Tonyfuller Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 Well guys, wouldn't you know it ...We finally get through the problems getting a reference from our local Barclays Bank (we don't do them, yes you do, no we don't sort of thing) and Britline says 'congrats, you got an account' than Barclays go and set up somthing called FranceSolutions which, according to The Times on Saturday's Money section last week aimed at people wanting to buy a property in France which ' ... includes a current account in euros, free euro money transactions within the single currency zone and access to English-speaking advisers.'So J has queue twice this week at two branches in London and we spent 40 mins queueing this morning in our local hub branch and guess what ... nobody has heard of it.We do however, now have a telephone number of the International department to phone about it on Monday - more postings to follow.Tony Fuller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissie Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 We both have Barclays accounts, sterling and euro, in UK, but have heard nothing about the new set-up. They keep fobbing us off with Telephone Banking and we already bank online. Most interested to see what response you get to the calls.Chrissie(81) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buntina Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 If you are moving / buying in France why not *use* a french bank - when in rome etc etcWe have no problems at all with french banks - good mortgage ratesMike-------------------------------- http://www.splash-internet.com-------------------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franglais24 Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 Interesting!Here's a couple of web pages:http://www.newsroom.barclays.co.uk/news/data/954.htmlhttp://bpc.barclays.fr/ebn.ebn?pid=192&domain=site&rub=25&object=rubrique&id=25http://www.financesearch.co.uk/news/0/639/F24. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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