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You can still open savings accts at Standard Chartered Singapore and at Maybank Singapore with your normal documents. Do it quickly before these two banks close their doors too.

last year yes. this year seems to be difficult. I think by now they closing the door.

He already have SCB account in SG.

Use the following. I thought somebody would reply,...

1) Call Standard Chartered, Sgp, tel no : 65-67477000, ask them what documents are needed. Tell them of the date that you will be going down. Tell them you intend to do at No : 1 Battery Road.

You do this so that they can't refuse you later ! Bro,... don't go to other branches ! Open at No 1, Battery Road.

2) Gather the docs, then go down !

3) At a minimum, open the eSavers, SGD and USD Settlement Accts.

Bring SGD 1200 with you, you need to put in SGD 1000 into that eSavers Acct.. After that, wait for your token and the ids and passwords to reach your house. Then you can start from there.

including this and need to show work permit /employment permit etc right?

yo. if you are do not want to go singapore just to open an account, you may look into opening a Maybank SG account locally. without travel. just go to some selected few MBB branches to sign the form. It's called iSavvy account. minimum SGD500 to open. only con is that it takes 3-4 weeks for them to validate and approve the acc opening.
I opened an account with Maybank SG locally. DBS/POSB no idea.

oh then go with maybank then. no EP or WP needed to open. but u must have msia mbb account first before applying.

here you go guys. 

http://info.maybank2u.com.sg/pdf/deposits-...cation-form.pdf

this is the application form if you want to print out. if not, just visit the branch (scroll all the way to the bottom to find your nearest branch) and get the form.

do take note on the difference between premier wealth and normal branches. worried that if you visit premier branch but you're not MBB customer then they might reject you.

you would also need to prepare a SGD bank draft. just inform the teller and he/she will provide 2 forms for you.

1 x application form
1 x bank draft form (yellow slip) minimum SGD500

hope the above helps.

Looks like Shin's way is better than mine in opening a Sgp bank account,...

Yes, use the above way,... then if you guys needed a trading account with the lowest brokerage charge in Sgp, use my way,... BUT,... quickly open the bank acct first using Shin's way above, BEFORE MAYBANK CLOSES THEIR DOORS !!

http://www.maybank2u.com.my/en/personal/de...ings/savvy.page

First are you 18 years and above?
A Malaysian or Permanent Resident? Opening a Personal or Joint Account?
And please note the Minimum deposit of $5000. (In the form of a SGD Demand Draft)
Ok? Then next steps:

Visit your nearest Maybank branch, bring along your original Identity Card (IC), Police or Armed Forces ID Card, Birth Certificate and MyKid for Malaysians, and Passport for non-residents or foreigners, as your primary document.

You may also need to bring secondary supporting documents such as:
A valid passport (if IC is produced as a Primary document), a valid driving license, utility bills (e.g. water/electricity/telephone bills, Quit Rent, Assessment Notice) in the name and address of the customer opening the account, a Letter of employment or your Credit card.
And that's it! Scroll down to the bottom of the page for more details on how to apply now.

Tomei-R.. let me know if u are successful in opening without the LETTER OF EMPLOYMENT... from Malaysia without going to Sg.

For Maybank SIN account, do we need to maintain transactions in & out every other month to keep the account "activated"?   If not, what is the penalty?

Congrats for opening the DBS MCA account. 

It is really a challenge recently even with proof of CDP account. However, it still can be done with much efforts.

I went over there. Maybank no reply I better not wait. Or else later cannot open.

Hi all,
First time on this thread and read thru the last 10 pages of the forum as some of them were quite old (<2013) which i presume outdated.  Quick question, can i
1) Open a SG bank account (Prefer  bank with Malaysia account too, e.g. OCBC, MAYBANK, CIMB etc) ?
2) If (1) is yes, what is the requirement ?
- Can i apply online ? I do not wish to fly to Singapore just to open an account
- Prefer bank with free annual fee as i don't think i will use the facility (ATM, Debit card etc) only use Internet Banking

2. Usually banks in Singapore charge a fall below fees. Not annual fees like Malaysia. Requirement usually work permit/student visa from Singapore. That's the major road block. Requirement for HSBC and Standard Chartered = pockets must be loaded.

THANKS TO THE 1MDB EVENT !!!!!

             

what I did back in 2015 was to fly down to SG during MALAYSIA public holiday, eg: Malaysia Day, Thaipusam, Quran etc..then u can save on taking days off from work..also, now with many budget air, u can go down to SG with the earliest flight, and come back on the same day...opening an account should not take more than half a day.

in 2015, i managed to open an OCBC bank acc linked with trading acc, giving them the reason I want to trade with OCBC securities...

good luck guys...

I experienced that. I asked about account inactivity and the person attending to me ask me back this question, "For what you want to open account and keep it inactive?' I was   
Correction. They ask the following in order
1) Are you a Singaporean?
2) Are you working here?

I already open my account with DBS bank.

Nope. Because I told them I am a fresh graduate. 
Banks in other country are run separably compare to the ones in Malaysia. Anyway, managed to open a CIMB account online (after getting DBS) so that I can make my DBS account "active" by transferring funds from CIMB > DBS > CIMB with my limited funds.

Will try and see if can get Standard Chartered/Maybank in my next trip. If can, will close my CIMB

Reason: CIMB only 2 branches 

But looking at exchange rate, CIMB TT rates are better than Maybank.

I gave them my national competency exam results. They actually never look at it at all.

DON'T UPDATE HERE TOO MUCH ! THE DOORS WILL BE CLOSED FASTER ! USE PM ! SOME GOVTS AND AUTHORITIES RE-ACT FAST, UNLIKE OURS !

This is news to me,... opening banks accounts in Msia is also difficult ???? 

Sorry off topic but is true about this.my cousin wanted to open an account in Maybank but was rejected even though the husband has supporting employee document from SG company.
Very strict rules and requirements now. Just my share on experience