Wise is not anymore what it used to be

[Dcheech]

Last month I tried to transfer 5K USD - 7 days. I was able to stop the transfer. I then did 1k, in seconds and again, but tried the last 3K as one transfer. That 4 days. I should note after the above I then had my usual 1k amount came up with a 7  day time estimate when I transferred. It got here in 5 - yippee skippy.

As I was about to send over a much larger amount. I needed a date up front. No real answers, after an e mail conversation with them. I ended up doing a wire transfer from my US Bank to Bangkok Bank. And if I had to transfer a larger amount again that would be the way I would go, not through WISE. Although obviously WISE would be cheaper. 

I've used them for 5 years. Great service. Now, could be here in seconds or days. No clue as to why.





 

Edited 3 hours ago by Dcheech

[sometimewoodworker]

2 hours ago, Jedimaster said:

It is no big deal as long as you are not transferring the money in order to help someone who urgently needs it.

Regrettably any transfer from overseas is never going to be guaranteed to arrive urgently.
 

It is usually coming within seconds if not too big (too big is always a variable) from the right source to the right source.

 

if you need to guarantee the best possible outcome then transferring bank to bank (preferably within the same bank) in Thailand has the highest chance of success. 
 

other than that the method with a virtual guarantee is handing cash in person,