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International money exchange and bank rip off.

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  • Biggles
    Biggles Posts: 8,209 Forumite
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    inkbm wrote: »
    If Nationwide proves to be slow and expensive I wont use them again, and will try elsewhere. What is odd is that they have different policy to First Direct and they are both part of HSBC.
    I keep thinking I must be misreading this, but you do seem to be saying Nationwide and First Direct are both part of HSBC. Nationwide is a building society, ie nothing to do with HSBC or any other bank.
  • inkbm
    inkbm Posts: 16 Forumite
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    Well their SWIFT code points to Midland Bank which is part of HSBC, so I assumed... but then I know what assume means...
  • Biggles
    Biggles Posts: 8,209 Forumite
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    inkbm wrote: »
    Well their SWIFT code points to Midland Bank which is part of HSBC, so I assumed... but then I know what assume means...
    Building Societies don't have Swift or sort codes of their own, so have to use one of the clearing banks.
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