Transferwise/Currencyfair alternative or bank equivalent?

bobbintb

I live in the US. I have a Transferwise account and I am looking for a way to receive GBP via SWIFT wire transfer. Unfortunately, Transferwise does not have this capability with GBP. I looked at Currencyfair but they are not available in the US. I even looked into opening a bank account in the UK but most either won't allow it or require a £25,000 deposit. Does anyone know of an alternative? I am looking at Payoneer too but their verification process will take a few days.

colsten

I have never used it myself and don't know whether they do what you want but people rave about Revolut

colsten

Are you sure Transferwise doesn't support SWIFT? https://transferwise.com/gb/swift-codes/

eDicky

What is it that you're trying to do? Receive GBP converted into USD? Why is SWIFT a requirement?

bobbintb

Revolut is not yet available in the US. Transferwise does support SWIFT but not for GBP. SWIFT is a requirement because the service that I am trying to transfer my funds from only supports withdrawing to a bank account via wire transfer. I looked st Skrill as well but the account I am withdrawing to needs to be in my name as well and Skrill doesn't do that.

xylophone

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5666487

may be worth a look.

bobbintb

xylophone wrote: »

may be worth a look.

Thanks, that looks promising but it looks like it will only accept a UK address and EU supporting socuments. Maybe they have one in another country that is less strict but still allowed GBP.