Looks like there are no SEPA deposit-queue problems on Bitstamp.
Not at all, I did a transfer yesterday morning from UK and it was in by lunch time ready to trade.
I've just yesterday morning done an international wire from UK to Bitstamp but it hasn't arrived yet. Can you do SEPA from UK? Was it from a Euro account?
You can SEPA from a UK account, but I think you have to convert to euros, which costs more than wiring pounds to Bitstamp's excellent exchange rate. SEPA is faster though, yes
edit: Citi-bank does euro and dollar accounts. That would be the way to go with your'e doing allot of trading or arbitrage
Yeah, SEPA is tricky from UK because you are exposed to two currency exchanges, on your end GBP -> EUR and on our end EUR -> USD which even if a SEPA deposit is free can be costlier. Btw on our end currency conversion is done automatically by our bank free of charge at their daily exchange rate spreads:
http://www.unicreditbank.si/tecajna_lista/?t=1&id_menu=&language=ENGThanks guys, that's helpful.
I went for the international transfer option in order to save on conversion fees, but I seem to have lost way more than that by having to hang around a bit longer whilst watching the price rocket. Ah well.
I've been all BTC since I pulled them out of Gox back in August so can't complain too much - holding policy has worked very nicely
For the first time though, a friend has just asked me to buy BTC for him, so I've just opened a BitStamp account solely for this purpose and, hopefully, to buy more for others in the future. The word is clearly spreading quickly. Happy days.
