Transfer Money from US to UK
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Transfer Money from US to UK
I'm a Brit working in Seattle,WA but I'm currently seconded back in the UK for a 4 month stint.
I have an account with the US Bank and have online access to this account.
My problem is that I need to transfer cash from my US account to a UK based account held with a UK bank. I was proposing to do this via one of the currency exchange sites such as Forex but they will only accept payment via a wire transfer - now comes the rub, it seems that you can only make a wire transfer in person at a branch of the US Bank (all of which are on the West Coast) which obviously I cant do as I'm in the UK!
I have no one with access to my US account back in the US so am really stuck at the moment as I'm about to starve! Any help/suggestions would be much appreciated.
Thanks
I have an account with the US Bank and have online access to this account.
My problem is that I need to transfer cash from my US account to a UK based account held with a UK bank. I was proposing to do this via one of the currency exchange sites such as Forex but they will only accept payment via a wire transfer - now comes the rub, it seems that you can only make a wire transfer in person at a branch of the US Bank (all of which are on the West Coast) which obviously I cant do as I'm in the UK!
I have no one with access to my US account back in the US so am really stuck at the moment as I'm about to starve! Any help/suggestions would be much appreciated.
Thanks
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Re: Transfer Money from US to UK
xoom i use them when i am in england to transfer money online from an us based account to an england one
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Re: Transfer Money from US to UK
Thanks brit0ninusa, can you tell me how you were able to make the transfer to xoom - is it via some sort of electronic transfer rather than wire transfer?
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Re: Transfer Money from US to UK
xoom.com read the faq....most of these exchange services don't need you at a bank to do, you do it online via the exchange service, but it's the setting it up in the first place that takes a while.
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Re: Transfer Money from US to UK
I use xe.com and it works great. I send money every month, it takes about 10 days to go through if you do it the free way...If you pay fees then you can get it there faster.
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Re: Transfer Money from US to UK
Seconded. I've used them for years without problems and the rates are good (for USD/GBP at least) and as per the above, there are no additional fees.
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Re: Transfer Money from US to UK
I use xoom.com and i like it. there is a service charge of $4.99 plus they hedge a little on the XF Rate... But i've never had any issues and funds have always been transfered and complete within an hour
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Re: Transfer Money from US to UK
great topic, i was also searching for something similar
xoom works out just gfreat!
xoom works out just gfreat!