If I may, I would advise caution. Brianna and I experienced the highest fees ever for overseas bank transfer to Australia. I would advise your friend, Peter, to check with their bank to see what the fees are for such a transfer, as the donation might well dissolve into bank fees. Otherwise I would advise a paypal transfer to an Australian friend, or something of the kind where fees are high, but maybe not so high.
Cheers, Delphine 2009/2/6 Nicholas Perkins <[email protected]>: > Generally, each bank around the world has a "SWIFT" code. The SWIFT code is > a unique identifier for each bank for international money transfers. For > example, the Commonwealth Bank is CTBAAU2S. > > > > Usually all that someone would need to provide to their bank to make an > international transfer is the SWIFT code, the BSB and the Account number for > an Australian bank. (Other countries use different variations on a BSB – for > example, the UK use a Sort Code, the US use an ABA number). > > > > On a side note, to send money to a bank in the EU a SWIFT code (known as a > BIC there) is not enough. You need to supply an IBAN number, which is a > combination of a Country Code, SWIFT/BIC, Sort Code (depending on country), > Account Number and a check digit. > > > > -- > > Nick Perkins > > [email protected] > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sarah Ewart > Sent: Friday, 6 February 2009 8:09 PM > To: Wikimedia-au > Subject: Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Overseas donation > > > > Yes, it is possible. We've had foreign payments into the WMA bank account > before using [[Swift]]. I've sent money to the US before - I just went into > my bank and told them I wanted to transfer money to an American bank account > and they organised it for me but that was a long time ago and I'm sure there > are easier ways to do it now. Brian or Angela probably know more about this > sort of thing. > > 2009/2/6 private musings <[email protected]> > > g'day all, > > so I have this friend in the US who'd like to donate $20 to the AU > chapter.... is this possible? and if so, how? :-) > > cheers, > > Peter > PM > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > > -- ~notafish NB. This gmail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails will get lost. Ceci n'est pas une endive - http://blog.notanendive.org _______________________________________________ Wikimediaau-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
