Fees & Pricing Policy
This page was last updated Oct 2024.
iBanFirst Limited Account Fees
The fees shown below, in sections A to F inclusive, apply to all clients with an iBanFirst Limited Account. To be considered for an account, companies or individuals must make a minimum of £50K equivalent of foreign exchange payments (transactions) per year using the account.
A. Account administration
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Opening fees |
Free |
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Maintenance fees |
Free |
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Creation of a beneficiary for payment / transfer |
Free |
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Overdraft facility |
Not available |
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Online account statements |
Free |
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Account closure fees |
Free |
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B. Foreign exchange payments and transfers
Each client will have a bespoke FX price margin applied to their transactions that will take into consideration a variety of factors unique to their requirement. These include, but are not limited to, expected FX flow over 12 months, quantity of payments monthly, number of existing FX partners, product range utilised, and service level required.
In respect to trading services provided, please see below for further detail of fees.
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Access to market information for all 23 currencies (quotes, charts, history, trends) |
Free |
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Online real-time exchange rates before validation |
Free |
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Currency exchange related fees |
Free for currency amounts above the threshold, as per Appendix B |
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C. Payments and treasury movements
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Transfer between two iBanFirst accounts |
Free |
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Receive transfers from third party accounts |
Free |
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Receive SDD Core (see definition in Appendix D) |
Free |
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Crediting iBanFirst account with a bank card |
Not available |
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Crediting iBanFirst account by cheque |
Not available |
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D. Client assistance and platform support
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Use of platform |
Free |
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Setting user rights and limitations |
Free |
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Change of address |
Free |
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Access to trading room |
Free |
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Place order over phone |
Free |
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Access to account(s) history |
Free |
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Online detailed PDF report of all payments |
Free |
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E. Margin requirements for future payments (deliverable Forwards)
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Type of transaction |
Security deposit* |
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Spot |
0.00% |
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Forward < 7 days |
0.00% |
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Forward > 7 days ≤ 1 month |
3.00% |
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Forward > 1 month ≤ 6 months |
5.00% |
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Forward > 6 months ≤ 2 years |
10.00% |
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*Must be credited to your iBanFirst Limited Account |
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- Forward foreign exchange positions present a market risk and, as such, no such positions should be taken that are more than the amount you will require.
- For more than seven days, this risk must be covered by collateral.
- The collateral is a percentage of the amount to be paid and is deducted from the total amount to be settled. The amount to be paid will vary depending on the maturity of your future transaction.
F. Other
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International transfers |
Zone |
GBP |
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Transfer in EUR (guaranteed amount) |
SEPA |
Free |
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Express EUR after 12pm |
SEPA |
£5 |
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International transfers |
Zone |
GBP |
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Transfer in any currency* |
World |
£5/SHARE, £9/OUR, |
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Internal transfers within iBanFirst |
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Transfer of any currencies (guaranteed amount) |
Free |
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* Dependent on number of trades and total trade volume.
- A full explanation of SHARE, OUR and BEN payments is provided in the appendices.
- Please note that VAT may apply to charges for international payments.
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Special cases – specific requirements around payments operations |
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Return of funds |
Free |
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Cancellation |
Up to £25 |
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Modification |
Free |
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Off-platform order entry request |
Free |
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Copy of bank transfer message (SWIFT) |
Free |
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Financial analysis on international fees |
Free |
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Amendments |
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Except as otherwise required by law, iBanFirst reserves the right at any time to change the following:
Changes are applied on the next due date or, in the absence of a due date, to the next available date after the new rates or fees come into force.
The changes are communicated to clients by email or via the iBanFirst Limited platform, with a minimum notice of one month. The client is considered to have accepted the change if they continue to use the service, unless they have not already first communicated in writing to iBanFirst to refuse the service offered to them within thirty calendar days after the notice has been sent to them.
The applicable conditions can be found on our website:
Please Note: all iBanFirst Limited terms and conditions may be subject to change if required by law and /or regulation. |
Appendices
A. Information on available currencies
Please click on the link below to view available currencies:
https://support.ibanfirst.com/en/articles/23263-available-currencies
B. Glossary
- Beneficiary Bank: Also known as the recipient bank, is the established financial institution hosting the beneficiary account.
- Intermediary Bank: Also called the correspondent bank, is the bank used in the SWIFT network to transmit the payment to the beneficiary bank.
- Beneficiary (BEN): The beneficiary pays all fees: those applied by their bank, by the order giver’s bank and by the intermediary bank(s).
- Business Identifier Code (BIC): International standard to identify the organisations making payments through the SWIFT network.
- Shared Fees (SHARE): The order giver pays the fees charged by their bank. The fees charged by the beneficiary’s bank are the beneficiary’s responsibility. For international transfers (excluding SEPA and PSD), the corresponding banks are entitled to fees directly on the amount sent.
- Value Date: Date on which the funds are debited or credited to an account.
- International Bank Account Number (IBAN): International standard for the bank account numbers used for SEPA European payments and, if applicable, for international.
- Guaranteed Amount, On Us Fees (OUR): The order giver pays the fee charged by all the banks in the payment chain.
- Cut Off: The cut off is the time until a currency exchange transaction can be processed to on a given date (for example, the value date). After this time, the value date will be offset to the next business day.