In message , at 22:10:42 on Tue,
23 May 2006, Rian van der Borgt remarked:
Googling on "euro account" suggested Lloyds TSB...
http://www.lloydstsb.com/travel/the_euro.asp

I tried them, and spent a happy time in the local branch being passed
back and forth between the clerk and whoever the clerk-had-on-the-phone
in some distant internal call centre. The upshot was that all they could
offer me was an offshore account in the Isle of Man (as indeed that url
above confirms). I thought this was far from ideal for many reasons, in
particular they don't have a Debit Card for the account, so taking money
out is rather hard.

HSBC (you know, the one that brags about knowing how to do international
stuff) has a Euro account as well, but I think you can only transfer
money out by cheque, or the equivalent of a telegraphic transfer; once
again, a very long way from what I'd call "personal banking".

So I'm still looking for an account where I can get paid my expenses in
Euros (and no exchange rate issues), having previously used Euro funds
from the account to buy my train tickets in Amsterdam.
--
Roland Perry