Sorry I dont see any FAQ on 1st page ... are malaysians on tourist visa allowed to open Singapore savings account ? Which bank can ?

Thanks in advance

While waiting for responses, you can try the recent comments in page 206

CIMB SG revised their deposit rates upwards.

https://www.cimb.com.sg/content/dam/cimbsg/...ision-jun22.pdf

Fastsaver <75k SGD rate is increased to 0.5% p.a. from 0.3% p.a. before.

Good info there. Going to try apply DBS account soon. Thank you

before I have ask DBS via email, if foreigner want apply must have work premit

Successfully opened my DBS Multipler Account!

(Too bad, DBS My Account for Sporeans only, according to staff from DBS Woodlands branch.)

Anyway, took me 4 hours of waiting, 2 visits, and 3 attempts...

Some important takeaways:

1. As mentioned before, arrive earlier with your documents ready. I arrived 30 minutes before branch opens and you already see 15 people queuing. By the time branch open at 10 am, another 15 people queuing behind me.

2. Not all passes are strictly acceptable. Certain passes lie in the grey area. Work Holiday Pass (WHP) is one of them. It happened that when I showed all the documents, including the WHP card to the bank staff, it was rejected initialy by one of the staffs (not the same staff I met last week). Just before I packed things and started planning my trip to the MBFC branch, I saw and remembered another staff whom I knew from my first visit last week. I double confirmed with her that I have provided all the documents this time and suspected of potential miscommunications among the staffs (recall last week I don't have proof of residential address and source of fund, this time the 2 documents are ready.)

She went back in with all my documents and came back telling me it is ok to open an account with a WHP pass.

So, key message: you need some luck. Try to ask other employees in case one says no. Last resort is to go to MBFC branch and finally try online digibank submission.

3. Woodlands branch is especially busy due to Malaysians coming in from JB as well (overheard a DBS banker's conversation with another client while queuing), so consider other branch further south if needed.

4. If you queue early you will be attended early. But once you leave and want to return to the queue (they use a SMS queuing system, where the queue number will be sent to your phone), you will have to wait. I received SMS at 10.30 a.m. and was only able to enter the branch and started the applications at around 2.30 pm.

5. The DBS Visa Debit card will be automatically renewed every 5 years. DBS will send a "free" card to the address registered in the system. Make sure you change the address to your Malaysia's address when you return home otherwise the card will be mailed to the existing SG address. No annual card fees. The DBS Visa debit card will have NETS features as well, similar to the Maybank SG card.

6. For Malaysians, the DBS account identity card no. will be your Malaysian IC No., NOT your passport number. The I/C No. column in the DBS system will show something like MXXXXXX-XX-XXXX (M stands for Malaysia, XXXXXX-XX-XXXX is your Malaysia IC no.). However, you still need to bring BOTH documents when you open your bank account.

7. A note on SG phone number. If you are just a short-term visitor who puchase "cheap" SIM cards from 7-11 like me (validity 90 days), some of these phone numbers have already been used before by other users and become inactivated or cancelled. It so happened that my current SG mobile number was used before by someone else and has been registered in the DBS system. In this case, use your Malaysian phone number to proceed with account opening. Make sure you can receive TAC and messages from DBS at the same time to verify that the Malaysian SIM can receive TAC and other important messages. 

8. For those who are interested, DBS Multipler Accounts have some "tricks" for you to earn the maximum saving account rates. You can find these tricks online in SG's HardwareZone forum: https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/threads/...r-plan.5699929/ 

Will add more here if I can remember.

Sorry I dont see any FAQ on 1st page ... are malaysians on tourist visa allowed to open Singapore savings account ? Which bank can ?

Thanks in advance

Only reference found is from below quotes ... but not sure still valid ?

before I have ask DBS via email, if foreigner want apply must have work premit

Walked in to following banks in raffles place area :
1) Maybank - require mandatory investment commitment of $1k per month for 15 years 
2) CIMB - cannot open savings without work/student/etc pass
3) DBS -  cannot open savings without work/student/etc pass

FYI

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Keep in mind, you might need to lock up sgd3k for 6 months. The SGD3k is forzen or else you will kena sgd5.00/month fees if it fall below sgd3k.

For CIMB, use CIMB sg online and apply. Sg bank account all memang cannot walk in without any pass.

For Maybank just apply from Malaysia side.
TOS way only valid because he got study pass. For common poor people like us who got no working/study pass, not applicable.

And no, not study pass. It's Work Holiday Pass. I am a visiting student (though the uni letter addresses me as "visiting research fellow"...  ).

Same thing. It's still a pass. You should test out my method (without pass) and see if it still works. No pass harder. Not many of us here can have pass to work or study in Singapore.

Hi...
anyone has cimb sg account?
my sg acc is tide to my local cimb account.
how do i transfer from sg account back to my local cimb account using wise?
possible?

why do you want to use wise thou, i thought CIMB SG-CIMG MY with better than wise?

how do u transfer using cimb?
i cant select transfer from sg account ..
the drop down selection menu is empty at transfer page

I applied Maybank SG online and got it approved on the next day. I'm still waiting for my SG Debit Card to arrive since mid-May, hopefully it will reach me soon.

Hi...
anyone has cimb sg account?
my sg acc is tide to my local cimb account.
how do i transfer from sg account back to my local cimb account using wise?
possible?