Update: Kontoeröffnung in Georgien / Opening personal bank account in Georgia

in #money7 years ago (edited)

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Heute haben wir endlich unsere Bankkonten in Georgien eröffnet. Ich hatte bereits drei interessante Artikel zum Thema hier auf steemit veröffentlicht:

In Vergangenheit habe ich viel über Georgien und die Banken in verschiedenen Blogs gelesen. Das wollte ich nicht wirklich wahr haben und bin unter anderem auch deswegen hier nach Georgien gekommen, um mich selber davon zu überzeugen.

Und ja was soll ich sagen, heute haben wir unsere Konten eröffnet und es ist wirklich kinderleicht. Aber schau Dir mein neues Update-Video zum Thema an. Detaillierte Informationen zu den Gebühren, sowie Links zu den Banken findest Du im englischen Teil des Artikels:

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Dear Steemians,

we from Goodbye Matrix have opened an personal bank account today in Tbilisi, Georgia. We heard a lot about the banking sector in the past through other blogs. We couldn't believe that it is true so we decided to visit the country on our own and look if it's true ;)

What have we heard?

We heard that it it's very simple to open an account here and it just takes 5 to 15 minutes. Also that you will receive very high interest rate of over 10% per year for a term deposit.

We wrote articles about it here on steemit in the past:

Is it true?

After a few days here and a lot of researching we can say: YES!!!

It's true and we are a little overwhelmed of the well organised banking system in Georgia :)

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My girlfriend Dora in a beautiful bank branch in Georgia

Good NEWS for US citizens: Through FACTA agreement it's nearly impossible for US citizens to open a bank account abroad. Not so in Georgia. You are also welcome here to open a personal account :) The accounts are multi currencies accounts in EUR, USD, GBP and Lari.

Fees

A lot of people asking me what fees will apply to a account in Georgia? First: Every bank has other fees and we decided to open a account at TBC Bank because they offering the best rates for personal accounts. Other banks are slightly expensive.

So we only cover here the current TBC fees (June 2017). For other banks you have to make your own research like we did before.

Why we opened a account at TBC Bank?

They are offering the best fees in comparison to other banks in Georgia. They have the best rates for withdrawal money on foreign ATMs. For withdrawal in other ATMs you will get charged 2%, min. 3 USD/EUR or 6 GEL
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For paying with your Visa card in shops there are no fees.

Current account maintenance is 0.9 GEL/month
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Card Limits

It's depending on which card you have:
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Transfers and currency exchange

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What do I need to open a account?

I never visited a bank where it's so easy to open an account. I had to wait about 15 minutes and my account was open and ready to use :)

I can use the online banking area already after opening and make deposits to my new account. The card is ready after 24 hours!

I can pick it up tomorrow at the branch. It's a Visa debit card for worldwide payment.

We just needed our passport, no utility bill or proof of residence! So put you passport on the table and wait 15 minutes for your new Georgian account :)

The full table of fees you can see here on the website of TBC Bank ->

Conclusion

As you can see it's very easy to open an personal account here in Georgia. You can use it after 15 minutes and your card will be ready after 24 hours! No proof of residence needed, just your passport!

The account is a multi currency account in USD, EUR and Lari. If you want to make a term deposit you can open a new account directly online without visiting a branch again. You will get a extra 0,3% bonus interest rate, so you can receive up to 10,3% interest a year in Lari!

Fir your fist account you have to visit a bank branch in Georgia in person. After that you can open online as many accounts as you want.

With Liberty Bank it's even better and you will receive 11,5% interest for a 12 month term deposit!

Greetings from Georgia!

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Lieber Sergio, danke für die Infos, toll was ihr hier und da macht. bin erst über deine filme hier gelandet und bin ganz fasziniert, was ihr so auf die beine stellt. hätte ich nicht alle meine kinder in deutschland verteilt, wäre ich auch so ein weltenbummler wie ihr. ich wünsche euch alles alles gute. Amajay

Vielen lieben Dank Amajay :) Ja, reisen ist toll aber auf Dauer werden wir uns auch eine Bleibe suchen an der wir länger verweilen können :P Schön das Dir mein Artikel gefällt :) Es freut mich sehr wenn die Arbeit geschätzt wird <3

Alles liebe Dir
Sergio

Sehr interessant. Upvoted und resteemed :-)
Wie kommt man in Georgien mit Englisch über die Runden?

Danke :)

Russisch ist besser aber die junge Generation die hauptschlich bei den Banken arbeitet kann gutes Englisch. Hier und da gibt es Verständigungsprobleme..

Heute veröffentliche ich noch einen Weg wie man mit dem Konto an Bitcoin kommt, da wir einen Weg gefunden haben :)

Sehr cool da bin ich mal gespannt :-) Danke.

Thanks for this detailed report and the stunning images - not only because of Dora! Do you know if there is a possibility to connect a banking account like this direct to Bitcoin? - I will do a comparison of BTC credit cards soon. Have fun.

Try emoney.ge, this is a Georgian electronic wallet which is very versatile. And you can buy and sell 4 cryptos at the moment: Bitcoin, BitcoinCash, Litecoin and Ripple.

Good luck.

Hehe thank you :)

Tomorrow I will visit another time the Liberty Bank because I found this here on their "Pay Box". I will ask them if it is possible to buy and sell Bitcoin directly from the bank account :)

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Great. // Siehst Du Sergio. Wenns um Geld geht, sind auf einmal alle ganz nett. Und zensieren kannst Du mich hier auch nicht - glaube ich zumindest. Liebe Grüße!

Wieso sollte ich dich zensieren? :D

Das weiß ich auch nicht, aber ist ja Deine Sache.

Waw

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Hi Sergio,

Thanks for all the great info!
We are planning to book our flights to Georgia for middle December 2017. Would you please be so kind and let us know exactly which TBC branch you've visited to open an account?

I'm from Germany and my fiancee is from Portugal... both of us are digital nomads and are hoping to open an account with TBC without hassle.

-Preferably in a branch that is already accustomed to foreigners opening accounts.

Thanks a ton!

Regards,
D

Wawwww that amazing man. Thanks for sharing this information.
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