SENDING MONEY OVERSEAS

[George and Jenny 0]

HI, BESIDES WESTERN UNION, DOES ANY ONE KNOW HOW TO SEND MONEY OVERSEAS AND THE MONEY GO DIRECTLY INTO MY FIANCEE'S BANK ACCOUNT.

THANKS IN ADVANCE

[brnidokiegurl 1]

have actually only used WU but call your bank and see if they can do a direct wire

[*julez* 124]

A wire transfer from your bank to her bank should do the trick. Expect to pay a fee at your bank, the correspondent bank (middle man) and the bank of your fiancee! You will likely have to go to your bank in person as most no longer will accept wire transfer orders over the phone. You will also need the full name and address of your fiancee, her bank account number, her bank's routing (or ABA) number and SWIFT code. This will take a few days to get to her - international wires tend to take at minimum 3 business days for processing - so if you are looking to get something to her quickly, Western Union is the way to go!

[chicketta_qp 0]

HI, BESIDES WESTERN UNION, DOES ANY ONE KNOW HOW TO SEND MONEY OVERSEAS AND THE MONEY GO DIRECTLY INTO MY FIANCEE'S BANK ACCOUNT.

THANKS IN ADVANCE

Is there any reason that western union won't work the best? Sometimes there are harder circumstances where they cannot get it that way. A bank transfer is a lot more-unfortuneately

[payxibka 10,047]

HI, BESIDES WESTERN UNION, DOES ANY ONE KNOW HOW TO SEND MONEY OVERSEAS AND THE MONEY GO DIRECTLY INTO MY FIANCEE'S BANK ACCOUNT.

THANKS IN ADVANCE

Actually the best way is to open an account for her here and give her access to an ATM card.

Edited December 22, 2006 by fwaguy

[edsperfect 25]

HI, BESIDES WESTERN UNION, DOES ANY ONE KNOW HOW TO SEND MONEY OVERSEAS AND THE MONEY GO DIRECTLY INTO MY FIANCEE'S BANK ACCOUNT.

THANKS IN ADVANCE

Actually the best way is to open an account for her here and give her access to an ATM card.

Ithink this is also the best way. Only one mailing, the card. Wetern union is not cheap. i had to wire some money for an apartmen i was renting. Thnk it cost me 46 bucks

[StarProg 0]

She doesn't happen to bank with PNB does she? If so you can send money to her account online.

http://www.pnbrci.com/

It takes 3 or 4 days and costs $10. They also have an option to send the money to the recipient in person.

[hotairguy 0]

I use remithome.com

https://www.remithome.com/

It works well when there is an account established in the Philippines to transfer the funds to. You link an account, I use a dedicated saving account and then transfer the funds all from the internet. It costs a $10.00 flat fee all the way up to the max, currently $1000.00 and the exchange rate is decent. Depending on the destination bank, takes between 2-5 business days to become available.

Marilyn and Peter.

[felnfrank 1]

hi,

after 27 receipts of western union, we decided to use xoom..a friend of mine has recommended it..it's 24 hours if u use EXPRESS sending and takes 2-5 days for economy the charge is half of western union.the charge varies depending on the amount sent... it could be picked up by receiver or direct to her account..mine is to my account and just use atm to check or withdraw. u will have a notice via ur email if u have it and u can track the process ...

visit www.xoom.com

Edited December 23, 2006 by felnfrank

['my_destiny' 0]

HI, BESIDES WESTERN UNION, DOES ANY ONE KNOW HOW TO SEND MONEY OVERSEAS AND THE MONEY GO DIRECTLY INTO MY FIANCEE'S BANK ACCOUNT.

THANKS IN ADVANCE

why not open an ATM account under her name and you could just wire transfer your money anytime. It is like you depositing some amount of money in her account.

[trlittle 0]

Moneygram. I used to us WU but it was way too expensive. The economy transfer takes a few days but only 10 bucks.

Edited December 23, 2006 by trlittle

[BishopMnA 0]

I also just gave my Wife-2-B an ATM card to my bank account. Never have to use WU or anything else...works great!

[Jasman0717 9]

I opened up a savings account linked to my main account at my credit union and requested an ATM card. When I visited Claudeth I gave her the card. It sure made things a lot easier. Her parents now have the card. The BPI bank charges us 50 cents to use the ATM and my credit union charges a dollar to use an ATM outside their network. This is tons cheaper than Western Union and the conversion rate is also much better.

[Jasman0717 9]

HI, BESIDES WESTERN UNION, DOES ANY ONE KNOW HOW TO SEND MONEY OVERSEAS AND THE MONEY GO DIRECTLY INTO MY FIANCEE'S BANK ACCOUNT.

THANKS IN ADVANCE

Is there any reason that western union won't work the best? Sometimes there are harder circumstances where they cannot get it that way. A bank transfer is a lot more-unfortuneately

Western Union is expensive to transfer money and then also makes money on the conversion rate. I used them a few times and they charged me about 30 bucks to send 300 and then gave a conversion rate of about a peso per dollar less than the going rate. See my other post, that has worked out the best for me.

[lizroxy24 0]

I once heard that if you both have paypal accounts you can send money that way real cheap but I am not sure exactly how it works. It may be worth looking into.