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Seriously, what is up with opening a bank account in Europe? They will soon require cavity searches just to let you into the damn building. Just give me a check
by jotm 13y ago
Seriously, what is up with opening a bank account in Europe? They will soon require cavity searches just to let you into the damn building. Just give me a checking account without overdraft and other risky options so I can start working. It's amazing how disinterested they are in new (business!) customers...
- marcosdumay 13y agoFrom the way they act, looks like modern banks get no marginal return from a client that just puts money in them. Instead, they are botlenecked by the amount of people they can lend to. I have no idea if that's the real case, or just a bad case of the right hand not knowing what the left one is doing. If it real, I don't understand how it's even possible, since governments are all eager to get loans from anybody... But they do act as if it was true.
- jotm 13y agoBut more clients = more potential customers for their credit lines. Unless it's a huge drag on their resources (doubt it), opening a simple checking account for a new business should be a no brainer - they should take some ideas from US banks...
- mercer 13y agoEurope isn't a country. In Holland, I registered my business and then went and got a business bank account plus working (temporary) bank card in about four hours total...