What is the currency? When a conversion (
€»$, e.g.) is involved, the process although not elongated, becomes costlier. Expect to
lose 1.75 - 2.00% in
commission and
charges for the priviledge of buying
$s from an Irish bank. You can check
and select
Typical credit card rate: 2% from the drop-down list to approximate the
hit.<!--EZCODE BR START--><!--EZCODE BR END--><!--EZCODE BR START--><!--EZCODE BR END-->You will also need the US bank's
routing transit code (typically found on American cheques in the LLH corner before the account number)
and the US bank's correspondent's BIC/SWIFT code (you will have to ask the US bank for this).<!--EZCODE BR START--><!--EZCODE BR END--><!--EZCODE BR START--><!--EZCODE BR END-->Too easy, yeah? I just xfer'd $s last evening [broken link removed], but then I eschew queuing in Irish banks.<!--EZCODE BR START--><!--EZCODE BR END--><!--EZCODE BR START--><!--EZCODE BR END-->NB. - expect the Irish bank to delay the process ca. 4 days whilst it uses your funds. Once in the US, the correspondent bank has up to 3 days to fiddle with your cash. Oh, did I say that whats remains of your money will finally become accessible up to 5 days
after the US bank receives them?<!--EZCODE BR START--><!--EZCODE BR END--><!--EZCODE BR START--><!--EZCODE BR END-->Oh, the marvels of electronic banking!