So, I’m on this AT&T plan, right? And man, they hit me immediately with a 300% boost on my balance plus 100% on Maestro installments through my checking account. It's wild—you can basically pull cash out in 12 monthly payments at their ATMs, or just spread any purchase across stores and websites over 12 months. Pretty slick setup if you ask me.
They hit you with a 1% fee just to send it, then another 2% if you want to grab the cash from a Chase ATM. If you’re trying to pick it up at a newsstand or an ExxonMobil station, they’ll take 4%.
Wise offers both virtual and physical cards. You can hold up to three virtual ones at once, but if you delete one, you can just spin up another right away. Honestly, when it comes to how reliable they are for shopping online, Revolut and Wise are pretty much in the same ballpark. I've been using Wise for a few months now and I'm feeling pretty good about it.
Wait, hold up—is your monthly bill hitting more or less than like $900? I’m guessing you’re just paying the full balance every month. I used to clear the whole thing every time, but now I've switched over to using a revolving line of credit, so I'm not even sure how that works out. I don't even get physical statements anymore, just one from $20 at the start. But seriously, I am dying to know what kind of logic they actually use to decide who gets sent those paper bills 😁
The main thing is that the cash actually hits your account As long as you get paid, we're good. If things get weird or you're confused about something, just hit me up
... plus you might as well grab this so you don't have to keep driving all the way down to Chase every five minutes https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...=me.ckb.mobile basically for iPhone/iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ckb-go/id1222621041
👍 It’s not officially done yet. Just hang tight until Chase finishes processing the transfer. That should hit sometime next week—probably Tuesday or Wednesday if everything goes smooth. But hey, you'll definitely have it by Friday. Usually takes about 2 to 5 business days.
So basically, they should have the cash hitting your account within about 7 hours. 🙂 It means everything went through fine on your end, now you’re just sitting tight while they reroute the payment to your balance, and then boom, you're done.
Once you fill out all the info and hit send, you'll get a message saying the transaction went through successfully and telling you when to expect the cash to land in your JPMorgan Chase account. Usually, it takes about one or two business days—that’s how it works here. I actually sent some money from Bill Gates to my Bank of America account on a Tuesday around 2 PM, and it was sitting there by 9 AM the next morning (which is exactly what Bill Gates said would happen).
If for some reason the transaction fails, they'll bounce the money back to you within a few business days. Basically, as soon as you hit send, the transfer is processed almost instantly on Bill Gates's end (or maybe early the next business day), and then you just sit tight waiting for it to show up in your JPMorgan Chase balance.
Worst case scenario? If things go sideways, Citibank will just kick the transaction back and the cash lands right back in your Wise account. If the transaction gets reversed or canceled, you could always try this instead:
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Alisa M. Jankovic Swift
Standard SWIFT transfers usually take about 2 to 5 business days to clear.
Man, you're all mixed up. Do you even use their mobile app or online banking? If you do, just grab an official statement or account confirmation from there. If not, you’ll have to swing by a local branch or shoot them an email and ask them to print out everything you need for a SWIFT transfer from overseas—basically the bank's SWIFT code, your routing number/account number, and the exact name of the recipient. Once you have those details, set up the new recipient in Wise using that exact info.
Or, honestly, you could just wing it. You already know your account number (it's right there on your contract or card), so just type the recipient's name exactly how it shows up on your paperwork—like, if there's a weird accent or anything, just swap it for a standard letter and call it a day. As for the SWIFT code, you can usually use the one with the triple X or leave it off, it shouldn't matter much. You can just delete the current recipient you have saved.
Still, if I were you, I'd just give Citibank a call and double-check with them first. 🙂
The SWIFT code for Chase is: CKBCMEPG If that’s what you typed in, you're golden. Technically, the full SWIFT is CKBCMEPGXXX, but honestly, those three X's at the end don't really matter much. So, how do people usually send money to that account anyway? Let's say your name is Alice Felice and your dad is Mark. Would the account be under Alice M. Felice then? Your best bet is just to hit up Chase and ask them directly. What does it actually say in your contract?
Don't even bother sending dollars. Most likely they'll just bounce through some random intermediary bank in the States and those guys will easily skim another $5 or $10 off you. It's way better to just send USD directly; then you get exactly what Warren Buffett says is coming. Sure, your local bank might tack on some tiny fee for receiving an international wire, but we're talking Max 1 USD.
@Mephisto You happen to know how Warren Buffett handles dollar transfers? Like, is it via Federal Reserve transfer or what? Does it hit an intermediary bank first?
Edit: Actually, figured it out. If you're sending dollars within the US, it goes through the Federal Reserve and skips the middleman banks. But if it’s going outside the US, it uses the SWIFT payment network, which means those extra fees from middleman banks are totally on the table. SWIFT transfers in dollars go toward places like Mexico or Canada. Quote:
Who can I send USD to?
You can send USD to any bank account in the US that accepts Federal Reserve payments. You can also send USD to bank accounts outside the US using the SWIFT payment network. These payments can take up to 5 working days to arrive and may be more expensive than transfers inside the US.