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Letters: Britons in France wrestle with bank account closures

Connexion readers say letter from Crédit Agricole was 'alarming'

Briton's house sale money blocked when French bank transfer fails

Heightened security and a loss of personal contact meant his €280,000 savings were stuck in France

French bank accounts: what foreigners need to know

Robert Kent of Kentingtons explains that you must pay for most services - even for basic ones

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French bank fees rise almost 3% after moderate year in 2023

Fees and charges have risen more steeply than last year, a new study finds, with lower level financial customers worse hit than the most well off

Bank ATMs vandalised across France by climate campaigners

Activists spread glue in protest at what it called BNP Paribas surcharges and fossil fuel involvement

French banks to limit fee increases to 2% in 2023 amid high inflation

The banks, which have made enormous profits recently, agreed to the measure upon a government request to help preserve public buying power

12 French banks taken to court for not reimbursing fraud victims

Consumer group accuses banks of too often placing the blame on clients over frauds when they are not at fault

Is the money in neobanks protected the same as French bank accounts?

Not all neobanks are the same. This is how to check if your money is protected should the bank go into liquidation

Fees, fraud, debt: How bank clients can get help in France

Plenty of issues can arise in a client-bank relationship. We speak to Michel Guillaud, president of France Conso Banque, about defending customer rights

Recovered cancer patients in France set to have easier access to loans

France is a leading country in allowing former sufferers to not have to tell insurance and mortgage companies about the disease after a number of years in recovery, says the head of a cancer association

French property market news: October roundup

Our pick of stories for property owners in France from the last month

Banking post-Brexit in France: time to ‘think local’

In this month's money column, Bill Blevins covers what to expect regarding UK-based financial services for Britons in France after 31 December

Why may some UK banks close accounts of Britons in France?

Some UK banks are considering closing accounts of Britons in France but others are not - why is there a difference?

Traditional French banks under pressure as customers switch

An increasing number of people in France are changing banks - including many to new "digital banks" - with the quality of customer service and high fees cited as major factors in the decision to switch.

French court wipes out solar panel loans

Banks will have to write off solar panel installation loans after the highest appeal court said they had not done proper checks on work or contracts.

Important mortgage bank is to shut down

One of France’s oldest banks, Crédit Foncier, established in 1852 and an important player in home loans to British and American buyers, is to close.

France's solar con victims’ victory over bank

Victims of a solar panel scam do not have to repay the bank that loaned the money for the work… as the bank should have checked that the project was legal and their clients were satisfied, France’s highest court has ruled.

Threat to UK bank accounts

Advice from the UK about a ‘no-deal’ states that Britons in the EU “may lose the ability to access existing lending and deposit services.”

French bank account only demands are illegal

French consumer fraud agency the DGCCRF has warned firms it is illegal to refuse payments in euros from bank accounts in other EU countries, including the UK, under the SEPA agreement.

Are UK banks reducing services to clients abroad?

A reader from Charente has written in with concerns about the Cooperative Bank in the UK ending the right to have standing orders for regular payments to accounts in countries, such as France, with other currencies

Which banks meets foreign account rule?

Out of the main four high street British banking groups only RBS and Barclays were able to confirm to Connexion that they will apply new rules allowing people resident in the rest of the EU to open a basic account with them.

Banks

Letters: Britons in France wrestle with bank account closures

Briton's house sale money blocked when French bank transfer fails

French bank accounts: what foreigners need to know

French bank fees rise almost 3% after moderate year in 2023

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2024 Map: see where in France road speeds are reverting to 90km/h limit

French ski station voted as best in the world

Will roadworthiness tests penalise drivers in France for removing emission-limiting liquid?

EU faces legal challenge from French lawyer over weedkiller sale decision

Ignoring this increasingly common French road sign could cost you €135

Briton applies for French residency card and finds he was adopted - and has siblings

Free data leak: is it possible to change French bank account number?

Bank ATMs vandalised across France by climate campaigners

French banks to limit fee increases to 2% in 2023 amid high inflation

12 French banks taken to court for not reimbursing fraud victims

Is the money in neobanks protected the same as French bank accounts?

Fees, fraud, debt: How bank clients can get help in France

Recovered cancer patients in France set to have easier access to loans

French property market news: October roundup

Banking post-Brexit in France: time to ‘think local’

Why may some UK banks close accounts of Britons in France?

Traditional French banks under pressure as customers switch

Credit card cashback schemes growing in France

Crédit Mutuel and Arkéa’s divorce is close to absolute

French police warns shopkeepers about ‘Movie notes’

French court wipes out solar panel loans

Revolut, a way to pay while in UK?

French court orders bank to refund stolen money

Equity release loan: ‘The rates didn’t work for me’

€500 ‘terrorists’ note to disappear

Cashback of €60 is now available in France