Dealing with dollars

petemc · 22-03-2009, 12:28

I have a couple of American clients now and they're sending me money in those pesky $. The problem I have is that Barclays like to take 4-6 weeks to process the damn cheques. I have a cheque on my desk for a nice some of money and its going to take 6 weeks before I can have it. This looks like its going to be a monthly thing too. I have a few choices with this. I can get the money straight into Paypal, but I'm guessing it comes in in dollars and possibly causes some crazy delay. I might be able to get a wire transfer but I'm not sure as that seems to be a mainly american thing. At the moment I'm getting a cheque. My bank has told me that I can set up an account in dollars that may help.

Probably a long shot but has anyone got any tips for monthly cheques in dollars?

22-03-2009, 12:28	#1
petemc Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nr Liverpewl Posts: 4,371	Dealing with dollars I have a couple of American clients now and they're sending me money in those pesky $. The problem I have is that Barclays like to take 4-6 weeks to process the damn cheques. I have a cheque on my desk for a nice some of money and its going to take 6 weeks before I can have it. This looks like its going to be a monthly thing too. I have a few choices with this. I can get the money straight into Paypal, but I'm guessing it comes in in dollars and possibly causes some crazy delay. I might be able to get a wire transfer but I'm not sure as that seems to be a mainly american thing. At the moment I'm getting a cheque. My bank has told me that I can set up an account in dollars that may help. Probably a long shot but has anyone got any tips for monthly cheques in dollars? __________________ Thats no hamster, its a space station!