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Questions tagged [international-transfer]

Sending and receiving money internationally

This tag is for questions around sending and receiving money internationally. This may involve a change of currency too, but not always.

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International transfer to bank account via 'routing bank'

I am currently trying to transfer payment to a Tanzanian tour company for an upcoming trip. The details they have given me for the transfer include the details of 2 banks. The Standard Chartered Bank, in America, which they have referred to as the…
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How do I transfer funds from Lebanon to the USA without penalty?

My parents have funds in a Lebanese bank that they want to transfer to their US bank account. They are being told that there is a 35% fee on outgoing transfers from Lebanon. How can I find out if this is true? And/or is there a way around the…
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I own a vacation rental in the US and a tenant from Austria wants to do a International Bank Transfer.

I trust the tenant, she is known to me, but I would need to email her my bank routing and account #s as well as the "swift" numbers provided to me by my bank. It is the emailing of this information that concerns me. Is it safer to send the…
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International Transfer

If you are transfering funds in excess of 1 Million U.S. dollars from a foreign account to the U.S., is there the need for an internation funds transfer permit?
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Pending euro payment to a usd account

Please I made swift transfer in euro from South Africa to a dollar account in USA,my partner has not received the fund in his account and today marks the 7th banking day of the transfer which was made on the 11th of October 2017. My question is can…
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How would I go about getting an exceeding amount of money overseas?

I'm trying to buy something overseas, but there is the possibility of being scammed in the processes (because it's from person to person). What is the safest instant way to transfer 35,000 USD to Germany from the United States?
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How to minimize costs in international wire transfer to US

I have a bank account in USD in a European bank. I want to transfer 20,000 USD from that account to a US bank account (PNC bank) in USD. My EU bank account takes 0.2% of the total amount, which is 0.002*20000=40USD. Do you think that the 0.2% charge…
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Canadian transfer

Can a Canadian citizen who is relocating to the US, transfer nonqualified funds and/or shares to a US brokerage account? Are there tax implications, even if moved "in Kind"?
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Is there an institution that makes sure that all international bank transfers add up to zero?

Suppose bank A creates a new account, and adds 1000 euro's to it, by just changing the relevant field in the database from 0 to 1000, without any money being taken from another account. It then makes up an incoming transaction to cover the 1000, in…
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Making international payments from Ethiopia

How can I make global payment from Ethiopia for international services and tradings?
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Is an OTC code a legitimate code for a transfer from the UK to here in the USA?

I tried to make an international transfer from the UK to here in the USA and was stopped halfway through the process and asked for an OTC code. Is this a legitimate code?
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