Stewart. ..I've called Philippine National Bank London from Philippines to transfer back to Phil. .obviously you have to bear in mind office hours in UK are 7 or 8 hours adrift. There was no problem at all apart from the 45 pound phone bill. This was in October last year.
Good luck Stewart
BTW...The £45 phone bill was due to having the misfortune of hooking up with a trainee operator..kept having to repeat everything