Wire Transfers

[Dima_April 9]

Hello, my husband is from Russia and he currently has his soc. sec. # and holds to bank accounts in the US now. The problem is, his bank in Russia, blocked his debit card and transferred money to the wrong bank in the US. The money has been returned to the Russian bank, but he only has $160 to his name here and he is upset. I'm concerned as well. How do we go about transferring money from Russia to the US? It seems to be a huge problem and it's starting to cause some fights between us. He feels like a bum here, although I support him well.

[millefleur 5,035]

Sorry to hear this! What bank was it? Sberbank?? I really want to know so I can avoid using that bank here.

I honestly don't know what he can do. Does he have any relatives in Russia who can get the money and make the transfer with another bank?

[Dima_April 9]

Hello! Yes, he uses Sberbank. It's turned out to be a huge mess. His aunt, went to the bank and managed to reverse the transfer, but the bank has changed twice and nothing was accomplished. Someone from the group here, sent me a private message and told us to try PayPal. I called the company this morning and they said, they can transfer money between Russia and the US at 1% a transfer rate.

Key to all of this is a PayPal account has to be made in each country, under different emails, as the PayPal site reads physical IP addresses.

My husband is boiling mad, so I hope he doesn't just give up.

[millefleur 5,035]

Hello! Yes, he uses Sberbank. It's turned out to be a huge mess. His aunt, went to the bank and managed to reverse the transfer, but the bank has changed twice and nothing was accomplished. Someone from the group here, sent me a private message and told us to try PayPal. I called the company this morning and they said, they can transfer money between Russia and the US at 1% a transfer rate.

Key to all of this is a PayPal account has to be made in each country, under different emails, as the PayPal site reads physical IP addresses.

My husband is boiling mad, so I hope he doesn't just give up.

Maybe try having his aunt set up a PayPal account in Russia, link it to his Russian bank, and transfer the money to his US PayPal account?

I really think this would work, and I'm in the process of trying to do it myself but I'm waiting to pick up my new bank card at the bank here.

[pochemuchka 2]

Hi!! My husband is from Russia too, if your husband has an email or something he could maybe let him know exactly how he accesses his money - I know my husband uses Sberbank too and paypal sometimes so just send me a private message if he still needs help to figure it out.