Re: Paying for utilities from euro bank account
Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2023 6:07 am
BNT162b2 wrote:John - some "utility" companies (in my case it was Hidraqua and VegaFibra) will say they can't accept payments from Wise, due to the Wise accounts having a non-Spanish (Belgian) IBAN.
However - they are not telling the truth, and by refusing a Belgian IBAN, they are breaking SEPA regulations.
A quick email pointing that out was enough to have my Wise account details accepted within minutes.
The banks (as banks do) are preying on those who believe a bank is a genuinely fair organisation who are doing the best for their customers.
As someone who worked for one of the UK's "big 4" banks for 30+ years and saw more corruption, lies and poor management than I could ever have imagined, I can assure you that the banks are purely profit-making entities who don't give two hoots about their customers.
I also worked as a project manager at the Milton Keynes campus of a certain Spanish-owned bank for a while. The less said about THEIR operations, the better!
Ditch the greedy bank (it's very easy to do), and grab yourself a Wise account or similar.
Thanks for your detailed post BNT162b2. That’s good to know. When the house payment has been finalised at the close of our sale in April, I will close the Caixa account. In the interim I will have our solicitor give the current owners utility companies our euro IBAN as that’s included in their conveyance service to us.
Cheers.
John.