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tesseract
Joined: 26 May 2006
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 Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:37 am Post subject: Any US banks with branches in Korea? |
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| Does anyone know of one? Or any banks that are easier to work with as far as accessing my US account in Korea or transferring money back and forth? |
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zappadelta
Joined: 31 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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| There's Citibank, but not sure if it's the same as the one back home. I didn't think it was, until I went to the Philippines last week and saw the same Citibanks there. Look into it, might be the same. |
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dimnd
Joined: 19 May 2005
Location: Western USA
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| Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:51 pm Post subject: citibank..same...as here... |
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| i have citibank... |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Citibank and Bank Of America both have branches here. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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| seoulsucker wrote: |
| Citibank and Bank Of America both have branches here. |
They do, but they are NON-affiliated...
They are run like a separate bank and not different branches of the same bank.
They do NOT talk to each other and they are NO easier for doing business than say KEB or KB* or WOORI. Select your bank based on proximity and convenience for you while you are here. |
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conor
Joined: 11 Sep 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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| I called Citibank in Korea last year and it's not a 1-to-1 relationship with the Citibank in the US. They are under the same umbrella, but they are not the same. I was looking to do the same thing, but found no where that would work. Lots of Korean ATM cards work in America or I would just get a Korean international credit card. |
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dogshed
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 9:49 am Post subject: Citibank |
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I called Citibank in the United States. They made a point of saying my atm card would work in korea for withdrawls but not deposits.
They said the Korean Citibank is a separate bank and I would still have to pay a fee to transfer money to the US. I think the fee was $10. Someone suggested mailing a money order or traveler's check. I think I might do that.
-Jeff |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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They do, but they are NON-affiliated...
They are run like a separate bank and not different branches of the same bank.
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Good to know. |
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dogshed
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 12:41 pm Post subject: A little bank in Kansas. |
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Today I opened an account at the little bank my mother use in Arkansas City, KS aka Ark City. I put my mom on the account and got the 50+ interest on top of the free checking with no minimum balance.
When I get to Korea I'll just mail my deposits and use online to pay the bills.
Here's the funny part. I have a mazda pickup and my friend has a jeep cherokee. I drove my little subaru legacyfull of tools to his house and then he drove me home and we filled my mazda pickup and his cherokee full of tools. I still have more tools at my house. What does the bank give me as a free gift for opening the account?
A tool kit.
www.usbarkcity.com |
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