JeanS Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I want to send a cheque to my grandson who lives in Eire (Southern Ireland) - as they use Euros. Would the Irish bank accept a cheque drawn on a French bank? Any thoughts???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I think you'll find that they'd take it, but there would be a charge for processing it.Our son recently received a euro cheque drawn on a French bank and his UK bank charged about £15. Perhaps a call to your grandson's bank would clarify?Alternatively a bank transfer, but you'd need his IBAN number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 [quote user="JeanS"]I want to send a cheque to my grandson who lives in Eire (Southern Ireland) - as they use Euros. Would the Irish bank accept a cheque drawn on a French bank? Any thoughts???? [/quote]We have been faced with this situation. The Irish bank will treat it as a "foreign" cheque, as Irish banks are not in the French bank cheque clearing system, and vice-versa. They will therefore charge a fee, the level of which you will find unreasonable. The best way is to do a SEPA virement from your account directly to his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 You may also find that you need to physically be at a branch to do it.I don't know about other banks but I tried to do it on line from my Banque Postale account and Ireland is not listed as a country to which you can do an international transfer yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyh4 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 [quote user="JeanS"]I want to send a cheque to my grandson who lives in Eire (Southern Ireland) - as they use Euros. Would the Irish bank accept a cheque drawn on a French bank? Any thoughts???? [/quote]I agree with the previous posters. It would be much better and far cheaper to make a bank transfer to his account. If you can get his BIC (bank code - formerly SWIFT code) and IBAN - unique bank account number - usually 22 digits long, you can transfer directly from your account to his with minimal cost (think less than 5€ rather than 20+€ for processing a cheque. Added to which the costs for a transfer end up on your account. The costs for processing a cheque end up on his account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeanS Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 Thanks for all your suggestions. It's back to Plan A - I'll send him a present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeanS Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 Thanks for all your suggestions - will revert to Plan A and send a present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suein56 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 [quote user="JeanS"]It's back to Plan A - I'll send him a present. [/quote]Ahh, but just think of the postage costs ! Send him the money by virement and a lovely card with an IOU to show what you have done and then he can buy himself what he wants. [:)]Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 If you have Paypal A/C's you can send money for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 All of the above assumes that the grandson in question is old enough to have bank/PayPal accounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 At a wild guess a grandmother might just know that about her grandson [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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