Just so people know, although my bank (Crédit Agricole Ile-de-France) has a form on their customer website for SEPA transfers and I tried to use it on Saturday October the 27th, they needed:
- 2012/10/30: a visit to the local branch with ID (branch is closed on Sundays and Mondays)
- 2012/10/31: a phone call to notice them I still couldn't do the transfer then an email with a copy of MXRider's IBAN/BIC
- 2012/11/01: waiting for the national holiday to pass
- 2012/11/02: 2 phone calls from them to finally sort out what didn't work on their end
That's 6 days to be able to make a bank transfer to a foreign account... which will take 3 more days to complete!
And people complain about 10 minutes confirmations