Recent content by DesertHorse

I have a general question. Atm am residing (and have all my center of life interests) in a low-tax country which is unfortunately considered 'grey', in fatf list and so on. Now for example I open bank account in EU and when asked for tax number, give tax number of my home country (it is non-EU...

Decided to make one single deposit, as its most logical to explain (savings, just settling up in country). Also there were only 2 branches in the capital with cash desk (all others are cashless). Yeah, thats the new reality.

Hello, As EU is so cashless and transparent, I wonder how much money one can put in cash to his EU bank account without triggering some automated financial monitoring routines? Have opened account in one of EU countries and brought some cash with me (all declared at customs and not that much...

@Fred & @JimBeam many thanks for the info. Got same feeling, and yes now trying to open in Hungary thru residency there. Have to do a bunch of personal visits though, but it's the only way to open smth trustable.

oh that's the case ... know they managed to go green with OECD in 2019, but did not think of FATF

Bunq ?? Just check this

Again, EMIs not (just to mention, I have Revolut & Wise already, so no issues with opening account there), it's quite difficult to do any SWIFT-related research in case of any issues with payments. Your payment may stuck somewhere and they will be just telling bulls**t about issues with payment...

@thinkaliyum did you end up with something finally or still in search?

EMIs are no go for me, even for such relatively small amount. Sudden freezing, no physical office, no 100K EUR protection

Need to open account in some EU bank to store ~50K EUR. Am resident of UAE for long, but also recently resident of Hungary, non-EU citizen. All income is generated in UAE atm. What is the best option to open account and transfer funds to EU bank from UAE hassle free? Am just curious if somebody...