Always works is a bit strong. I have a few horror stories.
Certainly Wise are not as good as they used to be back in the day.
I still use them, mostly because they are probably the safest fintech outfit compared to the others that operate out of, e.g. Hong Kong. But I'll still never forgive them for some of the dumb shit they've done on some of my transactions in recent years (sadly I can't discuss in public because, well, you know, security).
What I can say publicly are more generic things like how transactions can be so lethargic these days, i.e. operationally they are clearly batching and netting far more aggressively, which is clearly entirely for their operational convenience ... who cares if your transaction doesn't go through for 4–8 hours, right ?
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Always works is a bit strong. I have a few horror stories.
Certainly Wise are not as good as they used to be back in the day.
I still use them, mostly because they are probably the safest fintech outfit compared to the others that operate out of, e.g. Hong Kong. But I'll still never forgive them for some of the dumb shit they've done on some of my transactions in recent years (sadly I can't discuss in public because, well, you know, security).
What I can say publicly are more generic things like how transactions can be so lethargic these days, i.e. operationally they are clearly batching and netting far more aggressively, which is clearly entirely for their operational convenience ... who cares if your transaction doesn't go through for 4–8 hours, right ?
Re: batching.
If I send from non-wise account in currency A to currency B directly to a non-wise B-denominated account it can take hours/days.
If I add and convert the balance first to currency B within wise and then send it's there in seconds.