22 Nov 2006 1:06 PM:

Try Nationwide Building Society.

They are superb. I have a flex account and get no foreign charges at all for using it plus they give you the daily rate. I was recently at the BBVA in Gran Alacant and needed £300 for a supplier. I got 1.48 where as other banks were 1.45 and charged 2.75%

They are excellent. I contacted HiFx yesterday as I wanted to make a regular transfer to save me having to keep taking cash out of the cash point to pay into my BBVA account. They offered me a rate of 1.38 to 1.40, I explained about Nationwide and they said they couldnt compete, he even had a Nationwide account himself. I go over every month, so for me it is easy and much cheaper for me to get it out of the wall.

Hope this helps -

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