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Show HN: 99% cheaper international business transfers – fixed fee, real rate

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Re: Show HN: 99% cheaper international business transfers – fixed fee, real rate

#21
I don't see a list of countries for receiving payments. Is this only UK/EU to UK/EU or can it do UK/EU to any country? I don't want to install the app just to see it doesn't work for me..

edit I just noticed it says "global" on the page, so I guess it's possible to send to any country?

Re: Show HN: 99% cheaper international business transfers – fixed fee, real rate

#23
post #6

Why is this not available on the website and I need to install an app and enter numbers into my phone?

Everything is an app on the phone now.. I’m not saying there shouldn’t be an app. But running a website is the least common denominator - why would a company forego the basic win?!

No, I think that mobile apps are either time killers - for example, for watching funny videos while riding a train, or messengers - to ask employee questions while riding a train.

A business app on a phone doesn't make much sense because in office you have a computer with a large monitor and a proper keyboard which is more convenient to use than a smartphone's tiny screen.

Re: Show HN: 99% cheaper international business transfers – fixed fee, real rate

#25
post #6

Why is this not available on the website and I need to install an app and enter numbers into my phone?

Everything is an app on the phone now.. I’m not saying there shouldn’t be an app. But running a website is the least common denominator - why would a company forego the basic win?!

This is a business offering. I don't want to juggle my online banking and a transfer app and and and ... on my phone. I want them readily available on my multimonitor desktop where I can save data to my accounting folder.

Re: Show HN: 99% cheaper international business transfers – fixed fee, real rate

#26
post #13

That sounds too cheap, in the sense you wont have money to handle things going wrong or KYC stuff etc.

First thing that came to my mind - gonna get sued/shutdown by DOJ for ignoring KYC/AML stuff like every crypto thing that claimed the same.

There's probably a good reason they aren't operating in the US.

Re: Show HN: 99% cheaper international business transfers – fixed fee, real rate

#27
The only way I see possible a $3 fee on a $1m FX change is if you send the flow to an internalizing HFT, a bit like Robinhood does. So the HFT is the one actually subsidizing the exchange, because they want this kind of "non-toxic" flow.

Am I correct?

Re: Show HN: 99% cheaper international business transfers – fixed fee, real rate

#28
post #14

I've been using Wise for years and am generally happy with them, but always keeping an eye out for alternatives. Why I didn't find this convincing - Have to download app - wise lets me use a website too, and generally I want to do business banking from my laptop, not my phone - No actual price comparisons and 99% seems unlikely. Wise also gives me the 'google exchange rate'. If you are actually cheaper, then I would…

Revolut is a bit cheaper than Wise for FX changes.

Re: Show HN: 99% cheaper international business transfers – fixed fee, real rate

#29
My company pays Wise around £100/month in transfer fees so reducing that to £3/month piques my interest but the headache I would experience if anything went wrong would cost me a lot more than £97. My worst nightmare when using a new financial platform is that I get caught up in some KYC nightmare after transferring money and it is stuck in purgatory forever.

The website doesn't include anything to reassure me that the service is as reliable (or more reliable) than Wise. There's no social proof. I found the news article with your first annual report and that's quite compelling.

- Add average transfer times so I can see what most people are experiencing when using the service

- Add social proof: positive reviews would be very helpful

- Add real time information about volume

- Shout about your reliability: Wise has reputation that does the work for them, you don't

- Mobile app only is a little concerning too for business usage: I use Wise for business and personal, business on the website, personal on my phone (I can't articulate why but using Wise for business on my phone "feels" wrong)

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