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How can my friend send $3K to me without using Paypal?
My friend is a paraplegic. He can't go to the bank and wire the money. He used to send money from our partnership via paypal. Now I am banned from paypal. What's the alternative? Google checkout?
I ...
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How does a big lottery winner cash his huge check risk-free?
You've just won $20 million in the lottery. Until you figure out what do do with the cash, you want to move it to the safest place you know: US Treasury account(s). But the lottery (per the ...
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Is Chase alone in restricting how much I can wire transfer, or do other banks also limit like this?
My Chase account requires that the amount I wire (either international or domestic) should have been in my account for at least 10 days. Is this a requirement for all the banks or only for Chase? Why ...
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When traveling in Southeast Asia, what is the best bank and card to use?
I am going to travel to Asia, to Thailand and Indonesia among other countries (yet undecided). I am traveling from Denmark and have a Danish bank account - but also a Swedish one since I'm originally ...
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How does a bank transfer money to another bank?
In a fiat currency if I do an electronic transfer for US$200,000 from say a Bank of America current account to Citibank how do the banks account for/handle the transfer?
Are we just relying on trust ...
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What is the best way of transferring money from American to Canadian bank?
I am a Canadian that will be working in US for some time. I will still have Canadian bills to pay, so I would need to regularly transfer US dollars from some US bank to my Canadian bank account in ...
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Why is there a limit of 6 ACH transfers out of savings accounts (per month)?
I recently discovered this limit the hard way, after being charged a fee for each transfer over the limit. With online banking becoming so prevalent, this is a huge inconvenience as it prevents people ...
