Wise transfers

[Magictoad]

On 5/10/2025 at 6:37 PM, Geoff914 said:

Wise is normally pretty instantaneous but recently I seem to get unnecessary delays. Yesterday  I sent £59 from the UK but today it still says "sending". I sent £12 just a few minutes ago and the recipient got it almost instantaneously. I have sent them a message to ask why. It just seems these days delays are getting more frequent. Fortunately this was small amount of money but I am concerned about what happens if this a large amount of cash? Anybody else experiencing this?

It happens to me all the time. I allow 3 to 5 days for a transfer.

[Magictoad]

15 hours ago, Geoff914 said:

But I sent a smaller amount this morning and the transfer was instantaneous. The transfer I did on Friday is still sending. Wise never used to be like this. They just take the pi55 now.

It's the weekend  & it depends on which bank is involved.  Krungsri is very slow at receiving but Bangkok bank is usually quite fast.

[hotandsticky]

1 minute ago, Magictoad said:

It happens to me all the time. I allow 3 to 5 days for a transfer.

 

It never happens to me......only once was a transfer delayed until the next ay; the significant majority have been within seconds.

 

Transfer Sterling to your WISE account then remt to your Thai bank account rom there. Usually arrives in seconds to Kasikorn and Bangkok Bank.

[Geoff914]

Right just got an update. Might have jumped to gun a bit as it seems this might be an issue at the Thai bank's end. The Thai bank rejected the incoming transfer and returned it to Wise. As of now I have now idea why it was rejected. Two subsequent transfers went through without issue. But I would say this has bot been a one off issue with other week end transfers being delayed over the last few weeks. Was never an issue with several years if use with Wise.

[rumak]

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

Get her to install the app, it's that easy, don't need to keep money at Wise, can just make a transfer from C$, any reason is OK, living expenses more common. Could send a small amount first to ensure it arrives and account details were correct

yes,  good idea !    thanks

[Keeps]

I seem to have an increasingly frequent problem even logging on to my Wise account. On average, 1 in 4 attempts successful. The problem is always trying to get past the 'Captcha' when trying to log on. It won't load in most instances. This is using a small laptop. Have zero issues with any other sites.

 

Anyone have any ideas what may be causing this? Even when I clear my cache it is still an issue. 

[wimpy]

With Wise, can you transfer from your Thai bank account back to your US account?

[Geoff914]

An answer from Wise and I have to admit I am a little confused. "we have identified that the bank partner declined the transaction because it was initiated outside of their banking hours."

So does that mean I can only do a transfer to Thailand 9 to 5 Thai time and Monday to Friday and not on public holidays, Never had this problem before in several years of using Wise and I would guess that most of the transfers I have done from the UK were outside of Thai banking hours.

Surely the Thai banking system just hold a transfer over until business hours the next day when they switch their computers on. Extremely surprised Thailand doesn't have its banking computer system going 24 hours a day 7 days a weeks. How do ATMs work outside of banking hours?

[chickenslegs]

41 minutes ago, wimpy said:

With Wise, can you transfer from your Thai bank account back to your US account?

No.

[gargamon]

2 hours ago, Geoff914 said:

"we have identified that the bank partner declined the transaction because it was initiated outside of their banking hours."

Time to change Thai banks. K-bank works good for me.

[Geoff914]

A little bit more information from Wise "I'd like to clarify the £XX you sent faced a technical issue with the partnering bank after we've reviewed the transfer furthermore. It's been addressed by our relevant team and we are working to resolve such." Looks like some odd technical glitch.

[Celsius]

13 minutes ago, Geoff914 said:

A little bit more information from Wise "I'd like to clarify the £XX you sent faced a technical issue with the partnering bank after we've reviewed the transfer furthermore. It's been addressed by our relevant team and we are working to resolve such." Looks like some odd technical glitch.

 

Or maybe not that odd if sending name and receiving name is different.

 

 

[Geoff914]

24 minutes ago, Celsius said:

 

Or maybe not that odd if sending name and receiving name is different.

 

 

I have been doing transfers for several years without issues.

[scubascuba3]

7 hours ago, Keeps said:

I seem to have an increasingly frequent problem even logging on to my Wise account. On average, 1 in 4 attempts successful. The problem is always trying to get past the 'Captcha' when trying to log on. It won't load in most instances. This is using a small laptop. Have zero issues with any other sites.

 

Anyone have any ideas what may be causing this? Even when I clear my cache it is still an issue. 

Use the app, I've never had a problem signing in

[Celsius]

12 minutes ago, Geoff914 said:

I have been doing transfers for several years without issues.

 

Same with PayPal amazon payments, stripe, crypto.....there's never an issue until there is.

 

When I used transferwise 10 years ago it took a week to receive money.

[Geoff914]

29 minutes ago, Celsius said:

 

Same with PayPal amazon payments, stripe, crypto.....there's never an issue until there is.

 

When I used transferwise 10 years ago it took a week to receive money.

Hmmm With me a few hours, may be a day but never a week. Any way it seems Wise are suggesting that there is some sort of technical glitch as the receiving bank rejected the transfer.

[scubascuba3]

45 minutes ago, Geoff914 said:

Hmmm With me a few hours, may be a day but never a week. Any way it seems Wise are suggesting that there is some sort of technical glitch as the receiving bank rejected the transfer.

