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Bank charges for drawing money out

Posted: Thu Jul 9, 2020 5:45pm
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John99andrew

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we are residents in Spain  and have an account with Santander in the uk we are now been charged a fee at Santander bank in Albobox for drawing money out of our account, anyone anybody  found the same ?

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Posted: Thu Jul 9, 2020 9:05pm

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Posted: Thu Jul 9, 2020 9:05pm

John99andrew wrote on Thu Jul 9, 2020 5:45pm:

we are residents in Spain  and have an account with Santander in the uk we are now been charged a fee at Santander bank in Albobox for drawing money out of our account, anyone anybody  found the same ?

Hi John

Opened an account with Santander. After them changing MY password 3 times without telling me and leaving me embarrassed in places where I could not access my money and requiring visits to the bank in person only to sit waiting for 45 mins I gave up and withdrew everything. 

Find another bank.

regards,

Littlelady

Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 12:19pm

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Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 12:19pm

Santander in Spain is not connected to Santander UK , we found this out .

John99andrew

Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 2:40pm

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Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 2:40pm

Littlelady wrote on Fri Jul 10, 2020 12:19pm:

Santander in Spain is not connected to Santander UK , we found this out .

I don't dispute that, what I am saying is anyone others people found the same regarding charges if you have an account with Santander  in uk and draw money out here in Spain from Santander, it's the first time in 3 years I have been charged, I spoke to the uk branch and they said they wave charges it looked as it is Santander Spain which is making the charge from cash points in Spain

To say they are different banks Spanish Santander used to have the same 123 account (strange)

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Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2020 8:12am

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Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2020 8:12am

I gather, from online research, that Santander UK is owned  by the Spanish Santander group, so they are effectively the same. As to the sudden charging for cash withdrawals, I don't know. I'd guess they have changed their rules perhaps. 

I certainly have found many of the banks, within Spain, charge when you use other banks ATM's unlike in the UK where you can usually use any other banks ATM's for free.  We like free but dislike charges. What a pain.

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