I am only here for < 6 months a year so I am not a resident and don't have a DNI. Brubank required one when I tried to sign up. Perhaps I can try with Wilobank. Thanks for the advice!
My bank is absolutely incompetent. When I wired money to buy an apartment here the clerk accidentally gave me my peso CBU instead of my dollar CBU. I asked him explicitly to confirm that it was my dollar account and he told me it was. So when I sent the money it was converted to pesos and then I had to convert back to dollars. Obviously this incurred a large fee. I argued with them and got them to reduce the fee by 75% (they gave me a special rate on the conversion which allowed them hide their error to their own management) but it was still quite a large cost. The only way to fix it would have been to take them to court as they did not want to fully admit the error. I had the entire email thread in black and white so it was certain it was his fault but well.... Needless to say I hate doing business with them but as a foreigner without a DNI it is hard to open accounts.
Not to mention when I go there I am not allowed to 1) wear a hat 2) drink a coffee 3) use my phone 4) listen to audiobooks on my headphones 5) listen to music on my earbuds. It is like being in a prison. Apparently there is a law stating that phones cannot be used (I checked), so I cannot blame them for that. And the hat thing I can understand. Now I bring papers to read or wait outside and look in through the window until my number is called.
My bank is absolutely incompetent. When I wired money to buy an apartment here the clerk accidentally gave me my peso CBU instead of my dollar CBU. I asked him explicitly to confirm that it was my dollar account and he told me it was. So when I sent the money it was converted to pesos and then I had to convert back to dollars. Obviously this incurred a large fee. I argued with them and got them to reduce the fee by 75% (they gave me a special rate on the conversion which allowed them hide their error to their own management) but it was still quite a large cost. The only way to fix it would have been to take them to court as they did not want to fully admit the error. I had the entire email thread in black and white so it was certain it was his fault but well.... Needless to say I hate doing business with them but as a foreigner without a DNI it is hard to open accounts.
Not to mention when I go there I am not allowed to 1) wear a hat 2) drink a coffee 3) use my phone 4) listen to audiobooks on my headphones 5) listen to music on my earbuds. It is like being in a prison. Apparently there is a law stating that phones cannot be used (I checked), so I cannot blame them for that. And the hat thing I can understand. Now I bring papers to read or wait outside and look in through the window until my number is called.
