Overseas education

Set your children on course to a successful education in a world without boundaries

Planning ahead

Planning and preparing for your children’s overseas education can be quite a stressful task. But with HSBC Premier you can call upon expert help and support to make the path a little easier.
If you don’t already have an education financing plan for your children, your Relationship Manager can help to develop one.

Getting ready

You can apply to experience Premier services in any country and territory if you are a qualified Premier customer in Taiwan.
Our Premier international banking centre can help you book a time for account opening overseas. When your children arrive, a local branch will support your children.
To support you in planning for your children’s overseas education, HSBC Premier can facilitate introductions to leading education consultants. You and your children will be invited to education seminars and other activities to learn more about studying abroad

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Living overseas

The Everyday Global Visa Debit Card allows your children to withdraw cash from any ATM worldwide with the Visa/PLUS logo and pay no FX fees on 9 supported currencies.
In the event of loss or theft, we can provide an instant emergency cash advance of local currency, card replacement and other expert advice.
HSBC Premier offers free fund transfers between worldwide accounts with Global Transfer. You can manage all your accounts free, effectively, conveniently and without time difference.

[Note 1]

Currency in service: USD/AUD/CAD/EUR/GBP/JPY/SGD/HKD/NZD

[Note 2]

Overseas cash withdraw / purchase will be charged for “internet service fee” / “overseas transaction fee”. Only when using HSBC Everyday Global Visa Debit Card to withdrawal / purchase with the supported currencies and the corresponding foreign currency account is sufficient, the above fee won’t be charged.

When using HSBC Everyday Global Visa Debit Card for overseas withdrawal from HSBC ATM: Free of operation fee for most of the cases, only HSBC ATMs in some countries/territories such as Argentina, Brazil, Canada, France, Greece, Malta, Mexico, New Zealand and Turkey may charge an operation fee.

HSBC Premier: for overseas Non-HSBC ATM, the first 50 times in one month are free of operation fee. HSBC will charge operation fee of NT$70 for each withdrawal since the 51st time.

HSBC Advance: for overseas Non-HSBC ATM, HSBC charges NT$70 per transaction. Customers maintaining minimum balance requirements in the month can be refunded the operation fee NT$70 to demand deposit account in next month.

Other bank or company providing the Non-HSBC ATM may charge other fees as applicable.

[Note 3]

In the following situations, the transaction rate and overseas transaction fee and other charged fee shall follow the General Agreement.

When the transaction currency falls in one of the supported currencies but the corresponding foreign currency account is insufficient
When the transaction currency does not belong to one of the supported currencies

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Disclaimer:

For a Premier Account, a minimum, monthly average balance of TWD 3 million is required. If the Bank's requirement for minimum average balance is not maintained, the Bank shall have the right to collect the account administration charge of TWD 1,000 or equivalent foreign currency per month, prescribed by the Bank.

This web page only indicates selected privileges and services offered, and shall only be used as a general guide for reference. Please refer to the "Customer Guide" for detailed information. Benefits and features may be subject to local country and territory regulatory restrictions.