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An e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers to be made from through the Internet. | An e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers to be made from through the Internet. | ||
TransferWise can send GBP funds from U.K. bank account | TransferWise can send from either GBP funds (from U.K. bank account) or EUR funds (from a E.U. bank account) to one any of the supported destination currencies and will perform the currency conversion at mid-market rates. | ||
Currency directions<ref>[http://transferwise.com/support/what-currencies What currencies do you support?]</ref>: | |||
* GBP - British sterling pound - Bank accounts in the UK from E.U. (EUR) bank transfers | |||
* EUR - Euro - E.U. region banks from UK (GPB) bank transfers | |||
* PLN - Polish zloty - Banks in Poland from UK (GBP) and E.U. (EUR) bank transfers | |||
* CHF - Swiss Franc - Banks in Switzerland from UK (GBP) and E.U. (EUR) bank transfers. | |||
The service is available for sending from an individual account or from a business account. | The service is available for sending from an individual account or from a business account. | ||
This ability to send directly to the recipient's bank will likely make TransferWise a preferred method that will allow those in the U.K. to send funds when purchasing bitcoins through a person-to-person marketplace, such as the [[Bitcoin-otc]] marketplace. | This ability to send directly to the recipient's bank will likely make TransferWise a preferred method that will allow those in the U.K. or E.U region to send funds when purchasing bitcoins through a person-to-person marketplace, such as the [[Bitcoin-otc]] marketplace. | ||
The service was launched in early 2011. | The service was launched in early 2011. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
* [http://www.transferwise.com TransferWise] website | * [http://www.transferwise.com TransferWise] website | ||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:Money transmitters]] | [[Category:Money transmitters]] | ||
Revision as of 18:03, 28 July 2012
An e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers to be made from through the Internet.
TransferWise can send from either GBP funds (from U.K. bank account) or EUR funds (from a E.U. bank account) to one any of the supported destination currencies and will perform the currency conversion at mid-market rates.
Currency directions[1]:
- GBP - British sterling pound - Bank accounts in the UK from E.U. (EUR) bank transfers
- EUR - Euro - E.U. region banks from UK (GPB) bank transfers
- PLN - Polish zloty - Banks in Poland from UK (GBP) and E.U. (EUR) bank transfers
- CHF - Swiss Franc - Banks in Switzerland from UK (GBP) and E.U. (EUR) bank transfers.
The service is available for sending from an individual account or from a business account.
This ability to send directly to the recipient's bank will likely make TransferWise a preferred method that will allow those in the U.K. or E.U region to send funds when purchasing bitcoins through a person-to-person marketplace, such as the Bitcoin-otc marketplace.
The service was launched in early 2011.
Fees
There is a 1 GBP fee per transfer.
See Also
- CurrencyFair
- Buying bitcoins
- Selling bitcoins
- Secure Trading
- Bitcoin-otc marketplace.
External Links
- TransferWise website