Neon introducing new charges and plans

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Just had an email announcing this today.
Are there any competitors that aren't doing this or will they all be going down the same road?

I shop a lot in France so this will cost 40-50chf a year, ok not a fortune and still better than mainstream banks but certainly no longer free.
 
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Well Neon may have lost their « best bank in Switzerland » title: https://www.neon-free.ch/en/blog/about-neon/discover-our-new-neon-plans/

The free Neon account will now have a 0.35% fee on foreign payments (in addition to the Mastercard markup which is around 0.40%) and withdrawals will now cost 2CHF!

To get the benefits we have now, one needs to choose one of their new paying plans: Plus - Global or Metal (+Green).

Looks like Radicant has officially become the BEST bank in Switzerland with interbank foreign transaction (absolute 0% markup), free withdrawals (12 per year), their own Twint and a virtual card for extra online security.
 
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Yes, the new plans have been announced today. I officially can't update my articles yet, but there seems that several alternatives will now be cheaper (Radicant, WIR Bank Top and Alpian come to mind).

I am probably not going to change my main account but may get a new card for foreign payments now since I use that everywhere (or simply pay the 2 CHF per month).

The lack of free withdrawals is also something I will miss since Neon is my main account and we still need some cash from time to time.
 
Baptiste Wicht said:
I officially can't update my articles yet
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Is there a reason for that?

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Just got the email with the announcement; I thought this bit was funny.
I wonder if they're carefully listening to the community at the moment, because from what I've seen online, this announcement hasn't been a huge success^^
 
Lelouch said:
Is there a reason for that?
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Influencer embargo :) Which is relatively funny since many of my readers are already using neon and have the information.

I am not sure anything will change on the 13th, this will simply be the full public launch after the internal transfer.

Usually, when a service introduces new fees, the news does not have huge success ^^
 
Baptiste Wicht said:
Yes, the new plans have been announced today. I officially can't update my articles yet, but there seems that several alternatives will now be cheaper (Radicant, WIR Bank Top and Alpian come to mind).

I am probably not going to change my main account but may get a new card for foreign payments now since I use that everywhere (or simply pay the 2 CHF per month).

The lack of free withdrawals is also something I will miss since Neon is my main account and we still need some cash from time to time.
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Radicant is not a swiss bank as far as I know...
 
ok but the Bon A Savoir magazine of April says :
Revolut is represented in Switzerland by Postfinance and this is NOT watched by FINMA...
 
Romain said:
With the new Revolut Swiss IBAN, I might reopen a Revolut account to use it while traveling.

Maybe it's time to write a comparison/article on the best bank for traveling?
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Good idea indeed. I am waiting for my account to be converted, but it does not seem to come. I have not even received a mail about it.
 
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