Questions tagged [wire-transfer]
a mechanism to electronically transfer funds from one account to another account. Generally used to cross-border transfer, i.e. moving money between accounts located in 2 different countries.
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Incoming foreign wire transfer landed in someone else's account. How do I get it back?
I was expecting an incoming foreign transfer into my checking account. After much delay, the bank informed me that the wire transfer landed in someone else's account. I realized that the sender made a ...
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I need to make an international wire transfer in 2-3 days -- how can I do that?
I need to make a wire transfer (from the USA) to an international bank in the next 3 business days. They specifically ask for an MT 103 receipt, so I don't think alternatives to SWIFT will work.
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AML Check & Refundable Deposit for releasing the payment
As a freelancer, I have recently accepted a project and the employer agreed to make an upfront of nearly $3000. I asked him to send the money to my uncle's account in the UK. He agreed. I provided him ...
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Why are wire transfers and other financial services in Canada so much more expensive than in Europe?
Why are wire transfers in Canada so expensive compared to Europe? The simple answer I've seen is because bankers are crooks, but I find that this oversimplifies the situation — I don't believe ...
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How can a regular consumer, use FedNow for cash transfers?
I am so sick of the hassle of Zelle, Venmo, ACH, Cash App, Wires and "bill pay". Where there is no limit, there is a fee. Where there is no fee, there is a multi-day delay.
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How to wire a check internationally (US to China) without a bank account?
I moved from the US to China. I'm trying to clear out all my accounts and consolidate my assets into my bank accounts in China. I mistakenly closed my bank account before my investment account. Now, ...
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I sent money via Western Union for a friend and it has been flagged
I sent money via Western Union for a friend and it has been flagged. I don’t what it was for. Now he’s angry it did not go through. He's threatening my son and me. What should I do? I’m supposed to ...
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Why are wire transfers not reversible by the bank?
ACH payments and credit card payments are both forms of electronic payments. Because of this, reversing a payment is usually as straight forward as calling your bank. However, this does not seem to be ...
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How can I accurately anticipate wire transfer fees from intermediary banks?
When sending an international wire transfer, the transmitting and receiving financial institutions both (usually) assess fees associated with the transfer. These fees can be accurately anticipated by ...
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Is my money insured against bank failures during a wire transfer?
Suppose I am sending money by international wire transfer from my FDIC-insured bank account in the US to my CDIC-insured bank account in Canada. Suppose one of the banks become insolvent during the ...
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International Wire transfer USD to USD gone wrong
Our client made a payment from USA in USD to our USD bank account in Singapore, but fund was credited as SGD and converted to USD by which we have lost around 1140 USD in exchange rate loss. Swift ...
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What is the IBAN number of an account in Canada?
I need to make a wire transfer from Europe to Canada through the banks.
Europe is using IBAN code system for wire transfer. It has a 26 digit code.
Canada is using SWIFT code system for wire transfer. ...
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Can someone who doesn't have wise account send money to my wise account?
Can I receive money into my USD wise account from someone who doesn't have a wise account.
Thanks in Advance
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Are all international wire transfers from a financial institution in France to a financial institution in the US SWIFT transfers?
I wonder whether all international wire transfers from a financial institution in France to a financial institution in the US are SWIFT transfers. Are can there be non-SWIFT transfers?
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interbank currency exchange rate?
when you have a gold account, sometimes banks offer an option of exchanging currencies with no added operation cost, using only interbank transfer exchange rate. (proably, this is called TT rate). I ...
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If an international bank has branches in two countries, can I bank transfer between them?
I currently use wire transfers to move money from the US to the country in Europe that I live in now. The problem with this is that it's a hassle (I have to call the bank, verify I give the correct ...
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International wire transfer without SWIFT code
My credit union (ENT FCU) claims no SWIFT code is required to receive funds with international wire transfer, just their routing number...
I am not an expert but I thought SWIFT code is required for ...
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What is the difference between TT and OD currency exchange rates?
I was looking at Singapore dollar exchange rates provided by a bank:
Source: Foreign Currencies - Foreign Exchange | POSB
What is the difference between TT and OD?The webpage itself says:
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Adding a branch code to my swift code, is there a difference?
I have been receiving money from Romania to Indonesia using the swift code CENAIDJA for the past two months. This month there was an error in the swift code but when the sender added 'XXX' making it ...
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Scam — wire transfer recall not possible
I've been scammed in an online investment by wiring 10,000 USD to a mule account. I called my bank the same day to get it recalled. The beneficiary bank, Bank of America (BofA), asked for a police ...
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How can transfer $100k in my US account to my Dutch account
I have a 100k USD in my US account that I want to move to my a Dutch account.
My American bank only allows wire transfers if I am there in person (I live in Europe), so that’s impossible. Consequently,...
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Transfer money internationally via wire transfer, provided intermediary SWIFT but not intermediary account number
I want to send money from the U.S. bank to one of the Georgian Republic banks. Georgian bank provided me with an intermediary bank SWIFT but not an intermediary account number, and the banker told me ...
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Does transferring $10 to various bank accounts count as money laundering?
I am making an app that rewards users with real money for using the app. The money comes from the profit I get from ads the user views. Basically, I am sharing my ads profit with my users.
However, ...
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How do I transfer funds from the US to Japan if the amount is more than the wire transfer limit?
I'm buying an apartment in Japan (which is where I live), so I need to transfer about $150K from my Bank of America checking account in the US to the apartment building company in Japan. According to ...
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Sending Large Wire Transfers [duplicate]
I plan to make large amounts of wire transfers daily (which might be more than 10k) because I am a retail seller. Is there anything that I should keep in mind? For example, I heard transactions over ...
