Dee Money Alternative

[dddave]

I help a family in the Philippines, always using Dee Money to send to  their GCash account.  Dee Money has been down since Wednesday for "maintainance" with no reopening date provided, now into a 5th day. Actually, Dee Money has been problematic lately with several extended delays in transfer availability, thus, I'm seeking suggestions for an alternate transfer service to the Philippines into a GCash account.

[treetops]

Runours on the internet they've gone bust and laid off most of their staff.

[KannikaP]

Wise or Revolut.

[Celsius]

7 minutes ago, treetops said:

Runours on the internet they've gone bust and laid off most of their staff.

 

Where did you hear this? I am surprised because they are supposedly backed by SCB.

[treetops]

8 minutes ago, Celsius said:

Where did you hear this? I am surprised because they are supposedly backed by SCB.

 

Scroll down to the post by Samut Prakan Phil.

 

https://x.com/JustMikeMcKay/status/1863119236945834493

 

 

[dddave]

2 hours ago, treetops said:

 

Scroll down to the post by Samut Prakan Phil.

 

https://x.com/JustMikeMcKay/status/1863119236945834493

 

 

Ouch!!  That looks pretty grim.  I do have a small B2000 "refund" in the pipeline from a fiasco of a few weeks ago when a transfer to a GCash account never became available with some ludicrous excuses like I had exceeded my monthly limit of B50,000 at the same time they were advertising discounts on transfers of B200,000+  I've never transferred more than B5000  in any month.  Looks like it might be a write-off. 

[Upnotover]

Sending from where?  If not Thailand then ought to be many options.  I used to use WU from the UK.  But if trying to send from a Thai account may be less easy.

[dddave]

1 hour ago, Upnotover said:

Sending from where?  If not Thailand then ought to be many options.  I used to use WU from the UK.  But if trying to send from a Thai account may be less easy.

Thailand doesn't allow to send WU online.  You have to send in person from a WU agent, like the Thai PO.

I just signed up for WISE.  I could only use my US bank account, I couldn't figure out how to use my BKB account.  Does anybody transfer using wise from there Thai Bank account? Did I miss something.

[Upnotover]

Just now, dddave said:

Thailand doesn't allow to send WU online.  You have to send in person from a WU agent, like the Thai PO.

I just signed up for WISE.  I could only use my US bank account, I couldn't figure out how to use my BKB account.  Does anybody transfer using wise from there Thai Bank account? Did I miss something.

I'm pretty sure you can't use Wise to send THB from a Thai account.  At least you have an alternative.