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Best way to transfer foreign funds into Irish bank a/c

cruhoortwunk · 2011-10-08 15:31:30

Just back from a a few years in Canada, and have a fair amount of savings that I need to transfer over here. I will probably either arrange an international transfer from the Canadian bank, or ask them to post me a bank draft. I'm open to any way of getting here that would get me a good exchange rate, and with lowest fee…

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08-10-2011 4:31pm

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cruhoortwunk

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Just back from a a few years in Canada, and have a fair amount of savings that I need to transfer over here.
I will probably either arrange an international transfer from the Canadian bank, or ask them to post me a bank draft. I'm open to any way of getting here that would get me a good exchange rate, and with lowest fee etc.
My bank here is Ulster. Any idea on the best way to get the funds here, with the best interest rate?
It's a fair amount of money, so a few cents less on the dollar could mean a big difference to the total.

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#2 08-10-2011 9:08pm
ravima

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have a look at currencyfair.com

I have no connection, save I have used them in the past and found them good.

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#3 09-10-2011 9:47am
Marcusm

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There's be a deeper market fr EUR in Canada than CAD in Ireland. You should consider available rates in Canada before you leave as you would be able to get the EUR transferred.

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