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ryanhuff
on Jan 22, 2014
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Balanced Will Release an API to Push Money to Debi...
Automated Clearing House (ACH) transfers are usually much cheaper than wire transfers (often free at credit unions).
http://www.mybanktracker.com/news/2013/03/20/ways-send-money...
sim0n
on Jan 23, 2014
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Wire transfers are generally free within the UK/EU and very fast (bank-to-bank in the UK usually only takes a few hours at most).
qzervaas
on Jan 23, 2014
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I love how we've been trained to think that a few hours is fast. Only takes 30 days for me to clear an international cheque!
martinald
on Jan 23, 2014
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In the UK they're pretty much instant. In my experience if it doesn't hit the account by the time you login to your online banking, something's gone wrong.
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