Why is my bank wire transfer from the USA to Thailand taking so long?

@Von *****

In other words, WISE is only fast if you don't do a bank transfer. Since the OP is about bank transfers, I guess you are the Village Idiot.

@David *********

clown 🤡 it works in seconds for me!

I don’t have a USA bank account! Stop stepping on your own dick!!! You are embarrassing yourself on this thread

@Von *****

The OP clearly specified he is sending from the US. Why are you giving advice if you have no experience sending from the US?

@David *********

you say it is slow when if you look at the WISE terms it CLEARLY says it takes 4 days… so it isn’t slow, it is exactly what they say it is Sherlock!

You saying it is slow, well it isn’t!!!

I don’t have the patience or crayons to explain it any simpler for the likes of YOU who don’t process the information that is provided by the company and service you are using.

@Peter *******

I did but you didn't read it all. Did you read "I can't understand why this doesn't take seconds or even 1-2 days, Any ideas?". That's the question

@Kim ********

he says it's says it will arrive by the 20th & it hasn't arrived yet,I said cause it's not the 20th,derrr wats Ur issue ,

@Peter *******

no the issue was the question period

@Kim ********

go away

@Peter *******

ha ha read all the sentences before you answer the first half - just a hint

@Kim ********

no ,Ur just annoying

@Peter *******

ok whatever you say - I fully understand that it is not welcomed to point out a reading mistake

@Kim ********

no mistake mate,U obviously have no life other than to pester other people ,keyboard warrior,😂

@Matty ***

I transfer over 100k a month into thailand without issue and have for nearly 3 years. I had one issue where it took over a week to arrive as they requested proof of where the money came from (I didn't see the email and the notification didnt push through) a year and a half ago and since then the money is in my account every transfer within 3 days. WU blocked me and returned ฿15k to my UK bank 4 weeks after the initial transfer and all 3 of my UK banks can take anywhere from 3 days to 4 weeks to complete the transfer.

@Matty ***

50,000B

@Nigel ********

I have had that experience with Wells. They rejected a transfer because the person in the wire department typed in the account information incorrectly. So it was sent back to Wells and then transferred again. If you don’t know what your talking about it’s best not to advise

@Jon *******

its happn to me same

@Brandon ***********

the OP asks about bank transfers. My WISE experience shows them to be slow.

@David *********

you are giving ZERO context so your experience means nothing. Which funding method did you use for your transfer? Which transfer reason did you use? Which Thai bank do you have? How big was your transfer?

There are a ton of things that you can do to ensure your transfer is fast and there's many things you can do that will cause it to be slow. Since you don't give any details then we'll just assume you did everything the worst way possible that most people won't do.

@Brandon ***********

Strangely enough, the multiple posts claiming that WISE is quick also provide zero context.

Don't you think they should explain the context as well: "WISE is quick, if you use a special secure bank account, list expenses as 'For Thai girlfriend', and send between $600 and $700 on a Tuesday".

I just tried "personal expenses". Still slow.

@David *********

one of the banks in your transfers may not support the fastest transfer methods. Or you may need to do something to enable the faster transfers. I would contact wise support and ask what you can do to speed up transfers.

@Gregg ***********

My transfer exceeded $10,000, so I thought that might be the reason for the delay. But I tried a smaller amount, and that was slow, too.

@Gregg ***********

I use JP Morgan CHASE bank, one of the biggest in the US.

@David *********

I use Chase also. Just sent a transfer yesterday from a Chase checking account to Kasikorn bank. Initiated @ 7:07 am, complete @ 7:08 am. In reality it took 10-15 seconds. One time I sent from a savings account and I think it might’ve taken longer. Lots of variables (banks, account types, authorization methods, transfer reasons, etc.). You need someone at Wise to look under the hood and see what’s going on.

@John *********

it should be obvious from the example you saw that wise can indeed be slow - very slow

@John *********

After, very fast!!