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Eve N Apr 8th 2008 2:08 am

Moving money
 
I need to change our Euros to CAD's.What do most people do?
A straight transfer with a bank,or go with a company to get the best rate?
What do I need to watch out for?
THANKS GUYS

Surrey Expat Apr 8th 2008 2:43 am

Re: Moving money
 

Originally Posted by Eve N (Post 6178013)
I need to change our Euros to CAD's.What do most people do?
A straight transfer with a bank,or go with a company to get the best rate?
What do I need to watch out for?
THANKS GUYS

We give a direct debit order to Custom House currency brokers, I book a rate, they take the money direct from my account and then deposit it into my CAN$ account. I pay no transfer fees or charges for this. Banks charge a wire transfer fee and the rate is usually a few points lower.

Eve N Apr 8th 2008 2:50 am

Re: Moving money
 

Originally Posted by Surrey Expat (Post 6178177)
We give a direct debit order to Custom House currency brokers, I book a rate, they take the money direct from my account and then deposit it into my CAN$ account. I pay no transfer fees or charges for this. Banks charge a wire transfer fee and the rate is usually a few points lower.

Thanks Pat will check them out.But how do they make their money?

Surrey Expat Apr 8th 2008 4:02 am

Re: Moving money
 

Originally Posted by Eve N (Post 6178217)
Thanks Pat will check them out.But how do they make their money?

The spread between the buy and sell rate. What they charge us is more than they pay for the currency.

http://www.customhouse.com/

We use a few currencies for business and it works very well for us and the rate we get is very competitive.

Eve N Apr 8th 2008 8:49 pm

Re: Moving money
 

Originally Posted by Surrey Expat (Post 6178539)
The spread between the buy and sell rate. What they charge us is more than they pay for the currency.

http://www.customhouse.com/

We use a few currencies for business and it works very well for us and the rate we get is very competitive.

Gotta ya. I will call them and sort it all out.
Many thanks for your help.:thumbsup:

cranston Apr 8th 2008 10:57 pm

Re: Moving money
 
for amounts under GBP 5K try XE.com

Eve N Apr 9th 2008 12:02 am

Re: Moving money
 

Originally Posted by cranston (Post 6182049)
for amounts under GBP 5K try XE.com

Ok thanks good to know.I will be moving the value of my home
about 290k.


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