Bank Transfer to US
With regards to transferring money to US. I have used a Swift transfer for sending money to my etrade account over in the US. Each transaction costs €32 + whatever the bank makes on the currency conversion.
I should also point out that the bank I have deal with have each time screwed up the transfer and instead of taking the usual three days for the money to go over, it has taken over 2 weeks.
My last episode was when I went to transfer money onthe 16th of July. Yesterday I checked my etrade account and no sign of the money! When I checked with the bank they told me their treasury department had not sent the transfer over. No explanation as to why and no contact with me to tell me there was a problem.
So I guess in summary, price with my bank is €32 per swift transaction to US, but also need to keep a very close eye on them and chase up when money has not arrived.