
Originally Posted by
Melonie
^^^ it appears that Bank of America doesn't have any 'retail' bank branches in the UK. They have a credit card processing center to support use of BofA issued credit cards in European countries, but nothing with tellers and counters. BofA apparently does have some ATM's available in the UK, though, via the Global ATM Alliance ... but I think use is limited to withdrawls only and some ATM / currency eschange fees may kick in.
A little more digging shows that the following international banks that DO have 'retail' bank branches in both the US and the UK
HSBC ... Citibank ... Chase ... Barclay's ...
Again, I would seriously recommend that you open a new US account with one of these banks while you still have a US address / ID, close any other US bank accounts you have, and consolidate your funds into this newly opened US account. As soon as you arrive in the UK, you can seek out a branch of the same bank and attempt to open a UK account. It should then be very easy to transfer funds between the two accounts ... since such a transfer would be an 'in-house' affair rather than relying on the global inter-bank system.
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