options receiving payments in US dollars

mroberts85
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I have recently started receiving a monthly salary in US dollars (my primary currency and bank account is in GB pounds). When I received the 1st payment I had two options "Convert this to x quantity in pounds" or "set up a balance in dollars". I selected the 2nd, thoug realised this was a mistake because the charge is placed on the dollar transaction then will be once again if I convert it to another currency. Anyway, the point is that I have just received the 2nd payment and I wasn't given this choice. The payment has automatically transferred to my dollar balance the the 1st fee already taken off. I want to be able to "transfer to x pounds before this is done to avoid paying to sets of fees. I know this should be possible because on the 1st occasion the ponds amount was more than after having accepted it in dollars.

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kernowlass
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@mroberts85

 

Try removing your dollar balance. You can do that in the same place that you added it.


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mroberts85
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Thanks for this reply (from quite a while ago!) I tried doing this but subsequent payments have also gone straight into a dllar currency and I can't get it back to how it was before. Something else to try?

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