Donations

From any country within the European Union, you may transfer your gift to either of the following bank accounts:

To a Postbank account in the Netherlands

To an account with Dexia Bank in Belgium

Account number	4619018
IBAN: *⁾	NL03PSTB0004619018
BIC: *⁾	PSTBNL21
beneficiary name. Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland ²⁾ location: Waalre

Account number:	068-9999995-01
IBAN: *⁾	BE43068999999501
BIC: *⁾	GKCCBEBB
beneficiary name: Wikimedia Foundation ¹⁾

¹⁾ The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF): is an U.S based not-for-profit organisation, primarily responsible for keeping on-line the Wikimedia projects in many languages, such as Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation relies entirely on donations to accomplish this task.

²⁾ The Vereniging (association) Wikimedia Nederland: is one of the local chapters approved by the WMF. The chapters support the goals of the WMF from a local perspective. The chapter's activities rely to a large extent on donations as well.. You may also support the association by your membership.

*⁾ IBAN/BIC: These numbers/codes are needed for international bank transfers (see hereafter).

Beneficiary: Donations with the WMF as beneficiary, may also be transferred to the Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland. In that case, please include: for the WMF in de remark field of your transfer. Your donation will either be forwarded to the WMF, or - after consent - be used for expenses the WMF would otherwise incur in Europe. (e.g. to extend the capacity of the computer centre in Amsterdam).

From EU countries: According current legislation, an international bank transfer within the EU may cost no more than the usual fee for a domestic transfer. In many cases those costs will be zero. You will need an IBAN number and possibly a BIC code for such international transfer (see above).
From other countries: Bank transfers to any of above accounts will definitely incur extra bank transfer costs. Alternatives (which also may imply additional charges) can be found here.