London Banter - View Single Post - Some better, some worse

Rian van der Borgt · May 23rd 06, 08:12 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london

On 23 May 2006 11:47:55 -0700, wrote:
I don't think banks on the continent are better or worse than British
banks, they only have a different way of making their money, and levels
of service are often better.

Yes, my bank account at NatWest is free, but take an example: for
Euro-transactions they charge a hefty £10 on top of the exchange rate.

....which I doubt is legal. Transactions in euro within the EU should
have the same costs as domestic transfers. How does the bank justify
these costs?

Having said that, deutsche bahn used to take credit card only for its
online tickets. Don't know if they've changed their policy.

You can now also pay by "Lastschrift".

Regards,

Rian

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