Spanish/Canary Islands webmasters.. attention!
 

Winter and cold weather is coming and i´m thinking to spend this winter somewhere in canary islands:)

But i don´t have any spanish bankaccount..
Any recommendations?

I want atleast:

--onlinebanking
--Visadebit
--Cheapest place to cash sponsor checks:Graucho

I have been recommended

http://www.batlantico.es/home_e.html

Anything else?

I´m finnish citizen if that matters...

Just bring a passport and open a cuenta corriente that will take
you 10 minutes. I have a couple of those accounts they're very
handy.

I have internet banking USD accounts ATM Cards, Visa Card
the whole shebang! It depends where you are going. I'm on the
Costa Blanca if you go there open an account with CAM (Caja Ahorro de Mediteraneo) http://www.cam.es/

DynaMite

what kind of net access do they have in the canary islands?

Don't know for sure but on the mainland there is ADSL in a lot of places and it works really good!

DynaMite :thumbsup

What is a cuenta corriente?
Is it just bank account or does it mean something special?


I should have added that i dont´t know spanish (I know "hola":) )so i didn´t understand the website you gave but thanks anyvay

I have friends both in Teneriffe and in Gran Canaria so i´dont know where i gonna settle...
Probably nowhere:glugglug

No problems if you have sufficient funds to deposit that will cover outgoings.

Banco Atlantico should fix you up but you will need to setup a static accommodation address.

Tenerife would be the best choice if language is a problem as there is more help available to overseas visitors.

Are you sure that i have to have a static address in Spain?
I was informed that a static address within EU would be enough in order to get an account with them..
I have to check this one..
Thanks for the reply anyway..:)

Dyna your right on the coast aren't you? What's the weather like in the winter? What does a one bedroom flat cost (approx.) for 3 or 4 months?

cuenta corriente = "conta corrente" in portuguese... I love spanish :winkwink:

Yes I live 1.5 Miles from the Beach the weather in the winter is good. Currently it's still sunny and 29C november we get some
rain but not too bad......December is Very Nice temp during the day drops to 25C January same february some Rain again and
March it's going up again April till October 32C practically
everyday

DynaMite :thumbsup

Correct a finish address is enough cuenta corriente is a bank
type for non residents....this is what you want so you don't have
to pay income tax in Spain on money which is on this account.

DynaMite

I love Portuguese...it's a softer language, like the relationship between English and German.

A "cuenta corriente" is the same thing as a checking account. Strictly translated it means "current account", but people only use that term for countries any more :1orglaugh

( I forgot to mention that I lived 23 years in south america)