[Cryptography] Banks are not all the same, My Identity definitely not Satoshi Nakamoto

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On Wed, 16 Oct 2024, John Levine wrote:

> It appears that iang <iang at iang.org> said:
>>> It is not hard to find fast cheap international transfers. My current favorite
>>> is Wise, formerly Transferwise. ...
>
>> They must have fixed their issues then, as last time I tried (a couple
>> of years ago now) they could not send to any banks in the US except the
>> largest. Literally, only those with direct International payment
>> incoming instructions, no FFC banks, which was the vast majority by number. ...
>
>> Good there is competition, but I also noticed that Wise choked on
>> numbers as low as $3k which is why I ultimately had to stop using them.
>
> Amazingly enough, businesses change and sometimes they get better. Earlier this
> month I used Wise to send US$3700/C$5000 to a bank account in Canada, deposited
> the same day into the recipient's account, no burps or anything.  I have also
> used it to send money to my bank accounta in the UK and France, equally easy.
>
> If this is a topic you care about, how about spending a few minutes seeing what
> the situation actually is?

You have a good point John. If it is possible to use without a 
smartphone (I don't own one) I will keep this in mind until next time. 
Thank you.

Best regards,
Daniel


> R's,
> John
>
> PS: The Internet sucks because the fastest speed is 56Kb and you lose the
> connection if anyone picks up a phone extension, so video will never work
> no matter what the guy who wrote CU-SeeMe says.
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