Banking in America.

Sugar'n'spice

Anyone know what the story is with lodging money into an Irish bank account while in America. Can I just go into any bank with an A/c number and a sort code and lodge it that way??

Ruu_Old

Not that I've ever heard of. You could try using wire transfer from an American bank but there is more than likely a fee or some sort (outgoing fee some of the banks call it). I used to just post a bank draft over to my parents to lodge for me.

Random

Maybe not the cheapest option but you could Western Union to someone in IE and have them lodge for you ?

Ponster

In order to do so you'll have to have a USA bank account, otherwise youll have to use Western Union.

If you do have a bank account, you can transfer to your Irish account. Ask your bank for your IBAN number and the banks SWIFT reference.

I paid $20 in 2001 to transfer to a French bank account.

Paypal or XEtradae may help?

dave2pvd

Yep, the fee is now ~$25.

Oh, don't use the word 'lodge' or 'lodgement'. Not US-speak. But makes for some very quizzical looks!