Expat Advice: Financial Issues in The Hague, Netherlands

What is the name of the city or town that you are reporting on?

The Hague

Which banks do you use? If you have a local account, which bank do you use? How do you like it? Do you also have an account in your home country? Which bank? Do they charge for ATM withdrawals? Do they charge a lot for international wire transfers? How has it been working with them from abroad? Do you use a special international wire transfer service? Do you use an online bank? If so, tell us about them.

I have both international and local bank facilities which allows me to focus my financial needs each each area

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What advice would you offer others about banking as an expat in your country? What do you wish you had known about banking when you first arrived?

Get as much online service as you can. The Dutch banks are not that helpful. Most workers speak some English but in the end, the jargon is different and I have had several communication problems. There are a number of specialised Expat financial consultancy services who can help work out how best to work through the communication problems