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International Payments

Making one-off or regular bank transfers overseas? Our International Payments service is a fee-free, easy and safe way to transfer your money between UK and overseas bank accounts.

When you need to transfer moneyto bank accounts abroad, look no further than International Payments from Post Office. Here are just a few reasons why:

There are no fees

It costs you nothing to transfer your money. And with no hidden extras our international money transfer service is way ahead of the competition. Post Office International Payments don’t charge commission or fees to transfer your money abroad. If the bank charges fees to receive the money just send us a copy of your bank statement as proof of payment and we’ll give you a full refund.

A service you can trust

Post Office International Payments service is provided by HiFX PLC. HiFX PLC is authorised by the Financial Services Authority under the Payment Services Regulations 2009, registration 462444, for the provision of payment services HiFX PLC is also a registered MSB with HM Revenue & Customs - reg no: 12131222.
You're transferring money with someone you can rely on. We're a member of SWIFT which is the world's largest payments and settlements network so its systems are highly secure.

Online Security
HiFX Online uses VeriSign – the system preferred by 97% of the World’s top 100 banks and 93% of Fortune 500 companies. VeriSign is also used billions of times a day by companies and consumers across the World.
Security of Funds
When buying or selling currency with us, your funds are held either in pooled client trust bank accounts or are held at one of our counterparty brokers as cash in transit or collateral to meet our obligations relating to clients’ trades. Funds can be used to fulfill the contractual obligations of our clients but will never be anywhere other than, in the segregated client accounts, with our banking counterparties or in transit i.e. being sent.