Randall

I have extra money in my account to always cover payments, but I decided to take most of it out. So I went there I was told I could not do this. It seemed pointless to argue at the time so will wait until I move or until I get a Spanish speaking person to come along with me and argue in Spanish. May have to go to David to do this. It's my money, not their's.

As of June it is much more difficult to open a bank account here. I went to Banco General in August and, besides the normal references etc., they wanted a copy of my Jubildo/Pensionado and proof of property ownership. I was told by another gringo that Global or another bank (forget which one) don't require this, but they may have changed their requirements in June also. I take it this all due to FATCA.