Moving to Zagreb

Even though Croatia is an EU member state and part of the Eurozone, it hasn’t adopted the euro yet. To facilitate your transactions (paying rent, paying the bills) and to receive your salary, you might want to open a Croatian account in kunas (HRK), even though opening an account in foreign currency is also possible.   However, this requires a lot of research because there are more than 30 banks in Croatia. In addition to globally recognized names like Sberbank, Raiffeisen, Erste & Steirmärkische, Addiko Bank, or OTP, there are Croatian banks like Hrvatska poštanska banka, Primorska banka, or Kreditna…