I actually pay the wife nothing. She's got a good job with the government her car is paid for and the house is paid for. We've had a long standing agreement that she pays all utilities (hoping that she keeps them to a minimum). I pay for her cars upkeep and the house upkeep she buys me food and cooks for me occasionally I buy her clothes occasionally no bickering here. Totally great arrangement.
Not really it's a Thai Bank based in New York. A transfer my money there from the states and goes to my Bangkok Bank and Bangkok as a domestic transfer rather than international