bank transfers

[bluequattro]

has anyone on here done a bank transfer? money to you?
i ve been asked by a customer (?) in NZ to transfer money into my account.
are the transfers safe? will be with barclays
i dont want to use paypal and lose 1/2 the money

on a lighter note, I just got paid £71 for a coupe shell
beer money for tonight!

[denniselbows]

if you use your bank then yes i would say it is safe. or there is a company called western union but when i bought some goods from a forum member in slovinia it worked out cheeper to use my bank.you will need a swift/bic code and a iban code

[Fat Audi 80]

I do it all the time. It should not cost you anything.

Because it is overseas, you may need your IBAN number or SWIFT number, which should be on your statement. If not ask at your bank.

Hope that helps.

Cheers,

Steve.

[90/90qs]

It costs $30 (~22 EUR) to transfer internationally from my bank.

[bluequattro]

cheers guys, i ll give it a go

[europeanme]

i have used it for ages now....and with a few transactions on the forum

[shark_90]

Yep I use bank transfer all the time. No problem and safe as far as I know.

[Jas11n]

What are other peoples experiences of the time a bank transfer takes?
I recently sent some money via transfer from my bank account to Mark's (Rotoryboy) bank account.
We are both in the same bank, but the transfer took four days
Surely it should be quicker in this day and age? especially when the transfer is from accounts within the same bank

[europeanme]

What are other peoples experiences of the time a bank transfer takes?
I recently sent some money via transfer from my bank account to Mark's (Rotoryboy) bank account.
We are both in the same bank, but the transfer took four days
Surely it should be quicker in this day and age? especially when the transfer is from accounts within the same bank

The Co-op bank, who I use, claim their transfers now take a couple of hours if it is branch to branch..but cannot control the clearing times to other banks..

it seems 3 days is the general rule of thumb...but as you have said, it should be quicker...I bet MP's expenses and the golden handshakes for all the 'dodgy' bankers takes no time at all!!....

[jogi730]

I had problems sorting out payment to Jyrki for some parts. In Finland, they make payments by a method called SEPA. This costs him approximately 20p per payment irrespective of how much the payment is.
This has been introduces in Europe and is meant to be available anywhere within the EU.
Needless to say, not only is this method of payment not available in the UK, but when I asked banks about it, they have not even heard of it
Then again, why would a bank want to introduce a system that could save the customers money when they can carry on ripping them off?
Sorry a bit off topic, but wondering if there is a way we could go about speeding banks up to take on this method

[4WheelDrifter]

I also had to pay more than expected sending money to Finland. I offered to pay the fees at the Finnish end, as I couldn't see it was the sellers fault. I can't remember how much it was, but I ended up paying double what my bank charged at this end.

[Jonas_R]

Oki as stated you need IBAN and SWITF/BIC to make an international wire transfer or you will pay extra.

Normally when using home banking you can chose "EU payment" or "sender/reciever" shares the fees. Both these method only cost 3€ in Denmark.

Expect nothing less the 3 days for the money to clear. And yes it is perfectly save for the person recieving the money, however the one who transfers the money has no protection what so ever.