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Richard Dee wrote in message ... (...) Ooh! I'm part of something big! =) (...) Likewise. To paraphrase Eddie Izzard, I'm very big on being European - and I look forward to my Euro account as well, because financially speaking the Euro could (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Cool. (...) Where are you opening a EURO account? I don't qualify for the TSB one and I don't know much about Barclays. Anywhere else - Abbey National don't do one. What about this symbol - ? Comes out as a question mark on the un-updated. (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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The NatWest will open a Euro account, but you have to have a sterling current account as well. They will allow you to open both at the same time if necessary. There are charges on foreign currency accounts, but for 1999 these will be waived for Euro (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Carbon 60 wrote in message <36AE39D6.87DF480A@b...ot.com>... (...) I'm with the Co-op, who're sitting on the fence with this one. I was going to see Barclays terms and try one of the other big three(1) banks and see what they can offer. (All this (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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On Wed, 27 Jan 1999 08:25:49 GMT, Steve Scott uttered the following profundities... (...) That's a bit steep! A fiver! (...) My father has a US dollar account with a US bank which qualifies as a US-based branch as it is on a UK-based US military (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | US Dollar bank account in the UK (was: UK prices of Star Wars)
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Richard Dee wrote in message ... (...) bank (...) Account charges: Nat. West.: 10.00GBP per quarter Midland (HSBC): 70.00GBP per annum ...plus charges to bank and write each cheque... OTOH, if you pay US Dollar cheques into UK banks: Midland: (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Jon D Hayward wrote in message ... (...) What about writing cheques in US$? Who or what works out cheapest then? Steve ---...--- Why not visit Llegogogoch? (URL) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Steve Anderson wrote in message ... (...) I've done this for some sellers in the US who are prepared to accept a cheque drawn on a foreign bank. It's the easiest for you and I don't think it costs anything at your end (the Clydesdale bank didn't (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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