[Chrissippus]

It can be difficult to open an at a French bank. We are also Americans and were able to open s at Credit Agricole without difficulty, although it took a couple of weeks. We keep much less than 15k in our s. YMMV.

By the way, be sure to keep your US credit cards, since credit cards do not exist here.

 

[Chrissippus]

This discussion has more detailed recommendations for making the transition:

https://expatforum.telechargertorrent.org/threads/us-expats-living-in--how-to-keep-us-bank-s-us-credit-cards.1551251/#replies