After living in France for over 1.5 years, it was about time for me to open a bank account. I have been delaying this out of pure laziness. All the money I make goes into my US bank account and then I transfer it to my husband's French account here using xe.com. Transfers from the USA to France is free and I get better rates than with a bank. I used his ATM card to withdraw money as needed.This was a great system until I started my auto-entrepreneur business in France and am registered with social security. If my husband ever gets audited, it would look like he is not declaring all of his … [Read more...]