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Just wonder if anyone can suggest what is the best, quick and the cheapest way to transfer GBP from UK to TRNC as GBP? Thanks in advance for any info.

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Transferwise.com charge around 1%

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I just transferred some sterling to a friend using Turkbankasi from my bank account in UK. No charges or fees.

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Thanks for the advice. Just wonder how long does it take for TransferWise or Turbankasi UK Bank?

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Hi Sultan, I want to receive GBP in TRNC. Can Turkbankasi from UK bank do transfer GBP to GBP in TRNC? Please advise. Thanks.

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I believe so. As I said I have just transferred sterling from my UK bank to a friend with Turk bankasi in sterling online. He has a sterling account with Turkbankasi. They have branches in London so it may go via them? No fees .

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Not sure, but I think it was within a few hours at most.

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I transferred GBP last Thursday to my CreditWest GBP account and am still waiting for it to arrive. I was charged £9.50 by my bank, Lloyds to transfer £14,000. When it arrives I will find out what other fees have been deducted and will let you know.

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Transferred money from barclays yesterday in my credit west account today £15 charge.

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I also transferred from our Barclays bank account from the UK to a neighbours Turkiye IS Bankasi. He has a sterling account in TRNC. We were charged £12.50 fee. Monies was transferred within 3 days. You are required to have recipient name; bank name and receiving bank IBAN number

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Bear in mind that some TRNC Banks will make a charge for receiving GBP - whether they do or not, and how much, varies from Bank to Bank.

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Thanks for all the reply. I know Halifax do transfer sterling to receive sterling in TRNC, they charged £9.50 but they say the transaction will not take more than 14 days. That put me off. I needed some sterling yesterday so I withdrawn sterling from TEB bank. Their daily limit is £500 but to add their fee £25 will be over the limit. So to stay within the daily withdraw limit is £450 plus £22.50 fee. It's so expensive to withdraw GBP in TRNC. Does anyone know other bank will charge less for withdrawing GBP cash here? Please advise. Thanks.

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Did yoy actually TRY to withdraw £500 or are you just assuming that it would not allow you to because of the extra £25?

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I have transferred from Halifax in the past and it's usually arrives in TRNC bank within 2 days. There are other charges above the £9.50 though, I'm not sure if these were made by the bank it goes through in Turkey or the TRNC bank it arrives at. Worked our about £35 on £20,000.

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The machine won't allow to draw £500 because once they added the fee of £25, it will be over the £500 limit. I needed £1,500 so I used 3 bank cards to withdraw £450 each plus fees then I have to use another card to withdraw £150 plus £7 fee to make up the £1,500. It was a very expensive way to draw GBP in TRNC. I chose to withdraw cash this way because it's instance cash so no transfer waiting time. I still need to withdraw some more in a couple of days so I need to find out is there any other bank will charge less fee for withdrawing GBP. Please advise. Thanks

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Cost to transfer £14,000 from UK to Creditwest GBP account £66.87
Lloyds fee £9.50
Intermediary bank £45.00
Creditwest £12.37

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Thanks for the clarification Kim

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This won't help Kim's immediate problem, but Nationwide seem to cap their charge at £20 for a SWIFT GBP transfer, and TEB don't appear to charge anything for receiving it.

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Been away from TRNC for far too long and unfortunately can’t get back any time soon. I need to pay my Pool/Garden guy. Looking at Western Union as a simple means of transferring Sterling to him. Has anyone used this method successfully and what is the procedure? Thanks in advance.

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