How to get Cash euros into your UK bank account when abroad

mybo11

Hi
My daughter has been backpacking in Europe for the last year. She is currently busking in Italy and plans to busk her way round Europe until the autumn. We are struggling to figure out how to get her cash earnings into her UK current account. She banks with Barclays and Lloyds. It looks as if HSBC May do an account that may work for her but we are not sure how easy this would be to open while you are backpacking.
We did wonder about using Western Union to send it to me but I don’t want to fall foul of any money laundering checks!
Any advice?

jonesMUFCforever

Won't she be using the money raised to live on?
Forget trying to open a new account whilst abroad it will not work - if she tries online they will be able to tell by the IP address etc (I know there are ways round this).
She should be able to get her Lloyds IBAN and BIC from the mobile app - she could send monies direct with Western Union to her account - but if this is a large amount it could be stopped for money laundering checks.

Voyager2002

Money laundering is unlikely to be an issue on transfers within the EU, particularly on sums less than 10,000 Euro. However, the fees for using a service like Western Union mean that this solution is for emergencies only.

The best solution -- although it may not be possible -- would be for her to open a bank account in Italy or wherever she is in Euroland. Then she could pay in her earnings and use a service such as Transferwise or Custom House to transfer them to her UK account.