never cashed a cheque from the us

[evanmorgan]

im in the UK, does anyone have any idea whether halifax charge anything for this....

Thanks

PS. I cant bear to go into my branch to find out, they will probably tell me i have to arrange a meeting next week to find out.

[rowan]

Do they have a phone?

Most banks are likely to charge for depositing a foreign cheque. Prepare for a possible flooring when you hear the fee.

[swedguy]

I got a good laugh when I went to a different branch than the one I usually go to. They wanted to charge me $110 to cash ONE check

[blazin]

£9 for as many checks I can fit on their form at Barclays. Also worth note that they do make a little from the exchange rate they give you.

[ClamSmacker]

FYI $10 (aussie dollars) to bank an international cheque here!

[kelly]

If I remember correctly Halifax wanted to charge me around £35 per US cheque, Lloyds are £8 for as many as you want to deposit in one go

[Satisfaction]

cashing US checks over here used to be good

[coolfuck]

use epassporte .. checks sux

[DutchTeenCash]

youre British??? Ok well ask for wires not cheques takes ages to clear and costs are damn high

[Screaming]

Deposit it. Youll be fine.

[blazin]

Originally posted by thinkx
youre British??? Ok well ask for wires not cheques takes ages to clear and costs are damn high

Not if you use currency negotitation with Barclays - next working day

[r0nin]

5u$s for small checks here, above 1k it's about 1,5% not bad

[Wiggles]

holy thats retarded, i don't get charged anything to cash USD checks.

[Hosting-Quote]

Last time I cashed a cheque, it was a one of charge of £8 for as many cheques as I wished has to fill in a form to do this too.

This was HSBC btw

[twist]

Most european banks are not keen on checks. I pay 12 euros in the Netherlands. That's really awesome with a 50$ dollar check....

[EddiePulp]

Originally posted by ClamSmacker
FYI $10 (aussie dollars) to bank an international cheque here!

yea and the 28days to clear that go with it

[s9ann0]

With natwest if u get a US $ account they charge u less and you can sign a form to say if it bounces you'll cover it and they will credit you in about a week.

[Theo]

unless they are non profitable,they'll charge :-)

[Basic_man]

Halifax ? Isn't that a CITY?

[blazin]

Originally posted by Basic_man
Halifax ? Isn't that a CITY?

Yep

[Johny Traffic]

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Halifax ? Isn't that a CITY?
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Yep

and a world war two bomber plane

[evanmorgan]

i havnt spoken to wegcash yet, but from what i see they dont offer another option, except wire, and the minimum is 1000. It would take me quite a long time to reach that. Ill ask the bank tomorrow, i have a meeting at my local branch because ive lost my book for my savings account. Hopefully ill speak to someone from Wegcash tonight, but from what i see they dont offer any other epassporte

Thanks for the response

Ev

[Johny Traffic]

Just out of interest, if you havnt banked a US check before, do you have sponsors who pay in £ pounds , Id like some of those too

[james_clickmemedia]

Originally posted by evanmorgan
im in the UK, does anyone have any idea whether halifax charge anything for this....

Thanks

PS. I cant bear to go into my branch to find out, they will probably tell me i have to arrange a meeting next week to find out.

One option to reduce fees is to get a US $ account. I had one with HSBC....Then you can trasfer only the $$ you need each month to a sterling account.

[Project-Shadow]

Well natwest charges commision of about 1% + £2 flat fee... although I doubt their capability of cashing in U.S cheques anymore, they're recently been cashing them in as CAD, fuck knows why and added an extra $150 charge for each cheque I cash. It's mad.. time to switch bank.

[d00t]

Originally posted by EddiePulp
yea and the 28days to clear that go with it

credit unions do it for $8

commonwealth usually screws US checks up which means the clearance time is only 2-3 days from deposit. Also if checks are from the same bank, its $10 for UNLIMITED checks

[Manowar]

Depositing it would be easier