So, I've been here a week, applied for my NIF and now looking to open a bank account.
Any members have any recommendations or any banks I should totally avoid?
Iain
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So, I've been here a week, applied for my NIF and now looking to open a bank account.
Any members have any recommendations or any banks I should totally avoid?
Iain
We got a Millennium Bank account with the help of EI! before we came. But now that we are here, the lady we rent from said she would never use Millennium Bank because they make it too difficult to open an account or get anything done. She likes Caixa Agricola. We have no complaints with Millennium. Our limited experience with them has been positive.
Activobank if you just want a simple account and are fine with using an APP. They do not charge any account maintenance fees and you can still get away with using many Millennium services as Activo is part of their group of companies. They do not have many branches and don't deal in cash though.
A survey made 1 year ago by DECO Proteste (portuguese consummers' magazine) among their associates showed the banks with the best ratings in terms of costumers' satisfaction:
1 - Activo Bank
2 - Banco Finantia
3 - Banco Invest
4 - Best Bank
5 - Banco BIG
These are all small or more specific banks, with a limited (or even none) number of branches.
The "regular" banks only showed up in position 8 (Banco CTT [The Post office bank]) and 9 (Caixa de Crédito Agrícola).
thanks guys
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