Category: money transfer
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Currency Online versus PayPal
Following up on an earlier post on international money transfers to Japan, I’ve now decided on the best method to get money to Japan from the US. For transfers for more than 40,000 JPY, use Currency Online. If the amount is less than 40,000 JPY, you’re better off using PayPal. Currency Online would win out in…
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Costs for transfering money to Japan from the US with PayPal
For those of you who are interested in transferring money from the United States to Japan with PayPal… I would recommend against it because of super high fees Details of my transfer (July 2011): Amount to receive: 88,000 JPY Amount sent: 91,432 JPY (1,186 USD) Market exchange rate: 79.18 PayPal exchange rate: 77.04 Transaction Charge:When…