TransferWise International Transfers

Users repeatedly recommend TransferWise (now Wise) and similar services like Revolut as cheap, fast alternatives for international money transfers, contrasting them with traditional bank wires and a new US-focused service.

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nilanp Jan 24, 2017 View on HN

Amazing there hasn't been a single mention of transferwise in this thread

nilanp Feb 12, 2020 View on HN

um - why hasn't anyone mentioned www.transferwise.com/borderless yet ?

TazeTSchnitzel Dec 9, 2020 View on HN

TransferWise already exists. It requires your recipients to have bank accounts but they could easily get them.

NicoJuicy Dec 6, 2020 View on HN

Wiretransfer solves it much cheaper/faster

wanderingmind Apr 22, 2022 View on HN

This looks fantastic. Any plans to open international transfers? (swift). There is a real need for a good api driven cheap solution to move money across countries which is at the moment filled by 3rd parties that are not stable or scalable.

_visgean Apr 15, 2019 View on HN

this is essentially what transferwise does imho.

ifdattic Oct 3, 2016 View on HN

Used Transferwise with few clients from USA, and had great results with it (quick payments, notifications).

mansr Oct 16, 2011 View on HN

I presume this service is only targeting the USA. Here in Europe, any bank will do immediate domestic transfers for free.

Jaim Jun 18, 2019 View on HN

Money transfers if international are prohibitively expensive. Lets see how this thingie works.

zzleeper Sep 29, 2016 View on HN

+1 for TransferWise, a simple solution for wires and it worked quite well for me