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[MAD87]

I know I asked about this before but I can't find any thread here. I want to ntransfer some dosh from a UK bank to Créd. Ag. at a reasonable rate. I have a Wise account that I've never been able to activate, so I'm looking for summat else. Something that doessn't take a wet week to register with!

[niemeyjt]

Well persevere with Wise if you can - not sure I had to activate mine - I use them to transfer between 3 countries and on a €2K transfer they give €50 more than Credit Mutuelle rates.

[suein56]

I know I asked about this before but I can't find any thread here. I want to transfer some dosh from a UK bank to Créd. Ag. at a reasonable rate. I have a Wise account that I've never been able to activate, so I'm looking for summat else. Something that doesn't take a wet week to register with!

As has been said I would persevere with Wise, as you are 1/2 way there and they are excellent, I have used them v regularly for years.
What seems to be stopping you from activating ? Send a message if your answer involves personal stuff.

[MAD87]

Ok. I had another go with Wise (18 months or so after opening the account...). It believes that everyone has a smartphone that can scan QR codes and upload selfies to them. I do have a s-phone, but it's configured for nowt except phone calls and texts.
I'm thinking now that maybe just ringing the English bank to arrange a transfer would be easier.

[niemeyjt]

Maybe that has something to do with French Banking rules - as I did not have to do that.

But looking at settings on my account I cannot see any of this - and I certainly did not have to faff around with ID cards, selfies, apps or anything else.

[suein56]

Ok. I had another go with Wise (18 months or so after opening the account...). It believes that everyone has a smartphone that can scan QR codes and upload selfies to them. I do have a s-phone, but it's configured for nowt except phone calls and texts.

Ask them if you can complete the i.d. confirmation the old-fashioned way using your computer and scanner ..
Would they accept a WhatsApp video call ?

Edit .. no not WhatsApp. Since Zuckerberg took control it's going the way of FarceBook.
Signal video is more secure.

[niemeyjt]

https://wise.com/help/articles/2949782/ ... ujfEjiZmIS

It looks like there are other ways

[suein56]

https://wise.com/help/articles/2949782/ ... ujfEjiZmIS

It looks like there are other ways

Quite so .. well found.

[MAD87]

Thank you both - I'll do that over the weekend and get my DIL to show me afterwards how to bring the s-phone up to spec.

[Hotrodder]

This general bullying people into using smartphones for everything is getting tiresome, and it would appear expensive as well. Anyone else noticed how most of the so-called Black Friday deals are for phones? Costing anything up to over a thousand euros a pop, they expect us to dump them as soon as the next model comes on the market, often only 18 months later.