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Hello everyone! Looking for suggestions on opening a bank account in Hannover to deposit money and at times the odd withdrawal, maybe pay bills (not sure yet). I will be moving to Hannover on a 6 m...


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Jetlink
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Joined: 29 Feb 2008
Posts: 1
Location: Hannover


Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:41 pm
 

Hello everyone!

Looking for suggestions on opening a bank account in Hannover to deposit money and at times the odd withdrawal, maybe pay bills (not sure yet). I will be moving to Hannover on a 6 mth temporary assignment and I will be getting a sum of money every few weeks and what I would like to do is deposit the money and then transfer it online to my Canadian bank.

Any feedback is greatly appreciated!

Cheers

metalfan2405
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Joined: 28 Sep 2007
Posts: 32
Location: Wiesbaden, Germany (From: London, Ontario, Canada)


Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:28 am
 

I have an account with Dresdner Bank, they have online banking.
I've heard Postbank is good too.

Clapoti
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Joined: 23 Feb 2007
Posts: 85
Location: Berlin


Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 1:43 am
 

I have an account at the Deutsche Bank.I also like it so far. never had any problem with anything, they have online banking in english.

gtoast
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Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 5:54 am
 

i have sparkasse. they're okay, but everything is german (not that it matters anymore to me.you get used to it), but you have to pay for everything(monthly fees to have, online transfers etc)-banking at the tellers cost you extra. i'm not sure if i like the banking system here, actually. i have to pay them for the privilege of allowing them to loan my money out and make profit. oh well, i think they are all like that. it they're not, please let me know!
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metalfan2405
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Location: Wiesbaden, Germany (From: London, Ontario, Canada)


Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:28 am
 

gtoast wrote: i have sparkasse. they're okay, but everything is german (not that it matters anymore to me.you get used to it), but you have to pay for everything(monthly fees to have, online transfers etc)-banking at the tellers cost you extra. i'm not sure if i like the banking system here, actually. i have to pay them for the privilege of allowing them to loan my money out and make profit. oh well, i think they are all like that. it they're not, please let me know!


Dresdner Bank isn't like that, the place you're at sounds like a big rip off.
By the way, what's a sparkasse? I never really understood the difference between banks and sparkasse. Don't think we have them in Canada.

Clapoti
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:37 am
 

Deutsche bank also doesn't make you pay for everything like that. at least I'm not aware of it if I pay them Razz

We have that in Canada. at least in Quebec. Caisse Populaire Desjardins.

Cannot tell you the exact difference though Razz

gtoast
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 12:16 am
 

i am actually a bit shocked. EVERYONE i have talked to here says that the banking ain't free (and we're only talking about 2 euro/mo for the konto and 1 for online transfers).
i don't think there is a dresdner bank here, but ill have to see about deutsche bank.
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