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Elon Musk’s X Still Down in Brazil After Company Sends $5.2 Million Fine to Wrong Bank
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Have you ever tried to wire money? Its fucking hard. Even the banks give you the wrong info. It usually takes me 1 month on average with about 4 failed transfers before it goes through
This is a bank problem
It takes 1 day to wire money and it works on the first try, what are you talking about?
Have you tried wiring money to South America?
Ah, that's a different ball game all together. Is that even possible? Last time I tried I had to wire to a US account that my Argentinian bank has in the US and they somehow transferred the money to my account. Still, it took a couple of days and it worked without a hitch.
Usually the process is:
Yeah, I'm not surprised. I didn't think it was even possible. Whenever I have to transfer money to my bank account in Argentina I use crypto. Much easier. That one time that I used an intermediary US account I had no other option, never tried that again.