I am an American businessman starting a business in Kenya and will be opening my own personal & business bank account. Is there a preferred personal bank account in Kenya (Barclay, Chase, Commercial Bank of Africa, Equity, etc.), which is best for expats. I know for U.K. expats it helps that Barclays is a U.K. bank, but from what I know there are no American banks here.
Basically, I want to be able to transfer money from my American (TD Bank) checking and saving accounts to my Kenyan bank account with as little frills as possible. I do anticipate transfer fees and all that other stuff, but which bank is most expat friendly.
In addition having a bank in Kenya will allow me to write checks and receive checks and direct deposits and all to my account.
Please inform, thank you so much.
much regards.