Thread: aussie dollar account

Originally Posted by ronb

You will find many threads in the forum on this. My summary of what I think they have said is that banks should require the account holder to have a kitas, but in the eagerness to get business it would seem that they can be flexible. One approach can be to ask you to go with a kitas holder when opening the account - I think you end up getting what looks like a shared account with the kitas holder, but the non-kitas partner may have the signing rights and the ATM card. So when you come here, have a short list of banks you would be happy to deal with, and then go and ask. They want your business.

Ty very much , Ronb !
One more question : Can you suggest few indo bank i can get into ?

Originally Posted by supertago

Ty very much , Ronb !
One more question : Can you suggest few indo bank i can get into ?

Here are a few - others may add:

Commonwealth Bank Indonesia - a small Indo bank owned by a big Aussie bank. Belongs to ATM Bersama (see ATM Bersama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) so you can use many ATMS (no fee) including BCA, BNI, Mandiri, and more

BCA- has a large network of ATMs, offers services via ATM to pay Indovision etc

BNI - many ATMs, government owned I think, you can pay Lion Air from an ATM - so you book your flight on the web, then have a couple of hours to get to an ATM and pay

Mandriri - also a large network of ATMs, and also goverment owned I think, and services via the ATM - but I am not so familiar with them

Of these, I am familiar with Internet banking provided by Commonwelath and BCA - both work well and use those little gizmos that give you a number to enter into the web session for security.

Originally Posted by pollyanna

Adding to RonB's information, we use Danamon Bank and are happy with their customer service in Ubud. They have plenty of ATMs. They also offer internet banking with the security gizmo.

ty both of you , Ronb&Pollyanna !
So , here is my plan :
- I will spend 1 month in Feb /11 , looking for 12-months accomodation , bank account and business opportunity . Then looking for a reputable agent to get a sosial visa .
- Back to Italy , get the visa , packing some stuff ( those unsold...) and chasing my mirage !!
May I ask you which is the most popular business for expats ? i can assume it's something involved in tourism , a little crowded branch , I guess...
once again , many thanks