Transfering money from Egypt, cheapest way?
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The OH is having fun in Egypt but now she is a little wary about the economic situation across there and wants to start shifting money around but doesnt want to get hit on massive charges to move her money.
At the moment she is in Egypt and has an account in Finland and UK, she wants to shift some of the money to Finland.
The Egyptian account is in $ and she now needs to move it to a Euro account, but if she uses HSBC Egypt she has to use their money transfer service and their shocking conversion rates and so needs some other way to do it without losing a large amount.
The amount that we are talking about is between $5k and $9k depending on the ruling of HSBC Egypt as she cant remember if she needs to keep $5k minimum in the account or 5000 EGP ($900) which she is finding out today.
Another alternative is to carry that money on the plane with her in July when she goes over to Finland, then change it there when she finds the rate she wants, so she is finding out how much personal money she can carry on a plane exiting Egypt to Europe.
Does anyone else have any better ideas or knows of any safe money transfer services that she can use?
At the moment she is in Egypt and has an account in Finland and UK, she wants to shift some of the money to Finland.
The Egyptian account is in $ and she now needs to move it to a Euro account, but if she uses HSBC Egypt she has to use their money transfer service and their shocking conversion rates and so needs some other way to do it without losing a large amount.
The amount that we are talking about is between $5k and $9k depending on the ruling of HSBC Egypt as she cant remember if she needs to keep $5k minimum in the account or 5000 EGP ($900) which she is finding out today.
Another alternative is to carry that money on the plane with her in July when she goes over to Finland, then change it there when she finds the rate she wants, so she is finding out how much personal money she can carry on a plane exiting Egypt to Europe.
Does anyone else have any better ideas or knows of any safe money transfer services that she can use?
Du1point8 said:
The OH is having fun in Egypt but now she is a little wary about the economic situation across there and wants to start shifting money around but doesnt want to get hit on massive charges to move her money.
At the moment she is in Egypt and has an account in Finland and UK, she wants to shift some of the money to Finland.
The Egyptian account is in $ and she now needs to move it to a Euro account, but if she uses HSBC Egypt she has to use their money transfer service and their shocking conversion rates and so needs some other way to do it without losing a large amount.
The amount that we are talking about is between $5k and $9k depending on the ruling of HSBC Egypt as she cant remember if she needs to keep $5k minimum in the account or 5000 EGP ($900) which she is finding out today.
Another alternative is to carry that money on the plane with her in July when she goes over to Finland, then change it there when she finds the rate she wants, so she is finding out how much personal money she can carry on a plane exiting Egypt to Europe.
Does anyone else have any better ideas or knows of any safe money transfer services that she can use?
http://www.cibeg.com/en/Pages/default.aspxAt the moment she is in Egypt and has an account in Finland and UK, she wants to shift some of the money to Finland.
The Egyptian account is in $ and she now needs to move it to a Euro account, but if she uses HSBC Egypt she has to use their money transfer service and their shocking conversion rates and so needs some other way to do it without losing a large amount.
The amount that we are talking about is between $5k and $9k depending on the ruling of HSBC Egypt as she cant remember if she needs to keep $5k minimum in the account or 5000 EGP ($900) which she is finding out today.
Another alternative is to carry that money on the plane with her in July when she goes over to Finland, then change it there when she finds the rate she wants, so she is finding out how much personal money she can carry on a plane exiting Egypt to Europe.
Does anyone else have any better ideas or knows of any safe money transfer services that she can use?
Yes if she is in Egypt ,close HSBC account walk out with the cash in dollars
open a CIB account and transfer from this account it is normally 5000 LE to keep the account open, better exchange rate .
and you can use internet banking to transfer
I was offered a savings account at 8% as well as regular debit account.
other option is to simply close account and take money out by hand you can legally import up to 8K sterling in cash with out declaring .
DBSV8 said:
Du1point8 said:
The OH is having fun in Egypt but now she is a little wary about the economic situation across there and wants to start shifting money around but doesnt want to get hit on massive charges to move her money.
At the moment she is in Egypt and has an account in Finland and UK, she wants to shift some of the money to Finland.
The Egyptian account is in $ and she now needs to move it to a Euro account, but if she uses HSBC Egypt she has to use their money transfer service and their shocking conversion rates and so needs some other way to do it without losing a large amount.
The amount that we are talking about is between $5k and $9k depending on the ruling of HSBC Egypt as she cant remember if she needs to keep $5k minimum in the account or 5000 EGP ($900) which she is finding out today.
Another alternative is to carry that money on the plane with her in July when she goes over to Finland, then change it there when she finds the rate she wants, so she is finding out how much personal money she can carry on a plane exiting Egypt to Europe.
Does anyone else have any better ideas or knows of any safe money transfer services that she can use?
http://www.cibeg.com/en/Pages/default.aspxAt the moment she is in Egypt and has an account in Finland and UK, she wants to shift some of the money to Finland.
The Egyptian account is in $ and she now needs to move it to a Euro account, but if she uses HSBC Egypt she has to use their money transfer service and their shocking conversion rates and so needs some other way to do it without losing a large amount.
The amount that we are talking about is between $5k and $9k depending on the ruling of HSBC Egypt as she cant remember if she needs to keep $5k minimum in the account or 5000 EGP ($900) which she is finding out today.
Another alternative is to carry that money on the plane with her in July when she goes over to Finland, then change it there when she finds the rate she wants, so she is finding out how much personal money she can carry on a plane exiting Egypt to Europe.
Does anyone else have any better ideas or knows of any safe money transfer services that she can use?
Yes if she is in Egypt ,close HSBC account walk out with the cash in dollars
open a CIB account and transfer from this account it is normally 5000 LE to keep the account open, better exchange rate .
and you can use internet banking to transfer
I was offered a savings account at 8% as well as regular debit account.
other option is to simply close account and take money out by hand you can legally import up to 8K sterling in cash with out declaring .
you can bring
10,000euros in cash without declaring to HMRC
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/For...
this site may help
http://www.propertycommunity.com/forum/egypt-prope...
cheers
10,000euros in cash without declaring to HMRC
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/For...
this site may help
http://www.propertycommunity.com/forum/egypt-prope...
cheers
DBSV8 said:
you can bring
10,000euros in cash without declaring to HMRC
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/For...
this site may help
http://www.propertycommunity.com/forum/egypt-prope...
cheers
Ok will look at that... the money is going to Finland not the UK though.10,000euros in cash without declaring to HMRC
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/For...
this site may help
http://www.propertycommunity.com/forum/egypt-prope...
cheers
since no Egyptian whatevers involved
http://www.pay2home.com/
dit - Scratch that - forgot its limited in destination currencies, as you were!
http://www.pay2home.com/
dit - Scratch that - forgot its limited in destination currencies, as you were!
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