Korean Job Discussion Forums

[icicle]

For those of you who bank with Nonghyup, can you tell me if it is possible to get access to Internet Banking with them. I don't mind if it is not available in English and only in Korean... I can learn quickly enough how to read the Korean words ... I just have to travel to get to a bank I can use and it means getting permission to leave school early every time I need the branch ... and I want to be able to use it more often than the once a month I have been doing so far.

If it is available is it possible to do an International Bank transfer (once it has been set up) using the net banking? I know that it is possible with my Australian Bank.

I just want to have some idea as to whether it is possible before I go to the bank this afternoon ... so I know what I am asking for when I ask them this question.

Icicle

[mrsquirrel]

Available in English and Korean and it's very good

No really.

I have managed to negotiate the Korean side of things for paying my bills by memorising pages.

The English side is for normal banking and transfers.

Secure, easy to use.

I rate it.

Remittance is mentioned as well in English so I presume it can be setup.

It's 30k (OTC not sure about online) though at Nonghyup to transfer. KEB is 13k. I transfer to KEB first and do it from there it can be setup as well.

[keseki]

wow i didnt know nonghyup had netbanking set up.

whats the url?

[keseki]

bah...i just checked out nonghyup.co.kr and just like every other friggin korean site, it uses ActiveX.

when will web developers in this country realize that not everyone uses IE!

[mrsquirrel]

It is a small problem that annoys me

I use my work PC for accessing it.

I have tried IE6 under Wine and can nearly get in but it can't see my pass key.

Not sure if there is another way around it.

[Ekuboko]

You can easily set up Internet Banking at Nonghyup.
I recommend it. You can do domestic transfers, but a friend tried to set up international t'fers and the bank guy helping him ended up finding out they won't let foreigners to it. I have heard of other banks that do let you though...

[wanderingsalsero]

I was referred to that same bank too....seems OK so far but I haven't explored the depth of their services so this was good info for me.

I did have some money wired to me from the states and I was planning on wiring some back to the states too so it was informative to read the suggestion here about the comparative fees involved. Sounds like I need to get an account at KEB?

My big banking challenge right now is to get an account or debit card that can be auto-drafted from the US by people like my blog (Typepad) and a few other people I deal with online.

Nongyap told me that they'd give me a 'credit card' after I'd been with them a few months. Does that sound par for the course?

And can anybody recommend someplace else I might apply where they'd give me an account/debit card that could be drafted from the states?

[icicle]

[xenok]

mrsquirrel, unfortunately almost everything in Korea is ActiveX based which i don't think you'll have an easy time getting to work in Wine (if it is at all possible). for most of the Korean internet based sites, you will need to run it natively on Windows, preferably on IE6.