this post was submitted on 21 Apr 2025
22 points (100.0% liked)

Personal Finance

4374 readers
11 users here now

Learn about budgeting, saving, getting out of debt, credit, investing, and retirement planning. Join our community, read the PF Wiki, and get on top of your finances!

Note: This community is not region centric, so if you are posting anything specific to a certain region, kindly specify that in the title (something like [USA], [EU], [AUS] etc.)

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

I am a US citizen living in the US (glass it from orbit please) and as the title implies I am wondering if it is possible to move my checking and savings account(s) to a bank that would allow that money to be converted and held as euros. From my research so far it does appear there are some banks that may be able to facilitate this (HSBC, Citi, Wells Fargo), but I was wondering if anyone had any experience with doing so?

In addition to recommendations or general thoughts about the bank(s) I should consider looking at I was also curious if:

  • Direct deposits in USD were possible and how they were handled in terms of converting them (does it happen automatically, or is it a manual action)?
  • Is it possible to use ACH debiting?

For whatever it's worth in case someone asks or wants to interject, most of my money is currently in my retirement accounts and not in my savings, I have an emergency fund and I won't be doing anything that might harm it.

Regardless of whether what I am asking is dumb or ill advised I am currently looking for information on how one might implement this if it is possible at all. Feel free to offer your opinion/take on it if you are also able to point me to resources on doing this or additional reading on the matter. If this is just straight up not possible in any capacity (my initial looking seems to indicate it is possible, but I could be wrong) then feel free to let me know that as well. If the only feedback that can be provided is to tell me how dumb it is, or ask why I would want to do this my reasons are my own, and I would kindly ask it be kept to one's self, but I obviously can't stop anyone if they don't.

Regardless, I very much appreciate your reading this far, and thank anyone for their replies in advanced.

top 8 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Seconded - it’s pretty trivial to set up a Wise account; I’ve already moved a small emergency fund there and converted it into euros

[–] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Are all conversions done manually, or can it be done automatically? Have you done any kind of direct deposit with your account?

I would advise you to look at their own documentation.

I haven’t linked it to direct deposit.

[–] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thank you. Do you have any experience with them? My initial reaction (not saying it's justified, just what it is) is concern about the fact that they are a fintech that is still relatively new in banking terms. Given the issues other fintechs have had and the general tech bro vibe around them I don't think it's entirely unreasonable to be weary of them, but I also know I can be overly cautious in my thinking with these things.

Regardless, the service appears to be exactly what I was thinking of so I will dig into them.

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

I created an account with them, but haven't had a chance to use it quite yet, so I don't have any real experience with them as of now.

[–] mysteriousquote@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Yep, I was going to say the same thing. Wise (formerly TransferWise) is a pretty big player in this space.

You get a bank account in each currency you want, and you can do transfers between currencies all within their service.

I use them to move money between USD and EUR for bills, and the service fees are reasonable.

[–] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Revolut allow you to have multiple currencies.

https://www.revolut.com/en-US/

It is very popular in the EU has a bankling licence and deposit guarantees.