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What are the benefits of moving larger amounts of money via wire transfer?
Suppose I have a family member attempting to send me a larger than normal amount of money. The question comes up of course about how to actually move it. I'd like to assume that there may be multiple ...
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How can fraudsters set up believable foreign accounts?
I often read of the risk of wiring money to a fraudulent recipient. For example, on a real estate closing, a common scam is to trick the buyer into wiring the closing costs to an account belonging to ...
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Do I pay tax on money I send myself in another country?
I live and work in the US. I am a resident in the US for tax purposes, but am not a permanent legal resident (H1-B visa). I am originally from the UK and have some financial responsibilities there ...
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Is a Sort Code and Correspondent Bank information needed for ALL international wire tranfers to the United States?
I am supposed to have some funds wired to me from a Government Institution (International). I filled in the paperwork provided by my bank (Wells Fargo) and sent it to the institution. They requested ...
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Someone wants to wire money to me as a gift to avoid taxes — is this a scam? [duplicate]
I have been approached by an investor saying that he wants to wire money to my account as a "gift" to avoid taxes. I would get to keep 5%. He has shown many documents showing proof and ...
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When shopping online, I prefer bank transfer to credit card for privacy reasons. Is privacy really better with traditional bank transfers?
I shop online relatively often, because online shopping is much more efficient than brick-and-mortar retail. Unfortunately, I therefore also leave behind numerous data traces, which would not be ...
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Wired to the wrong account
Recently, I sold my house that I've been living in for over 20 years. It was almost all paid off, so I got a huge amount of cash in my account. (About 5x my yearly salary).
I bought a new house, and ...
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Why do escrow services use wire transfer?
Escrow services seem to typically require earnest money funds to be deposited via wire transfer. These days the wire transfer instructions will be surrounded by 50-point bold red text warning you that ...
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How do wire transfers get settled?
Say I open accounts at Bank A and Bank B. I deposit $20 in Bank A. I then initiate a wire transfer to my account in Bank B. I drive over to Bank B and withdraw $20.
Bank A now has $20 extra physical ...
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Why are ACH transfers typically free, while wire transfers cost money?
I read on finance.umich.edu:
A wire is a real-time method of transferring immediate funds and supporting information between two financial institutions and is relatively expensive to use. An ACH is ...
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If I entered the SWIFT code of a branch in another state, will I receive my wire transfer?
I live in Madhya Pradesh, India. While entering the SWIFT code on my AdSense account, I used the SWIFT code of a bank branch in other state. My local branch does not have SWIFT code.
My account ...
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Missing SWIFT Transfer
We are a web development company located in Mumbai, India and have been receiving SWIFT transfers to our Indian Bank Account since the past 6 years.
More than a month ago (40 days back), A client of ...
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Freelancing from India to USA Employer - Upwork or USA Local Bank Account?
We are a Private Limited Company based in India. Recently I was working on Upwork with our client and now they are willing to work directly with us.
We have 2 options for payment :
Continue Upwork (...
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Is it possible to send money to my friend in the US using a wire transfer?
Me and my friend are both Europeans and used to sending money to other people by just asking for their bank account number. We were sitting around recently and were wondering - is it possible to send ...
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Why is direct money transfer to other people accounts so expensive?
I see from a similar question that in the US and Canada wire transfer are even more expensive than in Europe where I live. But I am interested in the situation in Europe even though their cost is ...
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Postbank (Germany) - transferring money to the US - what are the best options?
The German 'Postbank' offers money transfers to the US on their website. Has anyone experience with that? My question are for the cheapest and fastest way (of course); namely:
should I pick 'transfer ...
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A US bank says it can't send an international wire transfer even though it goes through a US correspondent bank with a US swift code
I am trying to have money wired from a small bank in the USA. I was told they couldn't send money out of the country but as the money has to go through a correspondent bank in the US with an American ...
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Do incoming wires to my bank account get reported to the IRS? [duplicate]
If I wire a large amount of money from an online exchange to my bank account, will it get reported to the IRS?
The money is coming from a Crypto trading exchange.
Edit: this question is not related to ...
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Is this company trying to scam me?
There is a marketplace that buys aged amazon accounts. I thought it might be a good idea to sell them my amz account and make some money. The team member was quite unprofessional when he reviewed my ...
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Transfer money from UK bank account to Pakistan Foreign Currency account
I was a student in UK last four years. Now I moved to Pakistan permanently. I saved a lot of money there in my UK bank account. Now I want to keep that money in pounds, therefore I am thinking to open ...
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Is it illegal to transfer money to my girlfriend in Taiwan?
I am working in America. My girlfriend is in Taiwan. Every month, I will transfer 800 USD to her via Bank of America. Is it illegal? Will it be considered money laundering?
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What are the conditions required by a US bank to withdraw an international wire transfer?
A friend of mine was probably close to being defrauded (he is a painter, someone sent him a document certifying that he did a wire transfer to his bank for three painting he wants to buy, asked for ...
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What is the difference between SEPA and a wire transfer
I am currently reading stellar documentation and I wondered about this part:
Deposits and withdrawals should be processed through local domestic payment rails (ACH, SEPA, SPEI, etc.), not via wire ...
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Wire transfer - sent to the right account but wrong branch
I recently had to wire funds for an investment from Canada to the US. I used my bank (Simplii Financial) to wire the funds to a Wells Fargo account.
I was asked to wire the funds to WFBIUS6S which is ...
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Will an international wire transfer to France still work with the wrong bank address?
A few days ago I sent a wire transfer from Canada to France. All of the info (wire recipient's financial institution name, bank code, account number/IBAN, wire recipient's name, beneficiary name) is ...
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