yes but you can have Euro bank accounts with UK banks and presumably Sterling accounts wit

h Irish banks

when me and Mrs Scrampton got married we had some US cheques and Irish Euro cheques for gifts (no where near ?5,000 though) and i remember the banks charging through the nose for us to pay into our UK Sterling account

Posted By: Ralf Scrampton on November 20th 2009 at 14:57:50

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International money transfers - question... (General Chat) - Yellalee, Nov 20, 14:50:03
- IBAN (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 20, 15:08:21
- Transfer it into my account and I'll sort it for you if you want mate? (n/m) (General Chat) - lurd, Nov 20, 14:59:35
- Is the cheque made payable to you, if so just get the cheque sent to you and pay it in as (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 20, 14:52:48
  - Is it really ? Not here, but then I spose we don't have cheques (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 20, 15:30:24
  - ah right - dont know if it would be a %. Fixed charge is what i'm looking for (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Nov 20, 14:54:43
    - Why not just do a bank transfer and use the IBAN ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 20, 15:23:16
      - If it is cheaper, then I will - I really am clueless with things like this - hence my aski (General Chat) - Yellalee, Nov 20, 15:27:01
        
        I always do that, and usually if there are any costs then using an IBAN splits the cost (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 20, 15:30:02
- I don't know (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Nov 20, 14:51:44
  - me neither. (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Nov 20, 14:54:06
    - it's a real bugger when you don't know something (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Nov 20, 14:57:26
      - fortunately it's very rare in my case (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Nov 20, 14:57:59
        
        has it ever happened to you in, I don't know, say an accounts exam? (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Nov 20, 14:59:40
        
        Is SCC a failed accountant? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 20, 15:08:25
        
        no way (General Chat) - SCC 28, Nov 20, 15:09:40
        
        it has actually! (General Chat) - SCC 28, Nov 20, 15:02:23
    - i know (General Chat) - SCC 28, Nov 20, 14:54:33
- is it from a Euro account? (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Nov 20, 14:51:39
  - The accounts in play are Bank of Ireland (in Ireland), and a UK account. (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Nov 20, 14:53:54
    - yes but you can have Euro bank accounts with UK banks and presumably Sterling accounts wit (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Nov 20, 14:57:50

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