Intracontinental banking

[frexpt]

Does anyone know whether a French speaking Belgian enterprises will normally accept a cheque drawn on a French bank account?

I am ordering some spare parts from the manufacturer of a chainsaw and they have asked for payment by cheque.

They take days to reply to any sort of question, hence the reason for asking here.

[NormanH]

woolybanana will probably know. He is our resident expert on Belgium.

[idun]

I would think that they would, but there may be charges involved. Have they said why they don't want a SEPA payment, you could do it on line, if you do internet banking and my french bank, at least wouldn't charge me. No idea if yours would or not though.

[frexpt]

I have received an email from the company in Belgium and they have confirmed that they are happy with a French cheque. Will send it of tomorrow and report the outcome here in due course.

[andyh4]

It could well be that they have a French bank account, but as stated normally there will be significant charges - 20ish euros - for handling a foreign euro cheque.

[frexpt]

[quote user="andyh4"]It could well be that they have a French bank account, but as stated normally there will be significant charges - 20ish euros - for handling a foreign euro cheque.[/quote]

Perhaps, but if they have a French bank account, this won't be foreign transaction. It is only for 16 euros, so I presume that they know what they are doing.