Business Bank account nightmare with Sohar

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Massss New member

Member since 01 January 2024

MassssNew member01 January 2024 23:32:42

Hi all

Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the Oman weather this time of the year.

Im from U.K. and I鈥檝e opened a company in Muscat (100% foreign owned by me) a year ago and while I was there I opened a personal and business account with Sohar international, personal was so straight forward but the business has been a nightmare 鈥� took me nearly 6 month to receive an activation code via email for business online banking and then keep running into issues for paying Salaries or even when clients want to pay me!

So far no Omani client managed to bank transfer any amount to me online, they have to physically go to my branch and deposit the cash!!! Very inconvenient and embarrassing!

Is this normal for banks in Oman or it鈥檚 just Sohar international that鈥檚 little bit different!

I would really appreciate it if anyone who鈥檚 in the banking industry or know someone who could give me some advice so I can perhaps look into opening my personal and business accounts somewhere else the next time I come back to Muscat.

Thanks in advance

Mas

sareshobokhorazizam New member

Member since 06 November 2024

sareshobokhorazizamNew member06 November 2024 15:24:35

@Massss

oh my god i'm having a same problem and i'm from iran. been 2 month. called customer support 2 times. no response. came back to oman again, visited branch they told me today they will fix it. they didn't. now i want to find someone to help me open a corporate account in bank of oman.

Justine Harmonic New member

Member since 16 September 2024

Justine HarmonicNew member08 December 2024 08:18:23

If your company has an office lease agreement registered with the municipality then approach Bank Dhofar or OAB. Seems the merger between HSBC and Bank Sohar didn't enhance their services.

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