Okay I happen to be in desaru currently and am planning to go to jb town tomorrow , and am very keen to open a SG account with my wife. Which would the most convenient to open ?

Thanks bro ramjade. So if I open the isavvy mbb account , I would also enjoy the privileges as when I open a trading account or a savings account in Singapore ?
Also I didn't bring my income tax documents however I might just try my luck by letting them view my e filing details

Any charges if balance is lower than the minimum amount allowed ?

What's the most convenient way to transfer those amounts if I wanna become their priority banking customer?

UOB Singapore Privilege Banking starts from SGD350k, not SGD100k. And UOB Singapore allows remote account opening.

The is UOB Singapore Wealth Banking, which is not a Priority Banking account. UOB Wealth Banking is like Maybank Aspire or CIMB Prime Banking. For foreigners who can't show employment pass or do not have a psysical address in Singapore but wish to start a banking relationship with UOB Bank Singapore, they will ask you to open a UOB Privilege Account which require a minimum deposit of SGD350k.

Guys , anyone here opened a savings account in Australia ? Or a DCA? What are the benefits ?

What is Sg SC ? S'pore Std Charter ?? 

I'm just a normal customer of Standard Chartered Sg. The brokerage i paid is 0.2% for sg markets

Unfortunately I dont qualify to b their priority customer. How come you know so much about SG SC priority banking?

You mean I can walk in a SC branch and bring cash USD to put in my USD account? And withdraw USD in cash

If they offer this also for EUR I run into the next branch tomorrow morning 

OK, let´s make this totally clear please before I jump on the next bus to Singapore to open a SC priority account there

* With this SC Singapore priority multicurrency account I can bring cash EUR to my account with no fee. And if needed also can withdraw EUR by cash with no fee?

* When I want to swap the EUR into SGD or other supported currencies in my multicurrency account there are no fees also? What currencys they support?

* I can do this without Singapore nationality and no home there?

And one thing more, if I have priority with OCBC Malaysia, I have over there at OCBC also?

The bank officer said that is not applicable anymore.

And I see the brochure too.

Yes ..you are right.

Else what cards to use to enter Priemier Lounge for FOC ? Can suggest ?

still imagining abt the service rendered for HSBC Advance (coz I have housing loan above 500k with HSBC).

On the other hand, I wish to have access to PPL too coz I always travel. Currently I m holding Ambank World card.

How they charge 2% oh？once off per advice or purchase or yearly??

This is the initial charge right? Or is this for Client Specialist's "advice"? Then on top of this, pay some more initial charge and service fees? Sorry, never heard of this Client Specialist before. Need to check out the platform more.

I got asked a question by another forum user via private message, but I thought it was a useful question - and since I didn't have a direct answer for him, I'd share my answer and invite others to chip in:

Here's my answer:

Hi, sorry I'm not priority status with SCB here in Singapore (where I'm based). I have priority/premier/privilege status with:

1. OCBC (Premier Dividend Private) - it's a step up from Premier, but a step down from full Private banking - that's only in Singapore

2. HSBC (you choose your country to base the minimum AUM, and the minimum AUM varies per country. In Singapore, it's SGD250,000 for in Australia, it's only AUD200,000 - so I transferred from being domiciled in Singapore, to being domiciled in Australia). However, for HSBC, in order for you to be domiciled somewhere, you need to demonstrate reasons. Eg. studies in the UK (domicile in UK). In our case, we are PRs of Australia, so they accepted the transfer, although we are still based and work in Singapore

I'm normal status with Citibank, SCB

I bank privately with UOB, Maybank and DBS

I have priority/premier/privilege status with:

1. OCBC (Premier Dividend Private) - it's a step up from Premier, but a step down from full Private banking - that's only in Singapore, and AFAIK, OBCB Wing Hang in HK does not have any automatic tie up access with OCBC in Singapore.

2. HSBC (you choose your country to base the minimum AUM, and the minimum AUM varies per country. In Singapore, it's SGD250,000 for in Australia, it's only AUD200,000 - so I transferred from being domiciled in Singapore, to being domiciled in Australia). However, for HSBC, in order for you to be domiciled somewhere, you need to demonstrate reasons. Eg. studies in the UK (thus you can be domiciled in UK). In our case, we are PRs of Australia, so they accepted the transfer of primary Premier account to Australia, although we are still based and work in Singapore.

I'm normal status with Citibank, SCB - hence I don't know if you can open an SCB account in HK from Malaysia, and whether you'll need to maintain the minimum required AUM separately, or does SCB do it like how HSBC does.

If anyone has the answer to this, I'm sure the forum user would be grateful.

It seems then that HSBC offers a better Premier program compared to SCB’s.

Not that I want it but just wondering how they select? Some ppl tell me u have loan with them >500k then auto. I don't want to diverge too much info but even if you got SGD300K AUM they auto call u to invite or u need to flash in front of them?

I can’t speak for everyone but I was invited by virtue of the total assets I hold with the bank, which was all cash initially.

I’m not as savvy as Ramjade and my foray into investment started with my premier/prestige/privilege RMs who saw that I was getting a pittance from the funds I parked in the banks.