MtGox used a Barclays account in the UK to store a quantity of money.
By using a local money pot it got around exhange fees.
I think the banks got wise to this and closed them down. Also Barclays owns PingIt.
The money changers want their cut and don't want anything threatening their business model.
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Does this mean that for a fee it's possible topen a mtgox account, transfer BTC then sell in GBP and use their japanese account to send back to the UK? Anyone know what the fee is, or is this just a standard wire-transfer?
OP - sorry don't mean to hijack your thread, but uk is so frustrating for this.
(edit - didn't see the responses - guess not doable then)