I have a Wise account which I have used to lend some money to a Thai friend via her Wise account. From there she gets it transferred to her Thai bank account. (Bank takes a small handling fee.)

She wants to pay me back (yes, seriously).

She has apparently not been able to get any help (I believe her by the way, she is trustworthy) from her bank as to how to transfer the money back into Wise and out of the country. It's only a few thousand Baht and definitely not a sum to set off alarms or breach limits.

Can anyone tell me, if at all they have, how they have transferred money from their own Thai bank account to a Thai Wise account (or a foreigner's Wise account directly) and thence on to someone else's Wise account.

So transfer:

Thai bank account -> Thai owned Wise account -> foreigners Wise account

or

Thai bank account -> foreigner's Wise account direct (using account number in Belgium?)

I'm sure this is not a completely outlandish maneuver except perhaps for local hick branches of certain Thai banks.

Any help much appreciated.

Why transfer to another WISE account, do it directly to her Thai bank.

6 minutes ago, BusyB said:

I have a Wise account which I have used to lend some money to a Thai friend via her Wise account. From there she gets it transferred to her Thai bank account. (Bank takes a small handling fee.)

She wants to pay me back (yes, seriously).

She has apparently not been able to get any help (I believe her by the way, she is trustworthy) from her bank as to how to transfer the money back into Wise and out of the country. It's only a few thousand Baht and definitely not a sum to set off alarms or breach limits.

Can anyone tell me, if at all they have, how they have transferred money from their own Thai bank account to a Thai Wise account (or a foreigner's Wise account directly) and thence on to someone else's Wise account.

So transfer:

Thai bank account -> Thai owned Wise account -> foreigners Wise account

or

Thai bank account -> foreigner's Wise account direct (using account number in Belgium?)

I'm sure this is not a completely outlandish maneuver except perhaps for local hick branches of certain Thai banks.

Any help much appreciated.

I recently transferred from a Thai bank account to Wise Singapore, the money arrived within seconds, fee was 199 Baht for international transfer. The Wise account is Thai and SGD was the fastest option. You cannot yet transfer directly in Baht to Wise Baht currency option. You also can use Belgium in Euro but it will take longer time to be credited.

Edited 58 minutes ago58 min by msbkk

30 minutes ago, msbkk said:

I recently transferred from a Thai bank account to Wise Singapore, the money arrived within seconds, fee was 199 Baht for international transfer. The Wise account is Thai and SGD was the fastest option. You cannot yet transfer directly in Baht to Wise Baht currency option. You also can use Belgium in Euro but it will take longer time to be credited.

Thanks for the reply.

I See. So she should transfer it direct to my Belgian account (the one behind my wise account).

To confirm: she cannot transfer THB to her Wise account then on to my Wise account correct?

38 minutes ago, wil iam not said:

Why transfer to another WISE account, do it directly to her Thai bank.

Wise -> Wise functions perfectly within seconds. Never considered messing around with Thai banks directly.

But the issue now is getting it back to me and the banks have not been helpful there .....

37 minutes ago, msbkk said:

I recently transferred from a Thai bank account to Wise Singapore, the money arrived within seconds, fee was 199 Baht for international transfer. The Wise account is Thai and SGD was the fastest option. You cannot yet transfer directly in Baht to Wise Baht currency option. You also can use Belgium in Euro but it will take longer time to be credited.

So she could theoretically transfer THB direct to my Belgian (Wise) account (presumably for 199THB fee) where I could exchange it for euros. ?.