IBAN/SWIFT code issues with transfer to ABA Bank help??
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be careful about the currency you send the money in. last year I made a transfer from my Australian bank account to my cambodian aba account and accidentally chose the currency as aussie dollar. aba couldn't accept it and the amount was returned to my Australian bank account a few business days later. I tried again, this time converting to us dollar before hitting 'send' and it worked fine... I'm not sure if this is basic international funds transfer protocol or something more unique to countries like Cambodia with less developed banking systems.
Yeah, the intermediate banking details are for US retards. They often need that, because their own bank in the outbacks doesn't know swift or anything else, internationally.Jackal wrote:^
Funnily enough, ABA gave me same said fact sheet.
Upon supplying the details listed on it to AIB a query as to which set of details should be used - the intermediary bank's or ABA's.
When asked, the reply from ABA on Monivong was to ignore the Standard Chartered details and send to the ABA details.
Go figure
Lol . .I'm about to try an inbound transfer using the SCB New York details from my SCB account in Hong Kong. I'll let you know how it turns out. It's via online banking, so should be fun.
Dare I try it . . ? Yeah, what the heck?
Dare I try it . . ? Yeah, what the heck?
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How'd it go??scobienz wrote:Lol . .I'm about to try an inbound transfer using the SCB New York details from my SCB account in Hong Kong. I'll let you know how it turns out. It's via online banking, so should be fun.
Dare I try it . . ? Yeah, what the heck?
After eventually sorting out the clusterfuck, thanks to information from this thread, mine was transferred last Monday evening. Must go and see if it arrived yet in the morning. . .
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Glad to hear it got sorted!Jackal wrote:How'd it go??scobienz wrote:Lol . .I'm about to try an inbound transfer using the SCB New York details from my SCB account in Hong Kong. I'll let you know how it turns out. It's via online banking, so should be fun.
Dare I try it . . ? Yeah, what the heck?
After eventually sorting out the clusterfuck, thanks to information from this thread, mine was transferred last Monday evening. Must go and see if it arrived yet in the morning. . .
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I am having the same problem, ABA will only give me my Swift details which contain all the info Iban numbers had. It's ridiculous. For info, I did quickly see a site which tells you how to convert swift to iban but it was vague. If I do find any info, I'll download the blog for this site. If you wish to contact me [email protected] good luck.
I don't understand the issue. To transfer funds to ABA bank you just need your account number and the ABA swift code.
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Not necessarily. . I have had instances where transferring Dollars to a khmer bank from, say, HK, you have needed to know the US bank that is is affiliated to.. or its routed via or something Maybank is the same..scobienz wrote:I don't understand the issue. To transfer funds to ABA bank you just need your account number and the ABA swift code.
I would go to the Branch and explain in person what you need. . Take someone who can speak khmer with brains with you because undoubtedly there won't be anyone with brains there.
You're right. It's called the intermediary bank. In ABA's case that bank is Standard Chartered in New York. All inbound transfers to ABA come via the intermediary.
My mistake.
My mistake.
The people at ABA are clueless. However, they are slightly less clueless than the people at any of the other half dozen banks i have done business with here.
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i think all the cambodian banks use an intermediary...i know acleda also use standard chartered...from my experience you don't need to know this as it's part of the transfer though it helps to know that they'll take a fair portion of the transfer fee...
couple of months ago when i sent some money to acleda the intermediary took $20 and acleda $10 (international processing) and $1 local...and yes send the money in US$...and yes most of the local staff are clueless with this stuff...
couple of months ago when i sent some money to acleda the intermediary took $20 and acleda $10 (international processing) and $1 local...and yes send the money in US$...and yes most of the local staff are clueless with this stuff...
He's been in his room 35 years...time to let him out!
Just reading about your issue with ABA...we have been trying for 5 weeks to receive a transfer initiated by us from our account o/s and so far it took 2 weeks for them t o admit they did receive cash but cannot find it now after being told it was a customer issue and 40+ calls home to our branch then we had transfer reversed and resent...same thing..cannot find!
Cant customer support to assist..theh dont answer us..cant get issue esculated as that may expose the incompetent service...now waiting for reversal and will just use our bank from homeland and pay extra for withdrawl fees at atm.
We have been in Cambodia for close to 2 years now...we are not the first to have these problems. ..just cannot stand the lies told to cover up mistakes and the huge time wasting exercise. ..not to mention how much this cost us in business and personally. ..especially as we now have a 4 week old in our home..we are almost ready to leave because of the difficulty in accessing our own cash...I know about the anti-laundering laws but this is not an amount that should be flagged nor was it...its plain simple disgraceful service.I was laughed at when I said I was nearly ready to esculate the issue to higher management and told I can do what I liked.
Great service ABA...wont be getting our personal nor business accounts again...really angry but no one is interested in trying to assist...disgusted.
Cant customer support to assist..theh dont answer us..cant get issue esculated as that may expose the incompetent service...now waiting for reversal and will just use our bank from homeland and pay extra for withdrawl fees at atm.
We have been in Cambodia for close to 2 years now...we are not the first to have these problems. ..just cannot stand the lies told to cover up mistakes and the huge time wasting exercise. ..not to mention how much this cost us in business and personally. ..especially as we now have a 4 week old in our home..we are almost ready to leave because of the difficulty in accessing our own cash...I know about the anti-laundering laws but this is not an amount that should be flagged nor was it...its plain simple disgraceful service.I was laughed at when I said I was nearly ready to esculate the issue to higher management and told I can do what I liked.
Great service ABA...wont be getting our personal nor business accounts again...really angry but no one is interested in trying to assist...disgusted.
Further more...they left our branch manager on hold for 2 hours and went home!WTF?!
I receive international SWIFT transfers into my ABA acct monthly, and often make my own SWIFT transfers from personal bank accts in other countries to my ABA acct...NOT once have I experienced any of the issues mentioned in this thread. Provide account name, account number, bank name and address and SWIFT code...done, money is usually received within 1-3 working days.
I'm not a negative person, I encourage people all the time...it's usually to f**k off! But, whatever.
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