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/ >
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