: Amazon S3 currency charges I am looking into using Amazon S3 and I live in the UK and have a UK credit card. It seems that Amazon bills in $s, my bank will change me for the exchange from

@Bryan171

According to the Billing FAQ, it is now possible to choose a non-USD currency for your AWS account:


Q: Which currencies can I choose from?

AUD – Australian Dollar

CHF – Swiss Franc

DKK – Danish Krone

EUR – Euro

GBP – British Pound

HKD – Hong Kong Dollar

JPY – Japanese Yen

NOK – Norwegian Krone

NZD – New Zealand Dollar

SEK – Swedish Krona

USD – United States Dollar

ZAR – South African Rand

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@Cugini213

While I cannot find any documented page on AWS documentation to confirm this, from personal experience I can verify that unfortunately it is not currently possible to pay Amazon Web Services in GBP (£), or any currency other than USD ($) for that matter.

I'm also a UK-based AWS customer and can confirm that in addition to the exchange rate, the UK banks (e.g. Barclays, HSBC) also charge a transaction fee for all non-GBP transactions, typically 2.75% on debit card transactions and 2.99% on credit card transactions. To give an example, recent bank statement entries of mine show:

Date Description Paid Out (£)
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03 Nov 2014 NON-STERLING TRANSACTION FEE 0.04
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03 Nov 2014 Amazon Web Services aws.amazon.co WA 1.37
02.19 USD @ 1.5985
Visa Exchange Rate
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So while it is not possible to pay in GBP I have found the non-sterling transaction fees to be low enough that it has not been an issue (mine above on credit card at 2.99%).

Until around November 2013 they used to just bundle their fee into the exchange rate so you couldn't tell how much the bank were charging and the true details of the currency exchange but the Financial Conduct Authority changed has forced the banks to be more transparent (see Conduct of Business Requirements Q7-9 for details).

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