Santander Bank (Jersey)
Santander Private Banking in Jersey is part of the Santander Private Banking Division, which operates in Europe, Latin America, and USA, and employs over 2,000 professionals with more than 120 branches, making it one of the largest private banks in the world.
The bank was formerly known as Abbey International.
WHAT SANTANDER PRIVATE BANKING IN JERSEY OFFERS:
- International personal bank accounts
- Gold Bank Account with Visa deferred-debit card
- Call Account
- Instant Access Savings Account
- Notice Account
- Fixed Term Deposit Account
- Telephone Banking Services
- Full 24/7 Internet banking services
- Accounts in Euro, Sterling, US Dollar
- Euro, Sterling or US dollar Gold Visa deferred-debit card
- Customer support in English
- The bank currently able to provide banking facilities for American citizens.
- The approximate timeframe for account allocation is 5 to 7 days after the original documents have been received by the bank.
REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONAL ACCOUNT SET UP WITH SANTANDER PRIVATE BANKING IN JERSEY:
- Personal presence is not required
- A minimum balance entry requirement of £50,000 or currency equivalent for US Dollars and Euros across our portfolio of products. The minimum balance amount can be spread across a range of accounts, subject to the minimum opening deposit for each account being met, and it must be maintained throughout the relationship with Santander Private Banking.
- The bank specialises in personal savings and current accounts for U.K expatriates or customers working and living overseas. You will need to advise the reason you require an account offshore with Santander in Jersey.
- Notarized copy of valid passport.
- The passport must be signed and signature must match the signature in the application form.
- The photograph must be clear and of good quality.
- Original or notarized copy of utility bill / bank statement dated within 3 months as verification of residential address.
- Original or notarized copy of Lawyer's/Banker's/Accountant's reference letter dated within 3 months.
- Personal CV
First you have to know the banks website: http://www.santanderpb.je
How to open the account:
The bank offers several bank account types, you can choose one of them here:
http://www.santanderpb.je/banking/accounts
There you find the conditions of each account.
To open an account you have to contact the bank via this link:
http://www.santanderpb.je/contact-us/new-account-enquiries
After you returned the application forms with all necessary documents back to the bank, your account is set up after further 5-7 working days and you will get the access data by post delivered.
Your new Offshore bank account is from then on fully usable.
Important notes:
If the account opening documents provided are incomplete, unverified or are not clear they may have to request further information, documents or clarification from you before they can open your account.
As part of the process you will need to send personal information. It’s very important that you use real information. Don’t try to use questionable data. If you have some problem or a specific question the best is to contact them directly and let them know so they can help you.