"Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today." – James Dean
Posted in Panama Journal on Sep 6th, 2009
A reader directed me to a current post on My Panama Lawyer. You can read it here. http://mypanamalawyer.blogspot.com/2009/09/5-panamanian-banks-with-worst-customer.html
Posted in Panama Journal on Aug 10th, 2009
I am always receiving questions related to the banks in Panama and what is required to open an account. Today, I took a short drive around David and took photos of some of the banks that are available.
I asked a couple of the banks for information on their requirements, just to verify that each have [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Jul 4th, 2009
This is the second part of Things Just Got More Expensive. Today I tried to get money from the ATMs. HSBC’s ATM had a problem, but a different problem than the other day. Then I tried the two ATM’s in El Rey, The first ATM said the account didn’t have sufficient funds. I had asked [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Jul 2nd, 2009
I went to get money from the ATM today and learned that Clave is now charging $3.00 for each transaction that is for banks outside of Panama.
I still think it is better for me than having an account in a Panama bank, but it does cause one to think about it a little more. Up [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on May 19th, 2009
It appears that all of the Banistmo banks are now flying under the HSBC logo. The acquisition was announced quite a while ago, but I see that it has happened and Banistmo is no more.
Posted in Businesses on Oct 20th, 2008
Looks like they are finishing up the building on the InterAmerican highway that is directly across from TGI Friday’s. I understand it is supposed to be a bank based out of Costa Rica.
Posted in Panama Journal on Apr 18th, 2008
There must have been a recent change, in ATM withdrawl fees here, in Panama. I recently started getting a “Cross-Border Fee Assessed” for all withdrawals made at ATMs. This is new for me as I haven’t received it in the last 5 years.
When I asked my Credit Union, about this new charge, I was [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Aug 29th, 2007
If you recall a previous post about Peter Gordon Vs. HSBC, then you may be interested in the new discussion that is filling some of the Yahoo Groups. In a Yahoo post called “Peter Gordon Case Exposed to the world
I am not familiar with International Problem Solvers, but their website contains URLs to both a [...]
Posted in Businesses on Aug 4th, 2007
In the past I was told that the building next to TGI Friday’s was going to be Banco Banistmo. Since that time, HSBC acquired Banistmo and it appears from this sign that it is going to be a HSBC branch.
Posted in Businesses on May 11th, 2007
I was out paying bills today and this construction is going on next to Cable & Wireless so I took the photo. Now that I look at the photo I see both Banco Cuscatlan and Panabank. So are these two different banks sharing the same building? I don’t know, but it seemed strange to me.
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