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I've just created an International Personal Account with First Direct over the phone. It's what they describe as a holding account, which means no cheque book or credit card - transactions have to be done over the phone. I bought £20K of USD at 1.484 giving $29,680. Should have done it last weekOriginally posted by AtW View PostGood luck - it took me very long time to open such accounts (for business), onshore.
 I expect it's a crappy exchange rate too, but that's small potatoes the way the pound could fall.
							
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