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International electronic payments

International Payments

Payments around the world

International Payments are the fastest, most reliable and secure way to send funds overseas or make foreign currency payments within the UK.

Pay and be paid in the world's major currencies, helping your business trade internationally with ease.

What you'll need

  1. 01

    Beneficiary's name 

  2. 02

    Beneficiary's SWIFT BIC (unique Bank Identifier Code) 

  3. 03

    If available, Beneficiary's International Bank Account Number (IBAN)

  4. 04

    If IBAN not available, please use the beneficiary's account number and sort code or bank code 

  5. 05

    There are specific pieces of information that would be required for making payments in some currencies or to certain jurisdictions as set by the local regulators. Please check the FAQ's or reach out to the Bankline Helpdesk for more information.

How long will it take?

Your international payments through New Bankline are sent as urgent payments; you simply choose the date.

Wondering where a payment is up to? You can use our tracker to check the status of your payment. You can also share the tracking status with your beneficiaries.

Charges

Charges can be set to:

  • BEN - The beneficiary incurs all the payment transaction fees
  • SHA – Charges are shared, the Payer pays the fees to send, and the beneficiary pays their fees to receive (Euro payments within SEPA must be sent as SHA)
  • OUR - The Payer will bear all the payment transaction fees

For further detail and timescales for the payment, please refer to our Currency Guide (PDF, 100KB).  

How much will it cost?

Cost via Bankline

To make an International Payment (All currencies, except Euro) our fee is £15 per transaction.

For currency payments to accounts at Royal Bank of Scotland and other UK banks, our fee is £15 per transaction. Payments in Euro are charged at 45p per transaction.

We do not charge for currency payments between your own accounts, if they are in the name of the same legal entity.

Where a transaction requires foreign exchange conversion, a margin is applied.

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Cost via Digital Banking

To make an International Payment (All currencies, except Euro) our fee is £15 per transaction.

For currency payments to accounts at Royal Bank of Scotland and other UK banks, our fee is £15 per transaction.

We do not charge for currency payments between your own accounts, if they are in the name of the same legal entity.

Where a transaction requires foreign exchange conversion, a margin is applied.

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Check international payment exchange rates

Use our FX calculator to see the current foreign exchange rates applicable to international payments, and how much you'd be sending or receiving in your chosen currencies.

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