Hello everyone,
My friend was going to open a bank account con sertificado in Banco Popular,Dominican Republic. First he called 544-5555, ext.00,to ask what would be the persentage. He was told that it would depend on the amount of money deposited in the bank as following:
For November,2003.
300.000-1000.000 pesos 19.5%
less than 300.000 pesos 18%
All these numbers are valid if you want to place money for 1 month. If you place them for two or three months the persentage will be lower.
He was interested in placing 350.000 pesos for one month. He went to the nearest bank office. The people there were very kind,smiling as always but the numbers that they gave to him were different from those he had been given on the phone:
For november,2003
300.000-1000.000 pesos 18%
less than 300.000 pesos 15.5%
Then he went to another office of Banco Popular.To his even more surprise the numbers were even more different:
He was told that if he deposits 350.000 pesos for one month with the sertificate he will have 15.5% in one month.
When he asked the official to present all these information in a written form in a document they refused to do so telling that that it was prohibited.(Noncence!!!!,on my opinion they should place all the information on the board in order anybody who is looking for this information could have access to it) Really my head just refuses to understand what is goinig on in so-called Banco Popular....Maybe its happened because he is not not dominican???
Please, give me some advise what he should do in this situation. Maybe someone here has faced the problems like these before.
Also I have another question regarding if it would be safe to place any money in a Bank in DR. In case of a bankruptcy of the bank what would be the chances of loosing all your money????
Look forward to hearing from anybody who can help.
Thanks
My friend was going to open a bank account con sertificado in Banco Popular,Dominican Republic. First he called 544-5555, ext.00,to ask what would be the persentage. He was told that it would depend on the amount of money deposited in the bank as following:
For November,2003.
300.000-1000.000 pesos 19.5%
less than 300.000 pesos 18%
All these numbers are valid if you want to place money for 1 month. If you place them for two or three months the persentage will be lower.
He was interested in placing 350.000 pesos for one month. He went to the nearest bank office. The people there were very kind,smiling as always but the numbers that they gave to him were different from those he had been given on the phone:
For november,2003
300.000-1000.000 pesos 18%
less than 300.000 pesos 15.5%
Then he went to another office of Banco Popular.To his even more surprise the numbers were even more different:
He was told that if he deposits 350.000 pesos for one month with the sertificate he will have 15.5% in one month.
When he asked the official to present all these information in a written form in a document they refused to do so telling that that it was prohibited.(Noncence!!!!,on my opinion they should place all the information on the board in order anybody who is looking for this information could have access to it) Really my head just refuses to understand what is goinig on in so-called Banco Popular....Maybe its happened because he is not not dominican???
Please, give me some advise what he should do in this situation. Maybe someone here has faced the problems like these before.
Also I have another question regarding if it would be safe to place any money in a Bank in DR. In case of a bankruptcy of the bank what would be the chances of loosing all your money????
Look forward to hearing from anybody who can help.
Thanks