Sending A Cheque In US Dollars

Althothothoth

Hi,

I need to send a cheque in US dollars. I bank with two banks and a building society and all three said they don't issue cheques in foreign currency. I asked for an international money order at the Post Office, but they said they only do MoneyGram now.

Does anyone have any ideas as to how I can get a cheque in US dollars please?

Thank you,
Joe

zerog

You need a US dollar current account

There may be a better way than to pay by cheque

Ben8282

Why exactly do you need to send a cheque in USD?

Westie983

HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds, Halifax, Natwest, all offer foreign drafts, but have to done in branch.

Where do you hold your two bank accounts?

Westie983

gingercordial

The US does seem to still use cheques an awful lot. It's weird but there are plenty of small businesses over there who want cheques only.

I have had this problem and the only solution I found was to ask an American friend to write one for me and send it to the recipient. In turn I went on to amazon.com (not .co.uk) and bought her a gift certificate for the correct amount of dollars to pay her back (she buys from there a lot and this had no fees compared to Paypal) using a no foreign transaction fee Halifax Clarity credit card. Do you know anyone there you could ask to do this for you?