Euro Accounts

An ideal way to handle the currencies of the countries participating in the first wave of EMU

Euro Accounts:

• Reduce the number of foreign currency accounts which you need to hold
• Make it easier for you to do business with customers and suppliers in the EMU zone
• Reduce the risk of exchange rate fluctuations as funds do not have to be converted to and from sterling

Enable you to:

• Handle all the ‘legacy’ currencies of the 12 countries participating in the first wave of EMU* from a single account
• Make euro payments using our range of international payment services, including euro cheques if a cheque book has been ordered on the account (current and interest-paying accounts only)
• Have euro cheques given to UK beneficiaries cleared through the new intra-UK euro clearing system in the same timescales as sterling cheques

*Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain