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Guide to Essential Money Tools
Banking Tools
Money tool - internet banking
Abbey International
For the expatriate living away from home, one of the most important areas to keep tight control over is day-to-day money management. Offshore bank branches do not exist as they do in the UK, so working and retired expatriates have to rely upon the phone, post, fax or, increasingly, the web to get their finances under control.
Surprisingly, very few organisations offer comprehensive banking services via the web, with most requiring their clients to transact via the post, fax or phone, none of which are particularly secure in the current climate, where identity theft and mail theft are an all too frequent reality.
The great advantage of internet banking is the freedom to organise transactions, check statements and set up standing orders and direct debits at a time convenient to you. It is particularly useful for expatriates who don’t want the cost or difficulty of trying to deal with their bank in a different time zone.
Abbey International has developed an intuitive and comprehensive internet banking system for its clients, with very high levels of support, functionality and security coming as standard. Abbey International’s internet banking system offers simple navigation, money transfers between accounts and a website that is clear and simple to use, giving 24/7 access to your accounts from around the world.
Abbey International also offers its ‘Peace of Mind Guarantee’ – should you lose any money when using their online services, they will pay you back any loss you incurred from fraud providing you have taken all necessary safeguards to keep your account secure.
The Bank offers a range of accounts, including its Gold, Call and Notice accounts. All of these can be managed via its internet banking service, so customers can log on, pay bills and move money between multi-currency accounts from the comfort of their own home, with Gold and Call accounts offering the added benefit of a choice of three currencies – sterling, US dollar and euro.