[Foundation-l] Regarding the Fundraising Banner

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
The United Kingdom is not part of the Eurozone. Consequently there are costs
and risks involved in transferring money. Credit cards are more expensive
and as Ziko indicated many Europeans just do not use them.
Thanks,
       GerardM

On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Marco Chiesa <chiesa.marco at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 10:58 AM, Gerard Meijssen
> <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > Hoi,
> > An international money transfer does cost as much in European Community
> as
> > it costs to transfer money within your country. This means that all
> > Europeans should be able to transfer money to Belgium at this same cost.
> > However, I have been told that some Italian banks do not comply with this
> > European directive.
> >
> > Some English banks will charge more for an international trandfer as
> well.
> And furthermore, online banking normally does not allow international money
> transfer. A debit/credit card is normally a better option...
> Cruccone
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