Bank Charges in NZ?

[KiwiHopeful]

Yeah, but what's the question!?!

[jamesthecarman]

Originally Posted by Taffy

Did you fnid the sun, James?

Sure did!

And I was there 42(+13) days, so I suppose I found the answer as well.

[Dawn]

Originally Posted by KiwiHopeful

Yeah, but what's the question!?!

KH come on! You know that would take seven and a half million years to compute and check!

[out0266]

Originally Posted by katiej35

Is there any bank in NZ that does not charge a monthly fee for a normal account?

I opened an ANZ account but they charge $3.50 a month for doing nothing! I appreciate that this is not much money but I am used to free banking here in the UK and if I do pay a monthly charge it is because I am getting extras like travel ins, free money withdraws abroad etc.

thanks

Katie

I'm also looking for fee free account and found that HSBC online saver is the only one mentioned on Interest rates in New Zealand, the only issue that I see is there is no branch access for most of NZ, however don't really need a branch anyway unless you have cheque deposits (in which case I would post them in)

Hope this helps

[Ace]

One nice thing about banking in NZ is that it's entirely possible to never have to write a cheque. With EFTPOS, a credit card and Internet banking, I only write about 1 or 2 cheques a month -- which could easily drop to zero after just a little more effort on my part.

That makes accounts like the ASB Streamline pretty attractive, I think (although it's normally free, they do charge a $3 per cheque service fee).