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hcrabtree
Joined 2015
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JEP US Check Policy

7 years ago

Buenas tardes,
Went to JEP today to deposit a US check to my account instead of doing a wire transfer (to avoid wire fee). Found out that there is a fee now since they deposit US checks through Banco del Pichincha. Giovanna said the fee is the same as wire transfers, so we may as well do a wire since we will have faster access to the money (2-3 days instead of 3 weeks for a check).
I also found out that with the Investor Checking, you can do an international wire with Charles Schwab for $25 instead of paying $45 to do a wire through Wells Fargo. Hope this info is helpful to everyone.

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