Robotsan
Club Member
Hi,
I'm trying to make an order with MSA, but they've said a first order made from abroad has to be paid via bank transfer. That's fine, but I've got 2 issues:
1.) My bank (Lloyds) say that I need to tell them who Union's 'Correspondent Bank' is, in the US. This is because Union are a smaller, US-only bank, so Lloyds don't have a relationship/connection with them, so any money transferred has to go via one of the larger international-sized US banks like Wells Fargo.
I've asked MSA for this, but its been a while and they don't seem to know.
Has anyone done a wire transfer to them before, and do you know who the correspondent bank is?
2. ) The information they've given me doesn't 100% tally with the fields I've got on the Lloyds international payments page. Account number is fine, but they've also given me a Routing number, for which there's no field for on Lloyds. There is however a 'Fedwire' number. I *think* this is the same thing, but I want to be sure before proceeding. I have spoken to Lloyds' customer services, and they don't know!
Confusingly, when you click the little link on Lloyds which says "What is a Fedwire code?" it opens this box (below), and proceeds to talk about 'Clearing codes'. But it does mention 'routing number' too. From my googling, they all appear to be a 9 digit number, which tallies up with the number MSA have given me, but again, I just want to be sure!
I'm trying to make an order with MSA, but they've said a first order made from abroad has to be paid via bank transfer. That's fine, but I've got 2 issues:
1.) My bank (Lloyds) say that I need to tell them who Union's 'Correspondent Bank' is, in the US. This is because Union are a smaller, US-only bank, so Lloyds don't have a relationship/connection with them, so any money transferred has to go via one of the larger international-sized US banks like Wells Fargo.
I've asked MSA for this, but its been a while and they don't seem to know.
Has anyone done a wire transfer to them before, and do you know who the correspondent bank is?
2. ) The information they've given me doesn't 100% tally with the fields I've got on the Lloyds international payments page. Account number is fine, but they've also given me a Routing number, for which there's no field for on Lloyds. There is however a 'Fedwire' number. I *think* this is the same thing, but I want to be sure before proceeding. I have spoken to Lloyds' customer services, and they don't know!
Confusingly, when you click the little link on Lloyds which says "What is a Fedwire code?" it opens this box (below), and proceeds to talk about 'Clearing codes'. But it does mention 'routing number' too. From my googling, they all appear to be a 9 digit number, which tallies up with the number MSA have given me, but again, I just want to be sure!