If you want to be faster, you can operate online banking in advance. First, select a bank app and download it to your mobile phone (BOC/CCB/ICBC, etc.). ), the mobile phone logs into the online banking, and the card has money; Search for "RMB purchase of foreign exchange" in the search box, wait until you choose the appropriate exchange rate to buy in pounds, and fill in the prompt information. Very convenient. When you need to change pounds into cash, you can withdraw cash by calling the bank where you downloaded the app one day in advance. If there is no online banking before downloading the app, you can go to the offline bank to open it first.
If you are in Britain, there are currency exchange counters in major international airports and bustling shopping centers in Britain, but many counters do not support RMB, but can support Hong Kong dollars and US dollars. The foreign currency exchange counter will show the current exchange rate of the British pound against the currencies of various countries, but the exchange rate of the general counter will be lower than the actual exchange rate, and there will be a price difference in the middle.
Or you can use UnionPay cards to withdraw cash directly from ATMs in the UK. It is especially convenient to use UnionPay cards in China to withdraw GBP cash directly from ATMs in the UK. The exchange rate is converted according to the current exchange rate, and the handling fee is deducted according to the inter-bank withdrawal handling fee standard of domestic banks. Some banks in Britain have restrictions on the amount of money withdrawn. HSBC can only withdraw 500 pounds at a time, and can withdraw it many times.