Banking

Brandon -

There are 3 banks down here: First Bank, Banco Popular (both out of Puerto Rico), and Scotia Bank (which I believe is Canadian). I use First Bank, and am not much impressed with the service, but I think that is symptomatic of all of them.

Max

PS - I was born in Nevada, and am originally from Eureka, NV.

Thanks -

Do you know if I would be able to find First Bank Stateside? And I agree with you, you'll find problems at any bank 🙂

-Brandon

ps- STILL trying to find roomies

I don't think any of the 3 have stateside branches - maybe Scotia? Quite a bit of discussion about roomates on some of the threads - keep your eyes peeled.

I'd have to agree with Max about Firstbank. I've only been with them for a couple weeks and am probably going to close my accout. They offer online banking, unfortunatly they don't provide it (in a true sense).

Do any of the banks on the VI have websites. I would like to look into opening an acocunt by mail, so I would like to do a little research first.

Thank you very much,

-Brandon

I know that Banco Popular has branches in New York City, so they may have some in other Eastern states. Also, their online banking is not bad. I pay a majority of my bills online and have not had a problem thus far. The service inside the banks, however, is abysmal and should be avoided at all costs. Get direct deposit or deposit your checks through the ATMs.
http://www.bancopopular.com/bancopopular/pages/preng/bppr-preng-home.jsp

Thank you Onika

Hello Brandon,

Last time I checked you had to be in person to open a bank account here in the VI... look into it.

The VI Bankers Web site has a list of members with addresses/telephone number/web site links.

http://www.vibank.org/members.html

--Islander

We just got a mortgage for our condo through FirstBank and they allowed us to open a savings account through the mail. It was so that we could EFT the money for the closing, so it can be done. They were very helpful.

Nancy