Comments | mizkit: for crying out loud

mizkit

for crying out loud

Sep 05, 2006 15:05

AIB insists there must be a SORT or SWIFT code for my bank in Alaska. My bank in Alaska insists it has no such thing. AIB says they SUPPOSE I can try to send money using the routing code that FNBA provided, but they don't think it'll work and that they can't possibly see how the bank can't have the codes AIB says it should ( Read more... )

train wreck, headdesk

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mizkit September 5 2006, 14:48:27 UTC

I would indeed not be at all surprised to discover that my Alaskan bank should or does have such a code. I just have *no idea* how to get them to give it to me, at this point. Thank you hugely for the information, though. This has been incredibly aggravating.

Does one get an international money order at the bank?

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mizkit September 5 2006, 15:08:27 UTC

The bitter problem with doing that is Alaska is 9 hours behind Ireland. It's just exactly the wrong amount of time to be *able* to have them call the bank in Alaska unless somebody's willing to stay late. I'll try calling the bank in Alaska tonight myself and see if I can get through to somebody outside of the customer service line, which is not, apparently, the right place to be asking questions.

Again, thank you so much.

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anonymous September 5 2006, 16:07:58 UTC

being that i am a bank teller in the exact bank you are having problems with :) the numbers you should need are the routing number of the bank and the ABA number. maybe if you ask for those using those words you may get what you need. to my knowlege, and being fairly new to the job, i have never heard of a swift number, so maybe we just dont use those words! i could tell you the routing number for the branch of fnba that i work at but i am not for positive the aba number. but i could find out for you if you like!

rhonnie

anonymous September 5 2006, 16:12:26 UTC

oh, and on the subject of a bank check... if you are sending an international bank draft, make absolutely sure that it is drawn in US FUNDS. then if it is a large amount, say over $5000.00 expect them to put a hold on the funds. if they put a regular hold it would probably 7 days, if they send it on collection it could be upwards of 30 days. whether they do either of these things depends solely on your account "relationship" with the bank, ie. how long has the account been open, and how much of an average balance do you hold, and is entirely up to the bank supervisor. so if you need immediate access to the funds a wire transfer is definately the way to go. so try to figure that our first!! hope this helps!

rhonnie

mizkit September 5 2006, 16:39:27 UTC

Dude. I forgot you worked for them. I have emailed you. A thousand blessings upon your head!

anonymous September 5 2006, 16:47:02 UTC

thanks for the blessings, i can use all the help i can get! i will see what i can find out for you and email you back!

janne September 5 2006, 16:22:22 UTC

Heh, I recall having the exact same argument with a bank when I tried to transfer money from Norway to Germany via SWIFT -- in 1980 or thereabouts. Amazing that it isn't better known by now. I found the following link informative, btw, while I can't vouch for the details it fits with what I've heard about the system elsewhere.

http://www.slowtrav.com/europe/swift.htm

anonymous September 5 2006, 17:03:16 UTC

ok, here's the deal... swift codes are used by foreign banks who use and intermediary bank to wire money. american banks get wires directly with out the use of an intermediary bank therefore do not use swift codes. all you need is your account number, the name of your bank and the banks routing number. as insistant as your bank was that you NEED a swift code you need to be doubly insistant that you DO NOT!! hope this helps. let me know how it all turns out! good luck!

rhonnie