"Martin" wrote in message
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> After being charged EUR 13 (transfer+correspondence) to transfer EUR 10 to
> Berlin I have been doing some checking
I would have stuck a 10 Euro note in an envelope and posted it. Bank charges
rarely make it worthwhile moving small sums between countries.
> a) the charge is contrary to the Fortis/ABN Amro's tariffs
> b)There is no mention of correspondence charges in the tariffs, nor have
> we had
> any correspondence from the bank
Did they write to the other bank though?
> c) They made the same charges in 2007 and we didn't spot it
> d) There was no charge in 2006
No real contradtiction there. Bank charges do change from time to time.
> e) When I recently transferred EUR 1300 to a UK bank neither bank added
> charges
> and the receiving bank used the current exchange rate
Were they both HSBC? HSBC will do that for moves betwen HSBC branches in
different countries for Premium account holders. I don't know about other
types of account.
Colin Bignell
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