SEnding Money to PI

[GaryFifer]

Garry2jessica,

Did I say a Nationwide Cash card is instant, the exchange rate is effectively inter-bank rate (say 74 pesos to the pound today) and its free ?

Can you expand on this please. She is asking about Xoom and Western Union, so I answer that particular question.

Is this the card you mean John?

http://www.nationwide.co.uk/current_...rd_account.htm

The list is blank for Philippines. Does that mean a visa charge is applied?

Pakistan
Palau
Palestine
Panama
Papua
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Pitcairn Island
Poland - No fee charged
Portugal - No fee charged
Puerto Rico

[johncar54]

Can you expand on this please.

I have three accounts with Nationwide in UK. One I use for transferring money to Phil.

When we want to transfer a sum, I go on-lone and transfer that amount from my main account to the Phil one.

We then call a cousin in Phil, he has a Nationwide CASH CARD, and he draws the amount from an ATM. When possible he choose a visa ATM (Citibank and I think HSBC) which makes no charge. Other banks using Cirrus charge 3.50 USD per withdrawal.

My account gets debited with the withdrawal at the inter bank rate at that time.


http://www.nationwide.co.uk/current_...rd_account.htm. That seems to be the account. When I opened the account there was no limit to number of account one could have.

[johncar54]

I have three accounts with Nationwide in UK. One I use for transferring money to Phil.

When we want to transfer a sum, I go on-line and transfer that amount from my main account to the Phil one.

We then call a cousin in Phil, he has a Nationwide CASH CARD, and he draws the amount from an ATM. When possible he choose a visa ATM (Citibank and I think HSBC) which makes no charge. Other banks using Cirrus charge 3.50 USD per withdrawal.

My account gets debited with the withdrawal at the inter bank rate at that time.

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Just an up-date on this.

Having serached on the web site ( http://visa.via.infonow.net/locator/...SearchPage.jsp) which gary2jessica suggested (thanks guys) we located several EXPRESS TELLER ATMs in Cainta. They are under the Visa umbrella.

My wife's cousin is now using one of these to draw the cash I transfer from Nationwide, and we can confirm there are NO CHARGES at the ATM, so once again we can transfer cash without any charges either end, with an exchange rate very close to the 'inter bank' rate.