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BOI Cheque not accepted in Australia

  • 07-07-2020 7:08am
    #1
    andrew63
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭


    I received a BOI cheque from Zurich insurance for around 160 euro. It appears Australian banks no longer accept Irish cheques! Can i get the funds transferred by EFT instead? I am resident of Australia and have not lived in Ireland for >20 years. Aye.:cool:


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  • #2
    un5byh7sqpd2x0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,862 ✭✭✭un5byh7sqpd2x0


    Ask Zurich.


  • #3
    andrew63
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭andrew63


    Yep. Logical. Have never dealt with Zurich and have no policy number or any account number etc with them. Drew blanks when I spoke to them.


  • #4
    YellowBucket
    Closed Accounts Posts: 491 ✭✭YellowBucket


    Overseas cheques are increasingly impossible to process in most countries, including Ireland. Even where they are accepted they can take weeks and be expensive.

    I find these companies can be (globally) very lazy and stuck in a “press print” mode.

    Contact them and just tell them the cheque is completely useless and to arrange payment by EFT.


  • #5
    un5byh7sqpd2x0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,862 ✭✭✭un5byh7sqpd2x0


    andrew63 wrote: »
    Yep. Logical. Have never dealt with Zurich and have no policy number or any account number etc with them. Drew blanks when I spoke to them.

    So how did you get a cheque from them?


  • #6
    silver2020
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,045 ✭✭✭silver2020


    surely you should be contacting Zurich??????

    The letter accompanying the check would have some sort of details.

    Send it back to zurich with your bank details - but expect long delays to post going out of australia.


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  • #7
    YellowBucket
    Closed Accounts Posts: 491 ✭✭YellowBucket


    Yeah it’s not an appropriate instrument to use to pay someone overseas.


  • #8
    Bank of Ireland: Jennifer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 490 ✭✭Bank of Ireland: Jennifer


    andrew63 wrote: »
    I received a BOI cheque from Zurich insurance for around 160 euro. It appears Australian banks no longer accept Irish cheques! Can i get the funds transferred by EFT instead? I am resident of Australia and have not lived in Ireland for >20 years. Aye.:cool:
    Hi Andrew, 

    Thanks for getting in touch with us here today. In this instance we would recommend that you contact Zurich Insurance directly as it would be necessary for an alternative method of payment to be arranged with them. 

    We hope this helps.

    Thanks Jen


  • #9
    silver2020
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,045 ✭✭✭silver2020


    Helen Weak Chrome wrote: »
    andrew63 wrote: »
    Yep. Logical. Have never dealt with Zurich and have no policy number or any account number etc with them. Drew blanks when I spoke to them.

    So how did you get a cheque from them?
    most likely it's a refund of an error that they found on their system. But my guess is its from a mis-selling of Personal Protection Insurance by a company and Zurich were the insurer.  - These went back years


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