Louise Naylor Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 Hi All me and my partner are moving to Perth in September and are planning on opening a bank account before we go. Doing a bit of research we have come to the decision of either ANZ or NAB?..... does anyone have any thoughts on which is best, simply for day to day banking and possibly transfers to and from the UK? cheers Louise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifi69 Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 Hi Dont think there is much in it to tell you the truth. Your bound to find someone who has had problems with one or the other, as with any bank. We are with Nab, half the family opened before we left, half Didnt, tbh the ones that opened before had more probs than me and youngest daughter who just went into a branch when we arrived and got cards etc in no time, the others still had to go into the bank, give the details that they had been given, but the cards never arrived, so they had to go in again to chase up. some branches of Nab are def better than others, but that's prob the same for them all. A slight plus for them though is that they do have an ask NAB section over on the main PIO site of this forum which is linked to their migration banking team in the UK and if you have any queries they will look into it for you. Something to note is that if you want to withdraw from an ATM that isn't your own banks then you may get charged a few $ for the pleasure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 Can't comment on those, we opened our account prior to departing the UK with Westpac who have been great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicolac34 Posted June 6, 2013 Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 We use Bankwest and are happy with the service - opened it the day we arrived and had bank cards a couple of days later. You're best setting up a forex account before you leave if you want to transfer money - don't use the banks they cost a fortune! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyandJo Posted June 6, 2013 Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 We used ANZ, opened the account in the UK and then used TORFX to transfer money over to AU before we got here. ANZ were very helpful both in the UK and over here, lots of branches throughout Perth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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