Ask HN: What's the best way to receive money internationally? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What's the best way to receive money internationally?

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Post by reiz » Tue, Oct 09, 2012, 4:29 PM UTC

NicoJuicy wrote: post #2

Try Stripe, i've heard many people consider it instead of Paypal.

The bank account which is linked to the stripe account have to be in the US. But as far as I know they are accepting CC from all around the world. If you are sitting in the US and you just want receive Money from everywhere, than stripe is a good option. At least if you are dealing with small amount of Money. As far as I know stripe takes some percentage from the transaction. For big transactions, like 10K USD, I wouldn't recommend it.

Re: Ask HN: What's the best way to receive money internationally?

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Post by crgt » Tue, Oct 09, 2012, 4:58 PM UTC

staunch wrote: post #9

crgt wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because there are places where that's all it takes to spend money. I trust our clients..but you never know..especially when dealing with an international client you've never met.

Create a checking account just for this purpose. Only use it for holding transfers. It takes about ten minutes to setup a new account at most banks.

This is what we've landed on as a default - just seems kinda wonky. As if MacGuyver were handling our incoming $ or something.

Re: Ask HN: What's the best way to receive money internationally?

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Post by crgt » Tue, Oct 09, 2012, 5:02 PM UTC

jister wrote: post #10

Found this http://saasy.com/matrix.php

This is interesting. Has anyone used them?

Re: Ask HN: What's the best way to receive money internationally?

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Post by sapan » Tue, Oct 09, 2012, 5:46 PM UTC

I've used Transpact for international payment.

Re: Ask HN: What's the best way to receive money internationally?

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Post by dfasugusgtdgfu » Tue, Oct 09, 2012, 5:49 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: What's the best way to receive money internationally?

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Post by dfasugusgtdgfu » Tue, Oct 09, 2012, 5:50 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: What's the best way to receive money internationally?

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Post by klaut » Wed, Oct 10, 2012, 8:55 PM UTC

for Europe based transaction try Transferwise https://transferwise.com

Re: Ask HN: What's the best way to receive money internationally?

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Post by shyn3 » Sun, Oct 14, 2012, 2:47 PM UTC

I don't know how this would work with international but I think knightsbridgefx.com is a good option.

They do currency conversions through bank accounts. So you save $ on the exchange + you get the money wired. Minimum is 10k so this might fit the bill.

Where are you sending/receiving from?