free banking advise, please read

yunus



Joined: 14/05/2009
Posts: 327

Message Posted:
09/06/2009 23:04

my auntie a branch manager of interbank in istanbul when the bank closed down. she came to work one morning and everything had gone, everything in every branch. even she did not know and could not access her own a/c. everything had happened in one night. all the crying, shouting and demonstrating did not work. alot of people lost alot of money. i a gb tc and nc citizen, i moved here 6 months ago an opened an a/c in a bank. when i requested my auntie to transfer my money over she said that the details of the bank i had given her did not exist and that this particular bank had closed its branches over 10years ago. after investigating i found that the name had been spelt just a little diffrentand other banks the same. if the original name was joint it was now seperate eg *****bank, now is spelt ***** bank. with a gap. very hard to notice. i did not.

my auntie advised that only tc ziraat bank and halk bank are the 2 tc government owned banks in nc.

ziraat is opposite (cont)

yunus



Joined: 14/05/2009
Posts: 327

Message Posted:
09/06/2009 23:12

theAtaturk statue in the harbour and halk bank is on the colony road just before the large nicosia roundabout in the slip road on the left. i only get 12-13 % but i sleep well at night. it was about 22% 5 months ago. im not greedy. i wont tell you which im with or to change your bank. the decision is yours. also can anybody tell me how hsbc have managed to open a branch in unrecognised northern cyprus. is it a burger king or burger city.

Lemtich



Joined: 15/02/2007
Posts: 1487

Message Posted:
09/06/2009 23:17

Thanks for the good advice, Yunus, I'll certainly take it.



I just have to lie down for a little while.



Lem

proger1



Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 2919

Message Posted:
09/06/2009 23:23

Yunus, it is probably the same as the banks in the middle east. For the most part they are franchises owned by a very rich local which is great if you have a bad credit rating because they don't have links to the real banks but not so good if you want to transfer your account from one to the other

ilovekibris


Joined: 18/05/2009
Posts: 394

Message Posted:
09/06/2009 23:25

HSBC in Kyrenia is bogus, isn't it?

sporty


Joined: 06/12/2007
Posts: 685

Message Posted:
10/06/2009 00:04

i emailed hsbc in the uk,they replied saying they had no branches in TRNC.

ianwfs


Joined: 08/01/2008
Posts: 563

Message Posted:
10/06/2009 00:11

Funny how I can get my UK account details from then, then, isn't it?



Ian

billyboy1


Joined: 01/06/2009
Posts: 590

Message Posted:
10/06/2009 00:11

If HSBC has no branch in cyprus, then how comes i have transferred money from my uk branch to my hsbc account in n cyprus....?????

yunus



Joined: 14/05/2009
Posts: 327

Message Posted:
10/06/2009 00:20

very interesting points everyone please continue, also check with hsbc u.k like sporty has done. im sure it will be worth it. and before you mention it trncvaughn, no im not on commission.

Sideways



Joined: 21/01/2009
Posts: 529

Message Posted:
10/06/2009 00:34

Why do people say HSBC out here is not genuine??

I have checked with HSBC in the U.K. and YES it is HSBC out here.

I get free banking, free transfers, free annual travel insurance just because I have a Premier account here.

End of story.

yunus



Joined: 14/05/2009
Posts: 327

Message Posted:
10/06/2009 01:28

sideways do you mean that the hsbc recognises northern cyprus, thats great, so why are there no other companies from anywhere else in the world, (apart from turkey) on this side of the island? turkey has hsbc, kfc, tesco's, marks&spencers etc. oohh there's a tesco's on the way to magosa, is there not ???

maybe hsbc have a special right. does anyone actually know what is going on

yunus



Joined: 14/05/2009
Posts: 327

Message Posted:
10/06/2009 01:29

sideways do you mean that the hsbc recognises northern cyprus, thats great, so why are there no other companies from anywhere else in the world, (apart from turkey) on this side of the island? turkey has hsbc, kfc, tesco's, marks&spencers etc. oohh there's a tesco's on the way to magosa, is there not ???

maybe hsbc have a special right. does anyone actually know what is going on

catalkoykid


Joined: 15/02/2009
Posts: 1190

Message Posted:
10/06/2009 06:22

http://www.hsbc.com/1/2/about-hsbc/group-structure







click on downloads we are under hsbc as

catalkoykid


Joined: 15/02/2009
Posts: 1190

Message Posted:
10/06/2009 06:27

http://www.hsbc.com.tr/eng/







check there website come on people get it right b4 you post crap

chinaeyes


Joined: 13/02/2009
Posts: 425

Message Posted:
10/06/2009 09:00

Vunos there is a Tesko near Magusa but it isn't anything to do with the Tesco's we all know,colours are the same red/blue/white and when you first see it, you do think it's the real thing.

yunus



Joined: 14/05/2009
Posts: 327

Message Posted:
10/06/2009 15:57

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/2748277/HSBC-stirs-up-Cypriot-controversy.html





this is the only article i could find which isn't greek cypriot based. and it was 7 years ago