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Re:WePay Drops 600lbs of ice in front of PayPal Conference by nkassis on Tuesday October 26, 2010 @02:52PM (#1835498)
"International wire transfers are a lot harder to do without actually visiting a branch of the bank I'm with and filling out a bunch of forms, and they take much longer to process too."

That's my personal problem too. Sending money from US to Canada or Canada to the US is a pain. If only they had the same check clearance system, it would solve so much. Same as how having similar phone numbers makes it so much easier.

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Re:WePay Drops 600lbs of ice in front of PayPal Conference by btilly on Tuesday October 26, 2010 @02:56PM (#1835515)
Heh. jacquesm lives somewhere that doesn't even have checks!

When I needed to get paid by a Dutch company, the easiest solution turned out to be for me to open a new bank account.

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Re:WePay Drops 600lbs of ice in front of PayPal Conference by vegasbrianc on Wednesday October 27, 2010 @04:19AM (#1837765)
Well I think the US is one of the only countries left using checks. Everyone else (Most of Europe) has moved on to direct bank transfers for everything.
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Re:WePay Drops 600lbs of ice in front of PayPal Conference by mkramlich on Tuesday October 26, 2010 @10:47PM (#1837036)
> Heh. jacquesm lives somewhere that doesn't even have checks!

I pictured jacquesm needing to use a custom silver DeLorean to drive there and back. Flux capacitor and all.

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Re:WePay Drops 600lbs of ice in front of PayPal Conference by caf on Tuesday October 26, 2010 @05:52PM (#1836273)
I can do international wire transfers straight from my bank's online interface - is there a regulatory reason that US and Canadian banks can't offer something similar?
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Re:WePay Drops 600lbs of ice in front of PayPal Conference by John212 on Tuesday October 26, 2010 @08:10PM (#1836703)
Nope, we have this too. I know Chase & BoA both do it online.
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