[Foundation-l] Regarding the Fundraising Banner

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
In my experience you have to know both the organisation and the address.
Without this my banking software does not allow me to transfer money.
Stating that the Belgian bank account* IS* the European bank account makes
absolute sense..
Thanks,
       GerardM

On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Walter Vermeir <walter at wikipedia.be> wrote:

> Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen at ...> writes:
> > Hoi,
> > Walter is absolutely right. In the Netherlands for instance people
> transfer
> > money. They are used to transfer money within the country. Most people
> feel
> > uncomfortable in transferring money to Belgium. This means that the WMF
> > should have a Dutch banking account.
>
> Yes, that is true. But because the national money transfer systems are now
> very
> soon going to be abolished that is not a practical solution anymore. Or the
> money must be directed to the accounts of the chapters if the exist.
>
> Normally the people in the euro-zone must have now 2 money transfer systems
> the
> can use; the national one and the IBAN-system. And the IBAN-system is being
> used more and more by company's who send a bill to there customers.
>
> Best would be to just give a IBAN account number and label it as "European
> Bank
> Account" and not say anything about Belgium. There is no need to. If you
> have
> the IBAN number, and maybe the BIC, that is all you need.
>
> Walter
>
>
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