Re:EU cross-border payments outside Eurozone: MEPs scrap exc...
by jrnvs on Sunday February 17, 2019 @04:22PM
(#19186988)
I was in the same situation and just made sure to always pay an amount in euro that would definitely be too much in Swedish Crowns once converted. Better to pay 1% extra than to lose much more paying ridiculous conversion costs to my bank.
Of course, if the cost of currency exchange is estimated, it won't necessarily solve the problem I faced transferring money from a German to a Swedish account to pay my rent at the time: not knowing exactly how much of the sent money would end up arriving, and how much would be used up for fees, I had to resort to other payment services with much higher fees... This is purely a UI problem of the banks I tried, but that also means apparently the almighty market does not give them enough incentive to solve problems that are not those of rich people. Who'd have guessed.