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Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] IBAN transfers (was: little rant on e-mail politeness)
From: Nathan Wajsman <nathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 08:18:37 +0200
Jose's 2 cents are correct. A payment between two EU countries are not 
free, but must cost no more than the same payment would cost 
domestically. The conditions, according to my bank's web site (ABN Amro) 
are:

- currency must be EUR (so no SEK, DKK, GBP or the other 9 non-Euro 
currencies in the EU)
- the other conditions as Jose stated.

Nathan

jem@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On 25/08/2007, at 8:47 AM, Stephan Van den Zegel wrote:
>
>   
>> But IBAN transfer inside European Union is (legal obligation)
>> free of charge and quite fast (as fast as a national bank to
>> bank transfer)... so Iban is bad only when you are not inside
>> Europe...
>>     
>
> If I may put in my 2 cents: the sender's bank is not legally obliged to
> make it free of charge. Some banks charge a fee, some don't, but in no
> case should the bank charge more than for a domestic transfer. What you
> do need to make it a low-cost, automated IBAN transfer is:
>
> - the currency must be Euros or Swedish Kroner (no UKP as yet, I'm
> afraid);
> - the sum involved is no higher than 50,000 Euros (that would be a lot
> of money to spend in one go on Oly gear, at the hobbyist level!);
> - the destination country belongs to the EU + Norway, Iceland &
> Liechtenstein;
> - the BIC (bank ID) & IBAN (account ID) codes are provided by the
> sender;
> - he/she requests that bank charges are on a SHARE basis.
>
> The last point is subtle, but makes a big difference in cost to the
> sender, regardless of the recipient's bank actual charges. These, BTW,
> should be no higher than for an incoming domestic payment if, again, all
> of the above conditions are met.
>
> Jose
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