Updating bank details; worth a try to do it from a distance.

I just went to the National bank of Greece here on Skopelos to ask for a friend about updating her bank details without her being here on Skopelos and talking to the bank employee he told me that it is possible to update your bank details from abroad when:

1) you can still get into your internet banking bank account
2) the telephone number you have given for the security codes is still the same

To submit the papers that are needed go to systems:

in the right hand corner of the page in your internet banking account.
Then choose view profile and look at the information they request from you.
If you have those documents scanned on your desktop or telephone you can admit them and have them checked.
I don’t know have any details that I need to add so I cannot try it out but hopefully somebody who is stuck can try it out and let us know so we can help others. I will also hear from my friend. It might help anybody who needs to arrange a meeting at the bank on Skopelos to fix this. Works both ways! You might not need to go and the bank meetings are less.. Please let me know if you have bad/good experiences. Daphne

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10% off your shopping expenses. From February 2023.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Saturday announced a 10-percent subsidy for every household’s food purchases to help counter the burden of inflation.
“From next February, the state will cover 10 percent of each household’s purchases for six months in supermarkets and food businesses (bakeries, pastry shops, fishmongers),” the prime minister told parliament before a vote on the 2023 state budget amid a pre-electoral atmosphere.
The measure would cost 650 million euros ($690 million), said Mitsotakis
Elections in Greece are scheduled by July 2023, but Mitsotakis has said they could be held in the spring.
Individuals will receive a maximum of 220 euros. For large families with several beneficiaries, the overall amount will be capped at 1,000 euros.
The measure is for households with an income of 24,000 euros per couple, with an additional 5,000 euros for each child.
Mitsotakis also said electricity and natural gas subsidies would remain in place.
“A total of more than eight billion euros will be allocated at the national level,” he said.
The 2023 state budget was approved Saturday, with 156 votes in favour out of a total of 299 votes. It is the first in 12 years to be drawn up outside a framework of bailout supervision or enhanced surveillance.
Greece emerged from financial aid plans in 2018.
But until earlier this year it remained under scrutiny by its creditors, the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, who closely monitored the promised reforms and the country’s finances.

Source:https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/12/18/greek-pm-kyriakos-mitsotakis-announces-10-food-subsidy-for-families-amid-inflation-woes/

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Greetings

(I finally photographed these poppies on the road to Panormos , in Loutsa.
I had seen them several times in the last few days but I never stopped the car. Yesterday I made the decision to stop because I also saw that with one good wind gust this bouquet of poppies would be gone forever)

Walking up to my office this morning I found almost all shops and businesses open. There were even a couple of guys who had taken chairs and stools outside and were arguing loudly about current affairs. From Bisque, Skopelos Gi/Σκοπελος Γη, the little coffee shop, Sofia the hairdresser, the bakery, peparithos and Saintukeri we wish you a good day wherever you are.

At the moment there are various European countries, Greece is amongst them, who are talking about how the travel ban should be lifted and under which circumstances. Greece relies heavily on incoming tourism and many businesses are waiting for foreign customers this summer. Greece will also launch a plan to support Greeks who want to holiday in Greece.
This is what Greece proposes and what the Greek travel pages have written about it: Greece Proposes EU-wide 72-hour Pre-travel Covid-19 Test

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Payments

‘How about we don’t pay these bills and hope, in the meantime, someone steals our identity.’

It is now possible to pay your electricity, phone and water bill and also payments for ENFIA, road tax, state insurance at the courier businesses.

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Road tax extension

The road tax for your car for 2019 can be paid until the 11th of January. Find the post on the road tax for 2019 and see how you can pay.

See the article here

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Road tax 2019

Road tax for 2019 can be paid from yesterday. You have to pay it before December 31. You might not be able to print the form immediately because many people are trying. All you need is the owners of the car’s tax number and the license plate. Payable via Greek e-banking. Not sure abroad.

Go to the following website: http://www.gsis.gr and click where the arrow is

Click here

Click here

Click here

Click here

Fill in your Greek tax number and the number plate of your car

If all is ok this should show up

You can now print your payment sheet. See on the same sheet εκτύπωση

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Capitol control

After three years and three months, Greece will lift the cap on cash withdrawals as of 1. October 2018. It herewith completes the so-called “second pillar” of Capital Controls imposed in the country the end of June 2015. However, some restrictions will remain with regards to the transfer of money abroad and withdrawing money abroad.

For the rest of the article see: capital control

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Piraeus bank closes on Skopelos

Piraeus bank on Skopelos is closing, unfortunately. Due to cutbacks in personnel throughout Greece this branch office of Piraeus bank will close on the 10th of October. There is a branch office in Skiathos.

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Correction

I have made a mistake in assuming that all banks take a commission if you withdraw money from their ATM. It doesn’t depend on the ATM of the bank that you use but on the bank that you withdraw the money from. I am sorry if I caused confusion. So if you have your National Bank of Greece card and you withdraw money from a ATM of the National Bank of Greece you will not be charged. If you use another card from another bank there you can be charged. It depends on the bank. Sorry again.

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ATM and charges

The National Bank of Greece charges two euro’s when you take out money of their ATM’s. A new policy ?

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