Metrobank Savings Account
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How to Open Metrobank Savings Account - All Requirements and Actual Process!Other Video:Metrobank Mobile Banking - Online Account Enrollment 2020https://yout. Features of Metrobank Debit/ATM Savings Account With a Metrobank Debit/ATM Savings Account ATM, you can: Pay your bills (at any of over 1,000 Metrobank ATMs and over 2,600 other BancNet ATMs nationwide). Shop without cash at point-of-sale terminals (located in several stores, supermarkets, and establishments). Starting August 7, 2020, interest rates for Retail and Corporate Current and Savings Account will be updated. Starting August 7, 2020, interest rates for Retail and Corporate Current and Savings Account will be updated. For inquiries, please call our Metrobank Contact Center at (02) 88-700-700 (domestic toll-free 1-800-1888-5775). At the end of the term, your Fixed Term Savings Account will automatically be closed and your money will be transferred to a Metro Bank Current Account or nominated savings account. This happens on the day before the date you opened the account - so if you opened a 3-year account on 1 April, it would mature on 31 March 3 years later. Steps in opening Passbook savings account in Metrobank Go to the nearest or your preferred Metrobank branch and advise the teller that you want to open a passbook savings account. Fill up the form for application. Make sure everything you write is accurate.
So the credit for this post goes to a reader who shared the information on how to open a Metrobank account in Canada on my post about opening a Philippine Bank account in Canada.
Kudos, kabayan. This must be the modern version of bayanihan.
Steps on How to Open a Metrobank Account in Canada
According to a tip from a reader, Filipinos can open a savings or passbook account in Canada. No chequing account.
If you live somewhere else, I’m sure the steps below are somewhat similar where you’ll open a Metrobank account.
Step 1: Locate the foreign Metrobank branches in North America. (Refer to the list later.)
Step 2: Gather and submit all the requirements. Call the Metrobank branch to make sure you have everything you need before personally submitting the requirements.
- Passport (Canadian or Philippine)
- Government issued ID (e.g. Driver’s license, health card, etc.)
- Paycheque or a pay stub in the last three months
- Dual citizenship certificate (if applicable)
- Birth certificate
- Fee (our kababayan can’t remember how much but said that it isn’t much)
Bring the original and photocopy of the requirements. The Metrobank office location of your choice in the Philippines will receive the complete requirements.
Step 3: Wait for the application to be completed. The processing time is three months.
Step 4: Claim your Metrobank passbook or ATM card. The latter is more convenient for OFWs because you can remit to the account and check your Metrobank account online.
Now that you’re aware with the steps, let’s go back to step 1 and find out the overseas branches.
Metrobank Overseas Offices
The foreign Metrobank branches are located in America, Asia, and Europe. But for this post I’ll only include the offices in Canada.
Vancouver Office
Address: 4292 Fraser Street Vancouver, BC V5V 4G2
Tel: 1 (604) 874 – 3373
Fax: 1 (604) 874-3374
Email: vancouver@metroremittance.ca
Business Days/Hours:
Mondays to Saturdays – 10:00 am to 5:30 pm
Sundays – 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Toronto Office
Address: 569 St. Clair Ave. West Toronto, ON M6C 1A3
Tel: 1 (416) 532 – 9779 / 1 (416) 532 – 3223
Fax: 1 (416) 534 – 4040
Email: toronto@metroremittance.ca
Business Days/Hours:
Mondays to Saturdays – 10:00 am to 7:00 pm
Sundays 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
That’s not much list of offices in Canada. For Filipinos living in this areas, take advantage of the opportunity to open a Philippine bank account if you don’t have any yet.
There’s No Metrobank Office Where I Live
I know how frustrating it is. But you still have an alternative. You could check if opening a PNB account is possible in different branches.
- Ontario (Mississauga,
Sherbourne, Scarborough, and Wilson) - British Columbia (Vancouver and Surrey)
- Manitoba (Winnipeg)
Metrobank Savings Account Number
Tip: I was able to open a PNB account in Calgary, Alberta. Make a phone call and ask if there are agents in other areas that are not listed in the online list.
That’s all the trick I can share for this post. I can’t wait to learn and share more tips from our fellow kababayan.
If you are able to open a Metrobank account or other Philippine bank account in Canada or somewhere else, let us know in the comment.