Fee for Sterling transfer to French bank account ... How much ?!?

[Woodrup]

€32 for one-of payment? ?

[Harnser]

We find that the easiest low-cost method of getting sterling into euros and transferring to a french bank is to have the sterling payment paid into a UK bank account and then use Wise (It was called Transferwise ) to change the sterling to euros paid into your french bank account for which there is a small charge and you get a very good rate.

The last transfer we did was scary fast, by the time we accessed our CA account it had landed, and there is never any fee to pay it in to the account.

[Woodrup]

33 minutes ago, Harnser said:

We find that the easiest low-cost method of getting sterling into euros and transferring to a french bank is to have the sterling payment paid into a UK bank account and then use Wise (It was called Transferwise ) to change the sterling to euros paid into your french bank account for which there is a small charge and you get a very good rate.

The last transfer we did was scary fast, by the time we accessed our CA account it had landed, and there is never any fee to pay it in to the account.

Thanks Hanser. I just looked at their website. Had it been payed into my UK Bank first I could have transferred the £350 for a £2.47 charge at £1/€1.17. That's very good.

[canard]

+1 for Transferwise/Wise. They really are amazing.
I looked at sending £150 to the states yesterday, they quoted 87p for that.

[Alan Zoff]

With foreign exchange there are always two elements to take into account. To achieve the best result, you should compare both any fees and the exchange rate offered.

[Woodrup]

Good news. Prudential have just said they will refund me the €32.

I've given them my UK bank details !