Quote Originally Posted by lordna View Post
How do you folks transfer money from the UK to the philippines quickly and cheaply.

Up till now i have been using a Caxton FX card, where i load money into the account here and relatives get ther money from an ATM over there almost instantly. The problem is the bank has started adding a 200 peso additional charge for foreign cards at the ATM for each transaction. With the 2.5% charge from Caxton as well I wondered if there is a cheaper way thats still quick.

Any suggestions?
Is that 200 peso charge specific to that bank or is it happening with other banks. My wife is going over soon and I was thinking about getting a Caxton card following serious problems last year where she was unable to get cash using a Nationwide Flexaccount card ( and I spent countless time on the phone to Nationwide) and now with their new charges