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You have 6 months after the new limit comes into force to fulfill the conditions for retaining Premier (if you hold Premier status already by that date). Maybe in August the TRY decreased enough to keep Premier with only 35 k$. ;) They changed to to 75k GBP a few month ago. This might really...

Spoke with them recently. They don't offer the YUVAM account at the moment. The website is said to be out of date. By the way, the minimum relationship balance to get and maintain Premier will increase to 2 million TRY in February.

They offer to pay 53 % interest for new Premier Customers for up to 45 days in TRY: Modern Account After that it goes down to 45 %. If I understand it correctly, the first 2000 TRY are excluded from interest earnings. I think this is not a really bad deal. On their website you can also find the...

AFAIK you are not allowed to have offshore bank accounts in foreign currency if you live in ZA. If you want to have an FCY account, it has to be approved by the government. I'm not sure if this rule applies to you if you are a ZA tax resident, have a ZA passport or residency. I turned my back...

Can you recommend a HSBC branch in Istanbul? I found some small ones and the head office (Google Maps: 3297+Q6 ÅžiÅŸli, Istanbul). If you don't speak Turkish, I think it's best to go to the headquarters. But do they have any customer traffic at all?

This is basically true, but if the seed backup is found, then the finder has access to the coins. Even if another password has been set, this can potentially be brute forced. I think it is more difficult to crack a hardware wallet if it gets found. And your friend can not make a copy of your...

Set up a second hardware wallet with the same recovery seed and store it with a trusted offshore friend. If your device is confiscated, you can access your coins through the backup device, even if they keep your wallet indefinitely.

Never been a member of Mentor Group Gold, but nevertheless: Give me my Mentor Group Gold Premium subscription for free! ;)

EuroPacBank was also based in Poland? :oops:rof/% Joking aside, really stay away from Poland. I have already had a bad experience myself. If they block your money, you can deem it as a donation to the government. Post in thread 'ING BANK IN Poland' Mar 8, 2020 I'd stay far away from Poland...

So if I have interest income or dividends in my HSBC Turkey account, do I have to fill a tax return in Turkey? I think it's a bad idea to simply hold 30 k$ in a Turkish current account without interest to meet the minimum account balance.

Are there any disadvantages due to the Turkish tax number? I hope I won't have to file a tax return in Turkey!

I would not do business with Iran because of the corruption I have experienced. And I don't believe that this has improved. Post in thread 'Guide: How to get Revolut as a non-resident (non-EU,non-UK,non-US)' Nov 1, 2019 Some of them are too old to move outside. Others already do. I know...

How many days do you have to spend in Turkey to open the account? I am really interested because HSBC Expat raised the minimum balance by 50% on the day I wanted to open the account.

Switzerland takes part in CRS. Also have a look at the Lugano Convention.

Maybe you can use it for hotels? Most hotels make a copy of your passport nowadays.

That's wrong. A friend of mine moved from Asia to Germany and then to Belgium. In Germany he didn't have to declare offshore accounts if no interest was paid. In Belgium he has to declare every offshore account.

Some of my friends use posteo or mailbox.org. But I'm not sure whether Germany is really trustworthy in this matter. A few years ago, many people recommended ctemplar from Iceland. Unfortunately they have no IMAP or SMTP support. And they cancelled all mailboxes a few years ago because they...

UK customers have been able to use Revolut under their EMI license since Brexit. Now they will be able to serve these customers under their banking license.

They have been a bank since 2021. But only in Lithuania for EU clients: https://www.lb.lt/en/news/banking-licence-granted-to-revolut-bank-uab But since Brexit, UK customers can no longer be served by the Lithuanian bank.

But Jersey still levies a withholding tax on interest and dividends for Individuals, doesn't it?