Advice on Best banks in Portugal

Hi,

I guess you can still open a bank account with your former address in UK, no?

Advantage in Portugal, you can still talk to responsible persons in bank's offices, the best then would be to present them the situation and ask what they could accept as proof of address.

If they are unable to help you then try to visit other banks and ask them frankly, I would suggest you to start with banks like

• NovoBanco
• BankInter
• Caixa Credito Agricola

En Algarve, BPI est parfaite.

A éviter à tous prix *** et particulièrement agences de Loule, Olhão, Tavira et Faro et ***

Translation : In the Algarve, BPI is perfect.

To be avoided at all costs *** and particularly agencies of Loule, Olhão, Tavira and Faro and ***

Open a bank account in Portugal as a non-resident

https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=933658

And remember, it's MADEIRA, not Madiera.

@boutdechou39

Thank you for you quick response. My son managed to open his account with Santander using his UK address. However now Santander are saying the riles have changed and even tough I have a NIF, it is on UK address and they can not open a  bank account for me unless I show proof of address in Portugal in form of bills. I will try other banks

@kiransidhar

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@belliou ca tombe bien, car c’est ma nouvelle banque et BPI de Almancil a ouvert mon compte à distance, même si nous allons vivre à Porto!

That's good, because it's my new bank and BPI of Almancil opened my account remotely, even though we're going to live in Porto!

@MrFitz

Sorry but the mentioned bank also require a proof of address, so your advise, which sound more after advertising, doesn't help the author of the initial post

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@boutdechou39,

All suggestions are welcome. This forum is in english, but @Bettina's reply follows on from another post in french and for kindness she also replied in french. Banks in Madeira and Algarve are the same ones...

In the context of applying for a visa, you can open an account at any branch as long as the bank is in Portugal. The branches have local directorates, and each of them can make things easier, just to achieve business goals. it shouldn't be like that, but that's the way it is. Because all banks and regional directorates should be governed by the same rules defined by the bank regulators that are the Bank of Portugal and the ECB...