I recently posted my annoyance with Wise banking in that it took 8 days to transfer funds from UK bank to my Thai bank account.

Given that, yesterday I decided to transfer funds via Revolut Banking and I was truly surprised to receive funds within one hour. Well done to Revolut.

Why not just transfer online direct from your UK bank to your Thai bank? How does using a 'middle-man' like Revolut or Wise, help?

7 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Why not just transfer online direct from your UK bank to your Thai bank? How does using a 'middle-man' like Revolut or Wise, help?

I guess they are slightly cheaper for transfers, I heard if you used wise you can then afford an extra bottle of Chang in happy hour

15 minutes ago, sungod said:

I guess they are slightly cheaper for transfers, I heard if you used wise you can then afford an extra bottle of Chang in happy hour

If you're only sending small amounts then you'll only save small amounts. In very rough terms though, you'll save about 1,000 THB for every £1,000 GBP you send, which is as good a reason as any to use a specialist intermediary like Wise.