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messagefeedback on the bmce bank in london, please!   
Posted by: khadijaox81
Date: April 25, 2008 08:23PM

hi guys,

i'm tempted to open an account with the bmce bank in london, but would like to know what they're like first: if you've got an account with them, can you please tell me what you think of their services in general? how easy are they to deal with?

thanks a lot

messageRe: feedback on the bmce bank in london, please!
Posted by: agntif76
Date: April 25, 2008 11:20PM

hello everybody,
i have will ask my friend who is experemented in such things and i will provide you with an answer sooner.
good luck
yours agntif76

messageRe: feedback on the bmce bank in london, please!
Posted by: adds
Date: May 02, 2008 04:17PM

agntif76
clapclap
This fanacial year please.winking smiley


I nevr new BMCE had a bank in London where are they?

messageRe: feedback on the bmce bank in london, please!
Posted by: Minniemouse
Date: May 02, 2008 04:22PM

Neither have I!

The only one i know is Attijari


There is no sincerer love than the love of food. George Bernard Shaw

messageRe: feedback on the bmce bank in london, please!
Posted by: atlasmagic
Date: May 02, 2008 05:09PM

I know thet are in London as i met their representatif in the Moroccan Property show but i do not know where they based yet
If you bear with me i will find out & let you know but i 'am away for a week ,sorry

messageRe: feedback on the bmce bank in london, please!
Posted by: chelhman
Date: May 02, 2008 05:16PM

Hi fellows,

there it is :

26 UPPER BROOK STREET LONDON W1Y 1PD Tél: (004420) 75 18 82 52

messageRe: feedback on the bmce bank in london, please!
Posted by: khadijaox81
Date: May 06, 2008 07:33PM

hi guys,

i've actually taken the dreaded step and opened my account today. it's a small office just off park lane; there are only 2 guys working there, both seemed to be really nice and helpful. time will tell.

messageRe: feedback on the bmce bank in london, please!
Posted by: adds
Date: May 07, 2008 10:17AM

Good news for you did you ask these question if so would you please tell me;
What yearly charges do they have for normal saving account?
Is your money accessible both ends Here and in Morocco?

messageRe: feedback on the bmce bank in london, please!
Posted by: Minniemouse
Date: May 07, 2008 03:25PM

Hi, I'm also just back from Attijari Wafabank where I opened a new account. The director was a nice chap and it didn't take long to complete the procedure. Adds, they have a really good and straight forward way of transferring money. Basically you open the account with an agency of your choice in Morocco (the closest to your address in Morocco) and get an account number then you go to Barcley bank (they have a deal with them) and deposit your money, this is free of charge. Then your money gets transfered to your Attijari branch in Morocco within 24h. I thought this is fabulous!!

To send money to someone in Morocco it's easy. You deposit your money via barclays and then you have 3 ways. You give the name and ID card number of the person receiving the money to your attijari branch and this person goes there and confirm the informations and withdraw the money within 24 hours. This costs around £5, or if that person also has attijari account then you make the transfer to their account and you only get charged 70 pence for this. The third way is to give to this person a top-up card to withdraw money every time you put some.


There is no sincerer love than the love of food. George Bernard Shaw

messageRe: feedback on the bmce bank in london, please!
Posted by: Rachidhino
Date: May 07, 2008 04:16PM

Hiya Guysspinning smiley sticking its tongue out
Thanks for the infos
in love


Women might be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake a whole relationship.

messageRe: feedback on the bmce bank in london, please!
Posted by: adds
Date: May 07, 2008 04:21PM

Hi minnieI have already got a wafabank account and Barklays but BMCE always have better rate of exchange. I don't know why they don't have one rate uniformallyl across the banks one has to shop around the sameway one does for potatoes back home.

messageRe: feedback on the bmce bank in london, please!
Posted by: chelhman
Date: May 07, 2008 04:46PM

Hi Adds,

Moroccan banks are pretty much the same, what they give in Xchange rates they make up in miscellaneous fees. The only tiny difference is the range of their network, BMCE seems to have an advantage overseas because of their presence almost everywhere, but that only matters for corporate accounts.

messageRe: feedback on the bmce bank in london, please!
Posted by: khadijaox81
Date: May 07, 2008 06:47PM

to transfer money to your bmce account you need to register with a limited company ( they're brokers who find you the best exchange rate, in exchange for no fee from you; i dont really understand how they make their money but never mind). you would have to pay them the amount that you wish to transfer by debit card, and they would put the money in dirhams into your account for you.bmce offers 2 types of account: 1 for those who've got an income in morocco, say, from letting their property, and 1 for people with no income in morocco ( like me!). with this last option, you can withdraw your money anywhere in the world, as there is a visa electron international card as part of the package. however, and that's where i think that there's some big room for improvement, you can't actually pay any money in your account from morocco (so if you were there on holiday, finding yourself with some spare change at the end of your holiday, you couldn't actually put it back into your account). i hope this helps!

messageRe: feedback on the bmce bank in london, please!
Posted by: adds
Date: May 08, 2008 11:20AM

thank you both for the info. With my wafabank account I can put money into it from anywhere but can take it out only in Morocco. I have no credit card or cheque book only a membership card.they only charge me for stamps,but in the last statment I noticed some charges that will require me travelling to London office just for curiosity.

messageRe: feedback on the bmce bank in london, please!
Posted by: Minniemouse
Date: May 08, 2008 11:24AM

Hi adds, what stamps do they charge you for??


There is no sincerer love than the love of food. George Bernard Shaw

messageRe: feedback on the bmce bank in london, please!
Posted by: adds
Date: May 08, 2008 03:21PM

My branch is in Casablanca, they only charge me 2, 50 MDH
Enjoying this gorgeous weather out side from the window is making me %^&&* angry.

Regards

messageRe: feedback on the bmce bank in london, please!
Posted by: Minniemouse
Date: May 09, 2008 01:33PM

2, 50 MDH for what?? sorry i'm confused!

Did you say nice weather?? where about are you? it was sunny this morning but now it looks like it's going to pour down in a minute! bloody English weather.


There is no sincerer love than the love of food. George Bernard Shaw

messageRe: feedback on the bmce bank in london, please!
Posted by: adds
Date: May 12, 2008 12:21PM

Hi there

The weather is WOW!!!!
The 2.50MDH is for a stamp when they send me a bank statement they always take it out but recently they helped them selves to slightly more. Other banks they charge about 50DH a year.
Enjoy the week is gonna really hot in London too.