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International Services tariff

Sending and receiving money  | Currency accounts | Bills and cheques/drafts in foreign currency or drawn abroad | Clean and Documentary bills received from abroad | Letters of Credit | Lloyds TSB Aval | Guarantees and Standby Letters of Credit | Status enquiries | Foreign exchange | Post payment charges

Sending and receiving money

Sending money abroad

 

Transaction type
Charges
Standard International Moneymover
£21
Express International Moneymover1
£28
Non-urgent Euro (SEPA)2
£19
International Draft payable abroad
£15

 

All charges are per item unless otherwise stated.

1Express International Moneymovers in Euro that do not contain a valid Bank Identifier Code (BIC) and International Bank Account Number (IBAN) will have an additional charge of £7 applied.

2 For non-urgent Euro (SEPA) you must provide a Bank Identifier Code (BIC) and International Bank Account Number (IBAN).

Charges as at 28th January 2008.

Receiving money from abroad

 

Transaction type
Charges
Electronic payments received from abroad
Up to £100 – £2
Over £100 – £7
Foreign cheque/draft

Currency accounts

Euro current accounts

 

Transaction type
Charges
Maintenance fee
£24 per annum (half yearly fee of £12 charged in March and September)
Foreign banknotes paid in or out (i.e. foreign banking)3
£2 per £100; minimum £3; plus £10 administration fee
Euro BACS credit paid into your Euro account
15p
Cheques issued from your Euro cheque book and paid abroad
£5
Euro cheques drawn in UK and paid into your account
Currency cheques for sterling cheques drawn abroad and paid into your Euro account

 

3Where the cash is in a different currency from the account, we'll let you know the appropriate rate of exchange at the time of the transaction.

Domestic Euro transaction (both paying and collecting banks are UK based)

 

Transaction type
Charges
Euro cheques paid into your Euro account
59p
Euro cheques paid into your Euro account
In addition, charge levied for credit
27p
70p

 

Foreign currency accounts

 

Transaction type
Charges
Account maintenance fee
£30 per half year or part thereof (charged in March and September)
Foreign banknotes paid in or out (i.e. foreign banking)4
£2 per £100; minimum £3; plus £10 administration fee
Currency cheques or sterling cheques drawn abroad and paid into your currency account
Cheque issued from your currency cheque book and paid abroad
£5

 

4Where the cash is in a different currency from the account, we'll let you know the appropriate rate of exchange at the time of the transaction.

Bills and cheques/drafts in foreign currency or drawn abroad

Negotiations

 

Transaction type
Charges
Bill and cheques/drafts (including dividend warrants) payable:
  • in foreign currency or sterling drawn abroad; or
  • in foreign currency drawn in the UK

(See below for exceptions)5

Up to £100 – £5
Over £100 – 25p per £100
Minimum £8, maximum £80
Charges are per country
Cheques/drafts payable in a different currency from the country upon which the cheque/draft is drawn (excluding items expressed in sterling or drawn in the UK)
Up to £100 – £5
Over £100 – 25p per £100
Minimum £15, maximum £80
Charges are per country
Unpaid charge (if the cheque/draft is not honoured by the paying bank)
£5

 

5For Euro cheques drawn in the UK, please refer to tariff for domestic Euro transactions.

Outward Collection (applicable when you are an exporter)

 

Transaction type
Charges
Clean bills and cheques/drafts (including dividend warrants)
Up to £100 – £5
Over £100 – 25p per £100
Minimum £15, maximum £80
N.B. Fee to be taken whether item is paid or unpaid
Documentary bills
25p per £100
Minimum £30, maximum £80
Earlybird (you remit collection to a bank oversees)
20p per £100
Minimum £20, maximum £60

Clean and Documentary bills received from abroad

Inward Collection (applicable when you are an importer)

 

Transaction type
Up to £10,000
£10,000-£50,000
Over £50,000
Documentary (documents with or without a Bill of Exchange)
£40
£60
£80
Clean (Bill of Exchange and Promissory notes without documents)
£20
£40
£60
Received from remitters abroad other than banks (both documentary and clean)
As above plus £30

Letters of Credit

Import Letters of Credit (excluding standby Letters of Credit)

 

Transaction type
Charges
Letters of Credit up to £25,000
£150 up to 6 months
£75 for each additional 3 months period or part thereof
Letter of Credit over £25,000
Validity up to 6 months
Validity over 6 months

60p per £100; minimum £150
30p per £100; minimum £75 per 3 month period or part thereof

 

These fees cover:

Transaction type
Charges
Additional amendments, additional payments, examination of documents, additional month acceptance/deferred payment undertaking, cancellation, 'on the spot' document checking
Charges vary for these specialised services and will be advised at the time the service is provided.

 

Export Letters of Credit

 

Transaction type
Charges
Pre-advising
£25
Advising
£40
Payment
0.125% per presentation; minimum £75
Presentations with discrepancies
£40
Amendments6
£40 plus any additional confirmation charges
Cancellations
£50
Confirmation and Acceptances/
Deferred payment undertakings
Subject to arrangement
Transferring a credit
0.4% (on the amount transferred); minimum £60

 

6For Export Letters of Credit advised by us bearing our confirmation, increases and extensions may attract additional confirming commission plus amendment commission.

Lloyds TSB Aval

Guarantees and Standby Letters of Credit

Transaction type
Charges
Issue of guarantees/Standby Letters of Credit to foreign beneficiaries
£2 per £100 per annum; (charged quarterly in advance) plus £75 administration fee

Status enquiries

Transaction type
Charges
Status enquiries abroad
If sent electronically
£20
Additional £10

Foreign exchange

Transaction type
Charges
Spot transactions
No charge
Forward exchange contracts
No charge
Currency options
You will be advised of the charges when the service is provided

Post payment charges

These charges apply when requests are made after an international payment has been sent abroad.

Transaction type
Charges
Amendments7
£5 per message
Beneficiary claiming non-receipt of funds (BCNR) query
£5 per chaser after the first one which is free of charge
Recalling a payment8
£20 per payment

 

7Amendments are only allowed on International Moneymover (Euro, Standard and Express). They are amendments you want to make on the beneficiary details and/or the amount of payment after the payment is sent.

8If the payment has already been credited into the beneficiary's account using International Moneymover, we can only recall the payment subject to the beneficiary's agreement. The charge will be taken whether the payment can or cannot be recalled. If a payment is recalled, the amount returned to you will be calculated according to the exchange rate on the day it is credited into your account. In the case of cancelling a draft, we may ask you to sign a counter indemnity which allows us to debit your account if money is paid out.

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