Wise Money Transfer

[HK MacPhooey]

2 hours ago, KannikaP said:

Aunty Edna does not have a Smartphone. Dunno why?

Aunty Edna clearly not so smart - how does Aunty Edna manage when away from home?

[PETERTHEEATER]

From UK using PC

 

Tried Login. Entered email and PW

Clicked ENTER

Zilch

Turned off VPN

Repeated Login

OK

[sandyf]

On 3/25/2025 at 8:32 PM, auntyedna said:

Thanks guys.

BenQ - I tried signing in from Firefox "private" - the login page just froze again, couldn't even complete my email address.  Stocky - I don't use a VPN.  Oldcpu - I don't possess a smartphone.

I guess I'll have to try a different browser.  Everything was fine last year.  When I started my career in software development (in the 70's) one of the golden rules was to make software updates backwards-compatible. Those were the days.

Unlike my phone, i have never had any problem signing on the PC. I doubt very much that there is anything wrong with the Wise web app, don't really use the phone app.

If you have used different computers, could be a connection issue, but a bit strange if only shows up on Wise.

I use a 13 year old laptop, not much more archaic than that.

[KannikaP]

15 hours ago, HK MacPhooey said:

Aunty Edna clearly not so smart - how does Aunty Edna manage when away from home?

So can you log into Wise without having the app installed on your phone?

I just logged into PC app as usual with YES IT'S ME on the phone app.

[oldcpu]

18 hours ago, KannikaP said:

Aunty Edna does not have a Smartphone. Dunno why?

Believe it or not, it is possible with Wise to have the verification for a PC login to be sent to a smartphone, before the PC loggin allowed. If the OP set something like that up in error, it would cause them an issueif they have no smartphone.

[auntyedna]

Now sorted - I try NOT to update software because it always seems to create more problems than it's worth. But this time, I grudgingly allowed Firefox to update itself.  Result!
In response to your various comments:
- Yes, Wise has been getting a lot of earache from users this year.
- Different browser: I tried to download/instal the new duckduckgo browser. You choose one of two weird installer files.  I tried both - they both failed. One commenter said, Why couldn't they offer a simple .exe. file?  Quite. I will look at Waterfox and Ecosia; I haven't come across them before.
- New Wise account fail: Probably due to my attempted use of an early 19th century version of FF.
- VPN: I don't use one.
- Wise helpline numbers: Most useful, particularly when everything else has gone pear-shaped and you just can't access them online.
- Wise "reason for transfer": I have always put down "Funds for long-term stay in Thailand" and had money transferred instantly.
- Smartphone: no, I don't want a spy in my pocket that wants attention every other minute.  For further explanation why, I recommend the book "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism" by Prof Shoshana Zuboff.  It's all about yielding power to Big Tech.  The french philosopher Michel Foucault warned about the loss of power to "institutions" half a century ago.  System of a Down wrote a song about it ("Spiders") 27 years ago. And sure enough...
- CAPTCHA: Yes, this verification system, and its associated Cloudflare, seem to be choosy over browsers as well.
Thanks again for the useful comments. Yes - I am a Luddite, and proud of it.

[KannikaP]

1 hour ago, oldcpu said:

Believe it or not, it is possible with Wise to have the verification for a PC login to be sent to a smartphone, before the PC loggin allowed.

As far as I know, you MUST have the Wise app on your phone to be able to log in on your PC.

 

[KannikaP]

1 hour ago, auntyedna said:

- Wise "reason for transfer": I have always put down "Funds for long-term stay in Thailand" and had money transferred instantly.

NEVER happened for me, always the next day at just after 14.00.

[KannikaP]

1 hour ago, auntyedna said:

- New Wise account fail: Probably due to my attempted use of an early 19th century version of FF.

Why not upgrade your Windows PC to the latest version of Edge?

[KannikaP]

1 hour ago, auntyedna said:

Yes - I am a Luddite, and proud of it.

I bet you drive a 1965 Ford Anglia too, play 78 rpm records and love The Shadows! 555

[OJAS]

21 hours ago, KannikaP said:

As far as I know, you MUST have the Wise app on your phone to be able to log in on your PC.

 

 

I don't have the Wise app installed on my smartphone yet can still log in on my laptop OK.

 

[kiwikeith]

On 3/25/2025 at 8:20 PM, auntyedna said:

Thanks again, scube:

Download 12.8Mbps; Upload 5.5Mbps; latency (London) 248.8ms.

I have heard of complaints about internet bandwidth in Khao Lak.

Try changing browser some things don't like chrome but Microsoft browser works  sometimes in these situations