Quote Originally Posted by Tawi2 View Post
I guess its PNB for me then,even though I havent had an account with them for years I will pop in and sort something out
You don't have to go into town to do it, you can just download the forms. As far as the "evidence of identity" is concerned, I sent a good quality scan of my passport which I got a professor at work to authenticate and attach his business card to and they accepted that, but it would be best to inquire what they would require these days.

Quote Originally Posted by joebloggs View Post
like many on here, i only use PNB, had only one problem in 5 or 6 yrs
I've never had a problem with them and I've been using them since early 2006. I opened an account with them which requires a £50 balance and used their customer card system at first, I used to transfer money from my current account into the PNB account which took 4 to 5 days to clear, but then I'd log onto the customer card account and remit and it always arrived there the next day.

The only real hangup is the fact that you have to send evidence of identity to register, but you'd have to show that with any other UK bank anyway.

I now use their online remittance system, once it's set up, the credit/debit cards registered and the beneficiaries registered on the account, it's just so easy and the exchange rate is always as good as you can get anywhere else. I can't understand why anyone would use anything else. The only real problems I've had with them was with communication and the website, but that's been much improved lately since they moved offices.

Iain.