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On the CurrencyFair market at the moment there is about half a million available to match straight away going Euro to Dollar. Take care in getting your quotes, transfermate and AIB just quote midmarket on their websites and mention this in the small print, so you have to call them for an...

I have to say a big thanks Purple for mentioning Currency Fair. I used them last week, I got a rate of 1.2080 which was about 0.3% away from the interbank rate at the time (1.2105) for my STG to EURO transfer. The transfer fee was £3 STG. I compared the rates and fees to a number of other...

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Just checked and they all do CN. You have to be careful getting online quotes for compare and read the small print cause some companies just quote the mid market rates on the online calculators, which tells you very little about the actual rate you will get from them.

It looks like the best way to transfer funds abroad is to have bank accounts in both locations and use one of the online brokers. CurrencyFair and Transfermate were suggested on this forum. I did some pricing last month and the savings can be considerable compared to the banks. I was looking at...

There are two main ways companies charge on foreign exchange, one is the rate and the other is commission. "Commission free" doesn't actually tell you much at all about the cost of exchange, you need to see exactly what you will end up with after the transaction when the rate, commission, and...

Having to deal in cash is a disadvantage, banks charge anything up to 8% on cash foreign exhange, avoid the exchanges at the airports, they are worse again. Can you send it through online banking and avoid cash? Will cost about 3-4% through the banks that way, or around %1 with online brokers.

Seem to be a few broken links on the Banking section

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Same situation myself, did some research on it today and found the following useful /showthread.php?t=167160 , looks like they banks are not the best options.

I will be working in Northern Ireland for the next year, have an address in the south . Is there much involved in opening a bank account up north when you are living in the republic. Which bank would be easiest to get a new account open with ?

Thanks a mill everyone, rang all 3 for a quote on exchanging 2900 stg to euro NIB gave 3377.66 euro - 6 Euro Transfer Fee = 3371.66 euro Transfermate gave 3443.23 euro - 10 Euro Transfer Fee = 3433.23 euro Currency Fair gave 3465.05 euro - 3 Euro Transfer Fee = 3462.05 euro 90 odd euro in...

I will need to transfer about 3000 stg from Northern Ireland to the Republic on a monthly basis over the next year, what are my best options for doing these transfers / which banks should I use? I want to keep the fees to a minimum and make sure I get a good rate.