Best to stay calm though, it was only a very small transfer, if it was massive I can understand the anxiety perhaps 

[Geoff914]

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

Best to stay calm though, it was only a very small transfer, if it was massive I can understand the anxiety perhaps 

Well it wasn't a large amount but you know what Thais are like. It was the end of the World for them and boy was I getting some grief like it was my fault. Having sent them them the messages from Wise they are still staying the Thai bank was not at fault

[Mutt Daeng]

10 hours ago, Keeps said:

I seem to have an increasingly frequent problem even logging on to my Wise account. On average, 1 in 4 attempts successful. The problem is always trying to get past the 'Captcha' when trying to log on. It won't load in most instances. This is using a small laptop. Have zero issues with any other sites.

 

Anyone have any ideas what may be causing this? Even when I clear my cache it is still an issue. 

If you are using "Ad blockers" they can interfere with captchas etc. Try disabling the blockers and see if that helps.

You could also try using a different browser to see if that helps.

[Moonlover]

15 hours ago, Magictoad said:

It's the weekend  & it depends on which bank is involved.  Krungsri is very slow at receiving but Bangkok bank is usually quite fast.

I only ever transfer from the UK to Krungsri and at least once per month, sometimes more, it is outside 'normal banking hours'. Since I stopped using the 'funds for long stay' reason around 3 years ago, I'd guess that over 95% of my transfers have been just about  instantaneous and only once was it held up until the next day.

 

I have noticed one corelation. If there is a delay, even a short one of a few hours, it nearly always ties in with a Thai public holiday. My guess and it is only a guess, is that due to the holiday there is a shortage of funds in the partners coffers and pay-outs are backed up.

 

Given the number of people who use Wise regularly and the thousands of transfers involved, the number of complaints about their service is very small indeed. I still have absolute faith in them.

[Equatorial]

15 hours ago, Geoff914 said:

Transfer from the UK bank to Wise is quick so not an issue.

 

Just in case it's not as quick as you expect, a good strategy is to "stage" the funds from the UK bank to WISE balance. Then convert and send to the TH bank when needed. 

[scubascuba3]

3 minutes ago, Equatorial said:

 

Just in case it's not as quick as you expect, a good strategy is to "stage" the funds from the UK bank to WISE balance. Then convert and send to the TH bank when needed. 

Little point in doing that, I only keep a balance for the Wise card, maybe if you were getting the interest it makes sense

[Equatorial]

1 minute ago, scubascuba3 said:

Little point in doing that, I only keep a balance for the Wise card, maybe if you were getting the interest it makes sense

 

I do the same, and the point he interest is valid.

 

I just mentioned that in case transfer speed is a high priority, in which case it would be a valid strategy. 

[treetops]

An unusual one for me today.  Transferring from UK bank to BBL and used to it being almost instantaneous from several years experience.  This morning (so not a weekend or a holiday at either end AFAIK) it tells me it won't arrive until tomorrow.  Not a large amount of money so no issues due to size of the transaction.

 

Instead of proceeding I did a transfer to my Wise balance (instantaneous) then set up the transfer again funding it from this balance and again was told it won't be there until tomorrow.  I proceed with the transaction and it's currently saying the same as shown here.

If I set up the same again now it's again saying tomorrow for receipt so at least they're upfront about telling me, just no reason for the unusual behaviour.

 

I won't stop using them for this change which might just be temporary, but would like to know what's behind it out of curiosity.

[ronster]

Sent money this morning at 6.30am from UK and said would be 18 mins , it arrived 2 minutes later. I know if I was to send same in afternoon it would probably take a few hours.

Just luck at certain times but I find if  always send first thing in morning it's instant apart from weekend.

[thailand49]

On 5/10/2025 at 6:37 PM, Geoff914 said:

Wise is normally pretty instantaneous but recently I seem to get unnecessary delays. Yesterday  I sent £59 from the UK but today it still says "sending". I sent £12 just a few minutes ago and the recipient got it almost instantaneously. I have sent them a message to ask why. It just seems these days delays are getting more frequent. Fortunately this was small amount of money but I am concerned about what happens if this a large amount of cash? Anybody else experiencing this?

May is full of Thai holidays but yes regardless Wise been slower than normal.

[Colki]

Have a friend transfer funds from Aust. exactly same problem. A very regular user of wise.

[JRG23]

Depends what bank you send it to. In my experience, SCB is by far the easiest and quickest. Bangkok Bank used to be good but now experiences delays. Kasikorn, in my experience, useless. Endless delays with K-Bank when using Wise transfers.

[Captor]

On 5/11/2025 at 10:56 PM, Celsius said:

 

Or maybe not that odd if sending name and receiving name is different.

 

 

Why is that? I have sent to another person and bank for years. I think most do that.

[Presnock]

On 5/11/2025 at 7:01 AM, henryford1958 said:

If i send to my Krungsri bank it comes almost immediately but if i send to my Bangkok Bank it comes at 2.13pm the following day !!

Yeah, I send from my bank in the US to BB also and they wait I think till the PM exchange rate comes out so that then they can use the AM if lower or PM if higher for them.  This is strictily MHO as I have been sending the money to BB for years and this is the impression I have gotten about it.