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Old Jun 18, 2023 | 7:32 pm
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Omnivore
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Tampa, FL
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Originally Posted by pushmyredbutton
Wise has been great for me sending USD to IDR the past few years. One thing to keep in mind is the estimates for when the money will be delivered can be wildly inaccurate. Most of the time it's instant, sometimes it takes a day or two. I haven't been able to find a service that nets lower fees for relatively small & frequent transfers.
fun fact if it’s USD and the estimate is wrong you should be complaining about it and you’ve got a decent chance of a fee refund. US requires accurate estimates. Wise is supposed to give you a long estimate but they don’t because no one would use a service if it was honest about timing (which is more the American banking system’s fault but still). They’re big on transparency and usually mean it but here they don’t.

it’s still a long way from the early days of “book your transfer”
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