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"Martin" a écrit dans le message de
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> On Sat, 5 Apr 2008 18:02:06 +0100, "nightjar"
> here>.me.uk> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Martin" wrote in message
>>news:cavev3lh0hvip8l164cip3408p674d0upg@4ax.com...
>>> 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.
>
> There shouldn't be any bank charges.
>
>>
>>> 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?
>
> What would they write?
> The money was transferred electronically as a SEPA payment.
>
>>
>>> 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.
>
> They haven't changed and there is nothing on their current tariff which
> matchers
> what they have charged.
> It quite clear on EU rules regarding the EURO that ABN Amro and Dutch
> banks in
> general can only charge the same as they charge internally within NL. It
> even
> says so on ABN Amro's website. There are no charges on internal transfers
> within
> the Netherlands.
>
>>
>>> 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.
>
> No they weren't. It was from the same bank account at the ABN Amro to HSBC
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>
> Martin
>
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