Paying Suppliers in USD from GBP account

[Grinder]

I was reading a while back about foreign currency credit cards... seemed like a good option at the time. I'll have to fish around to remember what bank it was though....

edit: Might be this one http://www.fairfx.com

[pmeswani]

that is what the American Express Business Card is for.

Welcome to the world of 30% interest rates.

[Badger]

Thanks Grinder I'll check them out.

BTW, I have a mate nicknamed Grinder, as he used to persistently ask girls to go out with him, thereby grinding them down, until they said yes.

[XLMonkey]

I use www.xe.com for international trades. Miles cheaper than using bank/paypal. Only problem/thing is that you need to provide paper id as part of the registration process, so it takes a week or so to set up the account.