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western union Transaction taking a long time

bighead8181
bighead8181 Posts: 6 Forumite
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edited 3 January 2024 at 1:48PM in Credit cards
I made a transfer from a UK credit card to UK bank account and the transfer has been in progress for 4 days. Is this normal? How long should it take?

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  • Nasqueron
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    What has Western Union got to do with this?
    Is it a Money Transfer card you did a transfer from into an account?

    Sam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness: 

    People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.

  • I made a transfer from a UK credit card to UK bank account and the transfer has been in progress for 4 days. Is this normal? How long should it take?
    https://www.westernunion.com/gb/en/frequently-asked-questions/faq-send-money-online.html#Q3


    Up to 3 working days according to WU, so possibly a day or so to go.
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