Ha, that's a laugh given the first two UK banks with whom I dealt ( Santander and Ulster Bank ) refused to transfer my money, from my UK accounts, to Bitstamp's account in Slovenia.

I even went down to the branches to try but the tellers could only say that it was a system-imposed block.

Credit to Halifax for not having blocked that account at the time. Certainly they took their pound of flesh in international 'transfer' fees, though...