Do you have another bank account in another place?

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@youless (114117)
Guangzhou, China
July 18, 2016 3:06am CST
Long time ago I opened a bank account in Hong Kong. As Paypal charged me so much if I transferred money to my bank account here. If my Paypal account has more than HKD1000, then the charge will be free to transfer it to a bank account in Hong Kong. This is why I set up an account there.
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
18 Jul 16
No, I do not have bank account in other country, though I have bank account in a bank, and another one in a finance company. I think I can open bank accounts with foreign banks if I want to.
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@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
18 Jul 16
Sure, you can easily go to your neighbor countries to have bank accounts
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@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
19 Jul 16
@scheng1 I see. It is very convenient. Here since only few foreign banks are allowed to have business with the companies but not individuals. Even if they accept individuals, the requirements are so high anyway. So I have to open a bank account overseas.
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
19 Jul 16
@youless Actually there is no need to do that. We can open foreign currencies account here. We can open a bank account with foreign banks in their home currency, and get the ATM card that allows us to withdraw foreign currency in that country.
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@hoong143 (1397)
• Malaysia
25 Jul 16
Wow! You should open a bank account in HongKong. Is it easy to open a bank account in HongKong?
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@hoong143 (1397)
• Malaysia
25 Jul 16
@youless Oh! I thought Hong Kong give better service. I can feel your disappointment about it.
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@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
25 Jul 16
@hoong143 I also thought so in the past. But the fact turns out that it is not.
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@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
25 Jul 16
I already opened a bank account in Hong Kong. It is not difficult. They are efficient. As long as you provide the necessary documents, that's no problem at all. But when I have a problem to call them, the line is quite busy and you have to wait for such a long time. Even though, they can't solve your problem anyway. Compare to here, that's really not professional at all. Here I can call the bank and the service is quite good. And most of the time they can answer your questions. If they can't answer your questions right away, they will call you later. This is why I feel disappointed to Hong Kong bank service.
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@Bhebelen14 (5194)
• Philippines
26 Jul 16
No, i only have a bank here in our country but I open recently here in our new place to avoid extra charge/fees when i am depositing money from my old account.
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@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
27 Jul 16
Good choice.
@marlina (154103)
• Canada
18 Jul 16
Yes, I have a few bank accounts in different places.
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@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
18 Jul 16
That's very cool.
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@marlina (154103)
• Canada
18 Jul 16
@youless Very cool indeed!
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@meowch (2220)
• United States
18 Jul 16
actually I don't have another bank account someplace else.
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@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
18 Jul 16
Thanks for your response.
@meowch (2220)
• United States
18 Jul 16
@youless you are welcome
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• United States
31 Dec 16
My savings and checking account are the only thing that I have and they are both at the same bank. My parents and my boyfriend both have accounts at different banks. To me, more than one account at different banks would get confusing and I don't have a reason at all to have more than one at different banks.
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@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
1 Jan 17
Sometimes keeping money in different banks is safer.
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@jstory07 (148735)
• Roseburg, Oregon
18 Jul 16
I have my two pay pal accounts in a USA bank.
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@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
18 Jul 16
Wow, you have two Paypal accounts! Why do you have two? I am just curious