If you are serious about saving a lot of money, comparing international money transfers is a very good start. Most importantly, in this post, we will guide you to selecting one of the three different types of services to best suit your needs. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links which may save you money and…
Many years ago I struggled to open my own bank account in the UK. While it remains a solid task, in addition to traditional high street banks, you can also consider the convenience of opening a digital account with services like Wise or Revolut and others which can save time, money and frustration. It can…
Big Question: Can you send money from PayPal to Western Union? WesternUnion doesn’t support PayPal as a payment method for money transfers. Fortunately, there are ways… but they may not be the cheapest or fastest. We will show you how. We are also uncovering the real fees and time it takes along with three excellent…
PayPal was designed and is still focused foremost on being an online payment system. When it comes to international fees, PayPal can be relatively expensive and hard to compare with the alternatives. In this post, we will show you how you can work out your fees, keep them lower, and point out some alternatives that may…
Like many others, I first started using PayPal for money transfers a long time ago (2008). Since then I have used them (and many others) extensively to transfer money, get paid and be paid … and the truth is I still use them occasionally even though I know their fees are usually much higher than…
Wise (was Transferwise) is known for its ability to help international people and businesses. Wise works by solving a big problem many people and businesses face when dealing with multiple currencies. Wise has three parts to their service: In this article, we will explain how each part of Wise works individually and together. If you…
I have been using Wise on a weekly basis for many years now and on the surface it is pretty clear they take safety seriously. But nothing is perfect and we wanted to dig deeper and see what we could find. And there is much more to safety and security than just what is on…
Zelle is a way to send and receive money from your friends and family in the US for free. However, there’s one major drawback: you can’t send money overseas with Zelle internationally. So what are the best ways to transfer money overseas? The good news is, there are tried and tested ways you send money…
In our testing against Reuters the Wise exchange rate we found it is extremely close to if not the exact mid-market or interbank rate. Wise calls it the “Real” exchange rate. But Wise is not a charity. So how do they make money and most importantly can Wise save you money? And who might be…
In a broad sense, a remittance can simply refer to the transferring of money overseas between two parties for non-commercial purposes. However, the term is usually used in the context of people working overseas sending money back to family in their home country. Now, The emphasis here is on “non-commercial,” as remittances are different from…
