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Irish Bank Accounts for London

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  • 04-10-2010 9:57pm
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    PH4T
    Registered Users Posts: 931 ✭✭✭


    My girlfriend just got a job in London on a 2 year contract.

    She will be getting paid by an Irish institution into an Irish Bank Account though.

    What UK Bank would be best to transfer living expenses to on a monthly basis?


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    JoeAwsome
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    I'd recommend nationwide, its a building society but I have found them great for transferring money.


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    keithclancy
    Registered Users Posts: 9,208 ✭✭✭keithclancy


    PH4T wrote: »
    My girlfriend just got a job in London on a 2 year contract.

    She will be getting paid by an Irish institution into an Irish Bank Account though.

    What UK Bank would be best to transfer living expenses to on a monthly basis?

    Any bank thats in the SEPA scheme:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Euro_Payments_Area

    Takes 3 days from my Dutch to my Irish Bank account.
    Takes 3 days from my BOI account to AIB .. go figure :

    SEPA means theres no additional charge for International Bank Transfer than there is for National i.e. I pay nothing to send money to Ireland since I pay a flat fee for my banking.

    HSBC do a duel currency account with fixed exchange rate.

    http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/savings-and-banking/article.html?in_article_id=404799&in_page_id=7


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