Bring money from USA

Surfmonkey

Hi.

Can you please tell me the best way to transfer money from the US to a UK bank account, without being robbed by huge fees and commissions? Thanks

NewToTheUkAgain

Western union maybe

colsten

Search for "currency transfer"

JGUK

Transfer Wise Borderless Accounts do an American account if you can get it to there.

Not sure if Revolut do the same or not.

londoninvestor

JGUK wrote: »

Transfer Wise Borderless Accounts do an American account if you can get it to there.

Not sure if Revolut do the same or not.

Revolut are probably slightly better on the exchange rate, but Transferwise Borderless has the advantage that you can pay into it from a US domestic account using ACH. This is the US equivalent of BACS or Faster Payments and is fee-free.

With Revolut, you'll have to use SWIFT, and this may incur a fee (hard to know up front because it depends what route the money takes through the SWIFT network, i.e. is an intermediary involved?)

J_B

Presuming (?) the money is in a bank account ...
we use https://www.currencyfair.com/ who have a fixed £3 fee.


Other folks have recommended Transferwise

*little.squirrel*

We have used Xoom in the past. Cheaper than a wire.

eDicky

Surfmonkey wrote: »

Can you please tell me the best way to transfer money from the US to a UK bank account, without being robbed by huge fees and commissions?

It depends on the source, if the dollars are in your own account or it's a payment from elsewhere, and the amount. If the money is already in your hands you can choose the best service for the amount using comparison sites such as Monito or FX compared etc.