The reason that people open up several accounts is because the level of protection that you get on you money here in Russia is 1.4 million Rubles. That is not so good when you compare it to most other countries.
There are many ways of moving your money into better locations or making it work harder for you. I mostly help Russians with this as many people in my industry (financial services) harass expats. So it is my policy to only deal with expats who come to me through recommendation. If you want some help or some names of financial services companies let me know, although I sure that most of you will have heard about some of them even if you have only been here a few weeks. Best of luck Neil Neil Stokes Sent from my iPad > On 25 May 2015, at 11:29, Bruce Hoult <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >> 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: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] 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: <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: Ex-pat List <[email protected]> >> Date: Friday 22 May 2015 11:00 >> To: Ex-pat List <[email protected]> >> Subject: Expat Digest, Vol 127, Issue 12 >> >> >> >> Send Expat mailing list submissions to >> >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> >> http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat >> >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> 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" <[email protected]> >> >> Subject: Re: Expat List Moscow Banks >> >> To: <[email protected]> >> >> 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: [email protected] >> >> 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 >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat >> >> http://www.expat.ru/forum/ >> >> >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> No virus found in this message. >> >> Checked by AVG - 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 >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> >> >> Message: 2 >> >> Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 17:47:46 +0100 >> >> From: MacDougall C & W <[email protected]> >> >> Subject: Expat List Are There Any Banks in Moscow that Are Any >> >> Good? >> >> To: [email protected] >> >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> >> 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 <[email protected]> >> >> Subject: Expat List Moscow Banks >> >> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> >> 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 >> >> [email protected] >> >> 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, 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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