Thread: My small plan to bring some savings to CH
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Old 12.02.2010, 09:15
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Re: My small plan to bring some savings to CH
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2. Your suggestion to transfer vis Italy is less attractive because you will pay two international transfer fees - Norway-Italy and Italy-Switzerland plus you will pay two FX commissions.

Since the cheapest way to get the cash into CHF in Switzerland is to get your Norwegian Bank to do a direct NOK/CHF conversion and the do one International transfer, I would go back and insist on getting chapter and verse on why they can't do it.
Thanks for the very nice reply.
Will I really pay two international fees? Last time, when I transferred NOK to CHF, I had to pay nothing. Indeed, my Norwegian bank says they won't charge anything for taking the money abroad (except the exchange rate), and so I guess it is for the swiss bank (PostFinance). I should check with the Italian one though...

Anyway, yes, your suggestion of trying to get the Norwegians transfer directly EUR is something worth trying.
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