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15.12.2018, 23:07
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I was thinking of topping up the Revolut card using a bank transfer using TW. I guess this would work too?
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15.12.2018, 23:37
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| | Re: Transferwise Borderless account | Quote: | |  | | | I was thinking of topping up the Revolut card using a bank transfer using TW. I guess this would work too? | | | | | You could do that, but you will pay a small fee since it would have to be in GBP.
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16.12.2018, 08:51
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Many thanks for your help. Its complicated, but at least I am clear on what to do now.
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28.02.2019, 11:12
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Made a chunky UBS EUR to my own TW GBP account today.
TW fee was 0.29% of the EUR sum.
Pleased with that. I don't dare to imagine what UBS would have charged for that fx transaction.
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28.02.2019, 11:25
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| | Re: Transferwise Borderless account | Quote: | |  | | | Made a chunky UBS EUR to my own TW GBP account today.
TW fee was 0.29% of the EUR sum.
Pleased with that. I don't dare to imagine what UBS would have charged for that fx transaction. | | | | | I regularly do a monthly from CHF-GBP using currency fair. I believe it's £2 or so per transaction. Depending on how much you transfer, that's usually sub 0.05% for me.
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28.02.2019, 14:16
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I've not heard of currencyfair. I went to their website to take a look at their fees, which on the surface look quite low. Comparing them to another site or two, it seems their fee is low but their exchange rate is not as competitive to make up for it.
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28.02.2019, 14:25
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| | Re: Transferwise Borderless account | Quote: | |  | | | I've not heard of currencyfair. I went to their website to take a look at their fees, which on the surface look quite low. Comparing them to another site or two, it seems their fee is low but their exchange rate is not as competitive to make up for it. | | | | | I haven't compared them to TW in a year or two, they were pretty competitive then... I may need to check again.
One thing with CF which I like is you can set the exchange rate you want - and when someone on the other side wants the same rate, it matches them. So if I wanted CHF:GBP at 1:1, I could put that in and ask for that and see it it's matched.
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28.02.2019, 15:09
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| | Re: Transferwise Borderless account
Real time comparison
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09.05.2019, 14:38
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These are possibly totally noob questions, so I apologize in advance.
I'd like to set up an account with Transferwise but I'm too chicken to do it since I don't understand how it works.
1. I basically want to transfer from my personal Canadian account to my personal Swiss account. Is TW like an intermediary, or can I also use it as my own bank account (with a card?)? I would prefer to be able to transfer CAD to CAD or CAD to CHF, since I live in CH, and of course, I like the option of being able to use other currencies like Euro, pounds, etc, when I travel.
2. How can the money end up in the bank I pay all my bills from?
3. Do they care about one's citizenship(s)?
Thank you!
Cheers
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09.05.2019, 15:12
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I will have a go and answering some.
If you just use TW as is, then its an intermediary. You send money in one currency and it will throw out which ever currency you want into the desired account.
If you set up TW as a borderless account, yes you can use it as a bank account. So you can load CAD on there and spend CAD. You can load CAD on there and as required move amounts to CHF and spend CHF or of course any currency you choose.
Its interesting for card payments. For withdrawing cash from a machine, there is a limit which you can make while it being free, after that you'll pay a fee to withdraw.
Some currencies it will allow you to receive payments from third parties/persons. CHF I dont think is one of them. All currencies you can receive payments or transfers from banks in your own name.
For question 2, the money ends up where you want it, when you tell it to be there. Some are quicker than others. CHF I usually have a working day delay, for pounds its instant and Euro within a few hours.
Question 3 I have no idea about. I assume they dont care, just as long as you are who you tell them you are. But dont know for sure
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09.05.2019, 15:17
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| | Re: Transferwise Borderless account | Quote: | |  | | |
I'd like to set up an account with Transferwise but I'm too chicken to do it since I don't understand how it works.
| | | | | I think to set up the account takes 20 CHF (or Dollars I suppose), theres not much risk moving 20 bucks around and seeing if it works for you
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01.09.2019, 14:25
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Question for those who have Transferwise (I have not used them). Have they started offering CH IBANs yet?
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01.09.2019, 14:53
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| | Re: Transferwise Borderless account | Quote: | |  | | | Question for those who have Transferwise (I have not used them). Have they started offering CH IBANs yet? | | | | | Nope. I can transfer CHF in from myself but you cannot accept payments from others. It’s pretty limited and personally I only use the borderless account to move money into from my own Postfinance account and then out to Revolut.
No Swiss IBAN...
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02.09.2019, 13:24
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Swiss accounts with individual IBAN, which are without fee and "Revolut-Like", are "NEON" by Hypothekarbank Lenzburg and "ZAK" by CLER. However, they require Swiss residency.
The easiest Swiss account with individual IBAN, which can be opened without Swiss residency, is an account called "Giro Suisse" by Sparkasse Hochrhein in Germany. Yes, the German bank gives their customers a Swiss IBAN (CH...), it's NOT "just" a currency account with German IBAN in CHF. This account can be used like a domestic Swiss account, but they charge some fees; albeit still less than any "normal" Swiss bank.
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02.09.2019, 15:28
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| | Re: Transferwise Borderless account | Quote: | |  | | | The easiest Swiss account with individual IBAN, which can be opened without Swiss residency, is an account called "Giro Suisse" by Sparkasse Hochrhein in Germany. Yes, the German bank gives their customers a Swiss IBAN (CH...), it's NOT "just" a currency account with German IBAN in CHF. This account can be used like a domestic Swiss account, but they charge some fees; albeit still less than any "normal" Swiss bank. | | | | | Volksbank Hochrhein in Germany also offer this.
Links for both: https://www.sparkasse-hochrhein.de/d...rue&stref=hnav https://www.volksbank-hochrhein.de/p...nzgaenger.html | 
07.10.2019, 12:36
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I've been searching Google and the Transferwise website with respect to insurance of online purchased items, nothing so far found on this topic.
Does anyone here know if you'd use the TW debitcard for online purchases, and they never are received, would it then be possible to request for a refund of the purchase amount (providing sufficient proof) from TW?
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08.10.2019, 15:02
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| | Re: Transferwise Borderless account | Quote: | |  | | | I've been searching Google and the Transferwise website with respect to insurance of online purchased items, nothing so far found on this topic.
Does anyone here know if you'd use the TW debitcard for online purchases, and they never are received, would it then be possible to request for a refund of the purchase amount (providing sufficient proof) from TW? | | | | | took me <2 minutes! here | 
08.10.2019, 16:36
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You don't have to give up your Swiss bank account just because you leave Switzerland. They may charge a higher maintenance fee and you'll have to declare it to your local tax authority if in the EU.
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15.10.2019, 11:41
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Set up my TransferWise account and send two payments, one for $600 and £400 respectively.
Paid the express fee, so should have been instant. Now they are stuck for three days and they tell me this is due to AML (Anti Money Laundering)
Seems strange to me, anyone else experienced this?
Thanks
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15.10.2019, 12:04
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Transferwise are difficult for this i find.
The delay may also be to do with fact the US was shut yesterday for Columbus day
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