In the next week or so, I will be making quite a large purchase, what I will need to do is sell about £40,000 worth of investments held by HL, and transfer the money into my bank account. Will this cause any raised eyebrows, vis a vis money laundering or other nefarious activities?
I think I remember a threshold of £9000 below which no investigations are thought necessary, or maybe I dreamed that?
Am I being over-cautious?
Thanks for any insight.
Is that money legit?
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You could ask your bank? They may appreciate the advance warning
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Isn't the £9000 threshold the amount of cash you can withdraw or pay in without giving a reason?scottnsilky wrote:In the next week or so, I will be making quite a large purchase, what I will need to do is sell about £40,000 worth of investments held by HL, and transfer the money into my bank account. Will this cause any raised eyebrows, vis a vis money laundering or other nefarious activities?
I think I remember a threshold of £9000 below which no investigations are thought necessary, or maybe I dreamed that?
Am I being over-cautious?
Thanks for any insight.
Large amounts of money are being transferred all the time for car and house purchases. If it's being transferred from another financial institution - i.e. HL - then surely there shouldn't be a problem.
Steve
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you can send quite a chuck far more than 40,000
https://www.fasterpayments.org.uk/how-much-can-i-send-0
https://www.fasterpayments.org.uk/how-much-can-i-send-0
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Re: Is that money legit?
Thanks for you replies, I log on to the internet bank every Saturday, just to check all is well, so I sent them a message to ask if its going to cause a problem. I've also found a Freephone number to call, I'll do that on Monday.
As has already been said, that amount of money must be transferred lots of times every day.
Thanks again.
As has already been said, that amount of money must be transferred lots of times every day.
Thanks again.