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Offshore Currency Current Account

When working or living abroad, you need to be able to access your money whenever you need it. Whether that's for day-to-day expenses, to pay bills, for emergencies or just to enjoy your leisure time. Thankfully, a Clydesdale Bank International currency Current Account will let you live your life without worrying about how to get hold of your cash.

As a currency Current Account holder, you can apply for a Maestro Debit Card, which can be used in over a 100 countries around the globe. So you can pay for goods and services in over 5.4 million sales outlets and access over 700,000 cash machines displaying the Maestro logo.

With the card debiting you in your account's currency, you can easily track what you've spent and how much you have left.

If you have access to the internet, you can also view the balance of your accounts and all your transactions, transfer money between your accounts in the same currency and instruct us to transfer funds to your nominated account. All at the click of a button.

Our currency Current Account also pays you interest monthly. Please note minimum balance restrictions may apply. Below are the currencies that we offer the account in and the minimum balances for each:

US Dollars

US$ 5,000

€ Euros

€ 5,000

Australian Dollars

AUS$ 5,000

New Zealand Dollars

NZ$ 5,000


To enjoy higher rates of interest on your surplus currency balances, open a currency Instant Savings Account with us. View current rates of interest.

Table of Charges related to the currency Current Account. Our current accounts will be entirely free until 31/12/07. This includes all debit card transactions and account fees.

Applying for an account is simple. Simply apply online or call us on +44 (0) 1481 711102~.

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Important Information

Clydesdale Bank International is a trading name of Clydesdale Bank PLC. The Guernsey branch of Clydesdale Bank PLC is licensed as a deposit taker by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission, under the Banking Supervision (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1994 as amended.

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