Recent content by Marie Manila

For me, SEPA transfers to HSBC UK have always been free. Are you sure you're not confusing HSBC UK with HSBC Expat (Jersey)?

For me the website and mobile app are still working.

I guess all of them. Even if you go to a branch, you have to scan a QR code with your phone and submit the application online. After you have completed the online application, you hand over the necessary documents to the bank employee and do the identification in person.

Bangladesh? Last time I checked, there was a ban on cryptocurrencies in Bangladesh. Anyone who owned even one Satoshi was accused of money laundering. Has that changed?

What is the 6000 km rule about?

Does anyone know, when they credit cashback for card purchases? The cashback for my debit card purchases last month are still missing. I hope the interest will be paid more reliably.

What about your passport? Do you have a passport from the country, that asks for the 150K? Some countries can revoke your passport if you don't pay the tax. (I'm curious: is the 150K an exit tax?)

You could open an account with an EMI that is crypto friendly and accepts NZ residents. zen.com comes to my mind. Maybe also blackcatcard. They have a crypto exchange included.

AFAIK you cannot revoke your only passport and become stateless. You first have to get a new citizenship.

Have you tried it? Is it trustworthy?

Can you legally renounce your citizenship? I think, if you acquire a Caribbean passport and renounce your original passport and citizenship, the Caribbean country is not allowed to revoke that CBI citizenship.

Saved money itself does not make you happy, but it will make things easier. Don't be too obsessive about saving, if you don't have kids. Use and spend your money to make yourself happy. Live can end at any time. And your money will not help you after you die. So use it now! Try to spend the...

Once I have registered, how do I get access to online banking? Will I receive a letter in the post or will I receive an e-mail with a one-time password?

AFAIK, Western Union provides AT-IBAN: https://www.westernunion.com/pl/en/digitalbanking.html

I think Luxembourg has free transport all over the country and I also think it also has "free" health care. (Of course, the health care is financed by taxes or something else, I don't know exactly).