Travel and Foreign Exchange
Sending money overseas
We offer transfers in over 140 currencies, competitive exchange rates and the right expertise to make sure you're doing things right.
Use Internet Banking to transfer foreign currency up to $2,000 AUD per day. For international transfers higher than $2,000 AUD equivalent a day, complete the International Funds Transfer form.
Follow these steps
Log Into Internet Banking.
Select the Pay menu item.
Select International Transfer.
Fill out all of the required recipient transfer information.
Click Next and confirm all of the transfer information is correct.
Click Submit and your transfer has been successfully initiated.
Please note that fees apply.
Receiving money from overseas
Complete online form
Visit our foreign exchange partner, Convera's portal and complete the online form.
Once completed, send the details from the portal to your overseas payer and we will handle the rest.
Currency conversion
When sending funds in a foreign currency, instruct the sending institution not to convert the currency.
Include this in the ‘Payment Notes’. Bank First will handle conversion to AUD via Convera.
Account currency
Convera accounts are currency specific.
Sending the wrong currency may trigger automatic or double conversion, and the exchange rate may be subject to the discretion of the remitting or intermediary bank.1
Exchange rates
To obtain an indicative incoming exchange rate, please call one of our consultants on 1300 654 822.