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aloysha



Joined: 18 Sep 2005
PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:52 pm    Post subject: Nonghyup Bank-international transfer Reply with quote
I just walked into my local Nonghyup branch to
make an international bank transfer. The first
thing she did was give me the 'x' sign. This won't
be good I thought.

I asked her to call the interpreter service. The lady
on the phone said that this bank does not do foreign
exchange.

I said no xchange, but bank transfer. She insisted
that not all of their banks can do bank transfers.

Has anyone else had these difficulties ? Is this true ?

I'm thinking a KEB account will be better. Does
KEB bank have these 'some do, some don't' policies ?
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blade



Joined: 30 Jun 2007
PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:00 pm    Post subject: Re: Nonghyup Bank-international transfer Reply with quote
aloysha wrote:
I just walked into my local Nonghyup branch to
make an international bank transfer. The first
thing she did was give me the 'x' sign. This won't
be good I thought.

I asked her to call the interpreter service. The lady
on the phone said that this bank does not do foreign
exchange.

I said no xchange, but bank transfer. She insisted
that not all of their banks can do bank transfers.

Has anyone else had these difficulties ? Is this true ?

Yes it's true, you need to go to a main branch to transfer money.
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harryh



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: south of Seoul
PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:04 pm    Post subject: Re: Nonghyup Bank-international transfer Reply with quote
blade wrote:
aloysha wrote:
I just walked into my local Nonghyup branch to
make an international bank transfer. The first
thing she did was give me the 'x' sign. This won't
be good I thought.

I asked her to call the interpreter service. The lady
on the phone said that this bank does not do foreign
exchange.

I said no xchange, but bank transfer. She insisted
that not all of their banks can do bank transfers.

Has anyone else had these difficulties ? Is this true ?

Yes it's true, you need to go to a main branch to transfer money.


Yes, I tried to do a transfer from a Nonghyup in a small town branch and they didn't allow me to. I changed banks.
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aloysha



Joined: 18 Sep 2005
PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks for that. All settled.

Damm, I'm missing today's good CAD rate.
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thatwhitegirl



Joined: 31 Jan 2007
Location: ROK
PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
oops. multi post.

Last edited by thatwhitegirl on Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:59 pm; edited 1 time in total
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thatwhitegirl



Joined: 31 Jan 2007
Location: ROK
PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Get an ONLINE Nonghyup account and transfer money whenever you want at your convenience. Much easier than going to the main branch and waiting around.
Easy too. Just go in and ask.
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aloysha



Joined: 18 Sep 2005
PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I tried the online banking but It would not let me
transfer. It was awhile back, but the person who
set it up gave me confusing insructions. The options
on the page did not allow me to do a transfer.

The options were something about a student account bs
or whatever. The helpline was useless.

It was a royal pain in the ass. New bank for me
KEB VIP here I come.
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sojourner1



Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yes, this is true. You have to go to the main branch to xfer or purchase foreign currency cash such as dollars.
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emilylovesyou



Joined: 14 Oct 2008
Location: here
PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I think you can only make online transfers with Nonghyup on the Korean language page. But they do give you the option of transferring to an international bank, I know that's for certain.
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thatwhitegirl



Joined: 31 Jan 2007
Location: ROK
PostPosted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've transferred money from the English version of Nonghyup both domestically and internationally.
Once it is set up, it is easy to use. I don't know much Korean, but I was able to sign up without too any problem.
And in option to 'remit' internationally, choose the foreigner option. Not the student or whatever. You are a foreigner remitting wages. Once I figured that out, it was easy.
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Hamlet



Joined: 18 Mar 2008
PostPosted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 6:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Get an account at KB. You can make international transfers from the ATM....and it only costs 5000 Won Very Happy
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MrRogers



Joined: 29 Jun 2008
PostPosted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 6:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote