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[big_fella1]

Citibank Korea

1. No mortgages for permanent residents even though SGC 서울보증보험 lost a case before the National Human Rights Commission 4 years ago for trying the same nonsense;
2. No Check Cards for foreigners without paying ₩35,000 yet Koreans get them free;
3. Requiring both passports and salary slips to register as your international bank despite the FSS guidelines only requiring a passport unless transfers exceed USD$50k a year.

I could go on but all I can do is watch branch after branch closing wondering how long it is until this inept management sees Citibank Korea close with all the staff being unemployed.

Xenophobia doesn't only hurt those that are discriminated against but anyone that relies on discriminatory companies for their employment.

[CentralCali]

You left out:

• Refuses to convert dollars to won without making an annotation in your passport.

Screw CitiBank.

[Steelrails]

[Weigookin74]

Strange considering it's an American bank. Guess you can switch to another bank and fire off a complaint to the American head office. Not that it will do anything, but still having several thousand westerners email these pricks will at least raise some red flags next to your promise never to bank with them back home in the future. But of course most of you won't do this; merely just complain about it on here. So, nothing changes.

As for me, I'm glad to have never opened an account with them then. Nonghyup looks like a workers paradise compared to this nonsense.

[Cave Dweller]

Shinhan sleighted me in the past. They are very much case by case.

[northway]

[hellofaniceguy]

Can't blame the bank...it's the people in charge making the rules...and you won't get any of them to admit to it...
I'd like to hear from those in charge stand up and say...yeah...it was my decision to do this, that, etc...and if you don't like it, though!

[Stan Rogers]

I love KB bank. They gave me free money on 2 occasions. Both times I tried to be honest and told them about their mistake and each time they said "no no no it's ok, it's ok.

[Weigookin74]

They're all crazy. But a western based bank, you can at least email their head office, call their 1-800 number and be a pain in the butt. The squekky wheel gets the grease. Keep calling back repeatedly and being annoying. Eventually they'll do something to shut you up and stop you from calling. But, call and ask to speak to a supervisor right away and then to speak to their supervisor. Keep calling and keep complaining.

Anyhow, I'm just glad I kept my Canadian Visa's. Screw Korea and it's low limits and non revolving balances.

[KimchiNinja]

Bankers only care about risk and return. What's more likely is they perceive foreigners to be a bad bet, although we can't rule out xenophobia (but this could essentially be perception of risk).

[Chaparrastique]

its hardly surprising. A load of foreigners maxed out their cards and did runners.


Do your domestic banks at home give equal benefits and loans to some somali immigrant on a work visa? Of course they don't. Banks are not charities, they are allowed to use discretion.

[big_fella1]

[KimchiNinja]

[big_fella1]

[Steelrails]

While there is something there, I'm not sure xenophobia is the correct term. 'Exploitative' or 'Woefully inept' I think is what it is.