Not at all, I did a transfer yesterday morning from UK and it was in by lunch time ready to trade.
I've just yesterday morning done an international wire from UK to Bitstamp but it hasn't arrived yet. Can you do SEPA from UK? Was it from a Euro account?
You can SEPA from a UK account, but I think you have to convert to euros, which costs more than wiring pounds to Bitstamp's excellent exchange rate. SEPA is faster though, yes
edit: Citi-bank does euro and dollar accounts. That would be the way to go with your'e doing allot of trading or arbitrage
Yeah, SEPA is tricky from UK because you are exposed to two currency exchanges, on your end GBP -> EUR and on our end EUR -> USD which even if a SEPA deposit is free can be costlier. Btw on our end currency conversion is done automatically by our bank free of charge at their daily exchange rate spreads: http://www.unicreditbank.si/tecajna_lista/?t=1&id_menu=&language=ENG