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Singapore bank charges
Any suggestion for corporate bank account? My company involve more on wire overseas transactions, would like to seek recommendation. Any recommended bank with low bank charges and service fee?
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Corporate and low charge ? What did I miss ?cutejesey wrote:Any suggestion for corporate bank account? My company involve more on wire overseas transactions, would like to seek recommendation. Any recommended bank with low bank charges and service fee?
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Local banks here seem to be hell bent on milking corporates and delivering extremely poor service.
Example: it took me 3 visits to get a supplier form endorsed by DBS and every time the counter girl who helps issue the queue number reminded me of the long queue and to come back tomorrow, even though I told her I just need the form's bankers details certified.
And another time I was sitting for nearly 1 hour with 500k S$ in another DBS branch, to deposit my company money, and no, no priority even though It's corporate account.
Back home, corporates are given a separate queue, and deposits especially are handled as high priority.
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I used UOB from 2004 through 2014. Getting people setup in online banking was a hassle, requiring paper transactions but the online transaction charges were reasonable. And, I never had to wait very long at the UOB branch on Boat Quay to get service.
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Re: Singapore bank charges
MayBank appear to have a low cost business bank account. Though with all such things they may have higher fees in different areas.
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i searched this out about half a year ago. this was what i recall:
there's an indian bank with low fees and what looked like rudimentary e-banking access.
they either had 1, 2 or 3 branches (max) in singapore. main/only office in CBD.
can't remember which one. google is your friend.
there's an indian bank with low fees and what looked like rudimentary e-banking access.
they either had 1, 2 or 3 branches (max) in singapore. main/only office in CBD.
can't remember which one. google is your friend.
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UCO bank is used by a lot of businesses. They are full service bank. And trusted by big businesses..taxico wrote:i searched this out about half a year ago. this was what i recall:
there's an indian bank with low fees and what looked like rudimentary e-banking access.
they either had 1, 2 or 3 branches (max) in singapore. main/only office in CBD.
can't remember which one. google is your friend.
I hope you didn't mean the State .... horror stories a few abound about the latter

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Ocbc charged usd43 commission and usd15 agent fee, reasonable?
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cutejesey wrote:Ocbc charged usd43 commission and usd15 agent fee, reasonable?
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For a wire transfer? That's terrible. How many dollars are you transferring?
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Yes, wire transfer usd1,000
Terrible? Does it means uob lower fee?
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http://www.uob.com.sg/online_rates/corp ... tward.htmlcutejesey wrote:Yes, wire transfer usd1,000
Terrible? Does it means uob lower fee?
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Thank you for the useful informationStrong Eagle wrote:http://www.uob.com.sg/online_rates/corp ... tward.htmlcutejesey wrote:Yes, wire transfer usd1,000
Terrible? Does it means uob lower fee?
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OCBC branches have separate business banking queues.ecureilx wrote:Back home, corporates are given a separate queue, and deposits especially are handled as high priority.
The MBFC branch is usually a quick stop.
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Maybe it's Just DBS doesn't care about their captive marketmaneo wrote:OCBC branches have separate business banking queues.ecureilx wrote:Back home, corporates are given a separate queue, and deposits especially are handled as high priority.
The MBFC branch is usually a quick stop.
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Always thought that DBS stood for Dismal Banking Service.ecureilx wrote:Maybe it's Just DBS doesn't care about their captive market

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So does UOB.maneo wrote:OCBC branches have separate business banking queues.ecureilx wrote:Back home, corporates are given a separate queue, and deposits especially are handled as high priority.
The MBFC branch is usually a quick stop.
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