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How to open a bank account in Poland: a guide for expats and tourists

I am a Polish citizen, and for a few years, I live and travel abroad. I am especially interested in banking around the world, especially for expats. Below I will try to describe what the Polish banking system looks like and what are the best banks in Poland for foreigners. Read more…

By Damian Sowa, 2 years23 March 2023 ago
Amsterdam
Europe

How to open a bank account in the Netherlands: a guide for expats

When do I need a Dutch bank account? If you live in the Netherlands, you are going to need a local bank account for 2 reasons. First, most Dutch stores don’t accept normal cards (like Visa, and MasterCard), but they accept Maestro cards (sometimes also V-PAY). Additionally, a lot of Read more…

By Damian Sowa, 2 years8 January 2023 ago
Europe

What is iDEAL? A guide about Dutch online payments.

The iDEAL is a Dutch online payment system. It is the most popular online payment method in the Netherlands. Not every shop/service in the Netherlands allow to pay by credit card, but almost every service allows to pay by iDEAL. Quite often it is possible to pay for government services Read more…

By Damian Sowa, 2 years22 November 2022 ago
maestro card Netherlands
Europe

Why my card doesn’t work in the Netherlands? Everything about the Dutch Maestro card.

In most countries in Europe we are used to using Visa and MasterCard cards, they are popular around the world and it is almost obvious that we can pay everywhere with these cards. Unfortunately, in the Netherlands card system looks a little bit different. Dutch people mostly don’t use these Read more…

By Damian Sowa, 2 years22 November 2022 ago
Berlin
Europe

How to open a bank account in Germany: a guide for expats

When do I need a German bank account? If you live in Germany, you going to need a local bank account because of 2 reasons. The first one is that most of the German stores don’t accept normal cards issued in the whole world (like Visa, Mastercard), but they accept Read more…

By Damian Sowa, 3 years26 September 2022 ago

My projects and links:
  • mffn.pl - my projects
  • damiansowa.pl - my lifestyle blog in Polish and English
  • sowa.pm - links about me and contact
  • drivexam.com - learn for written driving exam in Asia
  • korea.drivexam.com - learn for written driving exam in Korea
  • japan.drivexam.com - learn for written driving exam in Japan
  • driving-exam-thailand.com - learn for written driving exam in Thailand


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