001.html > > <http://www.lists.ru/pipermail/expat/attachments/20150521/014cd8db/attachment-0001.html> > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 17:47:46 +0100 > > From: MacDougall C & W <cwmacdoug...@compuserve.com > <mailto:cwmacdoug...@compuserve.com>> > > Subject: Expat List Are There Any Banks in Moscow that Are Any > > Good? > > To: expat@lists.ru <mailto:expat@lists.ru> > Message-ID: <4966ab60-f338-4696-91ae-da04702d3...@compuserve.com > <mailto:4966ab60-f338-4696-91ae-da04702d3...@compuserve.com>> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > > My own experience with Unicredit Bank has been pretty awful. Their online > banking system is preposterously poorly written and difficult to use, with a > hopelessly bad helpline. Alfa Bank has been betterâ•œ > > > > William > > > > > > > > Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 17:26:04 +0000 > > From: jeffrey wilgus <jeffreywil...@hotmail.com > <mailto:jeffreywil...@hotmail.com>> > > Subject: Expat List Moscow Banks > > To: "expat@lists.ru <mailto:expat@lists.ru>" <expat@lists.ru > <mailto:expat@lists.ru>> > > Message-ID: <bay181-w52091f076088b3f1d14979bd...@phx.gbl > <mailto:bay181-w52091f076088b3f1d14979bd...@phx.gbl>> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I've been with Unicredit Bank since they entered the Russian market - > Unicredit took over the International Moscow Bank which used to be the Bank > of Austria. I've been with them since the late nineties and have never had a > problem in all of those years. Incidentally, the Bank of Austria was one of > the few banks to protect their depositor's money during the crisis of 1998. > > They are professional with me - all types of transfers including > international ones are all done online with a very modest fee. Perhaps > others haven't had the same experience but I'm very happy with them. > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Expat mailing list > > Expat@lists.ru <mailto:Expat@lists.ru> > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > <http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat> > > > > > End of Expat Digest, Vol 127, Issue 12 > > ************************************** > > > > > -- > 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 > Expat@lists.ru <mailto:Expat@lists.ru> > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > <http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat> > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ <http://www.expat.ru/forum/> > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > Expat@lists.ru <mailto:Expat@lists.ru> > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > <http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat> > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ <http://www.expat.ru/forum/>
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