On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:23:36 -0800, W wroteÂ*:

I have a vendor in Europe I pay regularly, and I don't want the hassle
of wire transfers. On top of the time the wires take, our bank charges
$90/wire. Is there any relatively cheap way of paying European vendors
that won't take more than about a $50 transaction fee? An ideal
solution would be one that let me write a check from a U.S. bank to
another U.S. account number, and have that automatically become a wire
transparently to the check writer. Anything that let us write checks
and pay vendors out of a normal accounting process would be desirable.

Credit cards charge 3% of the balance being transferred, which for our
charges would result in more than $100 of transaction fees, so those
would not be a preferred method either.

Western Union ?