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Friday, August 5, 2011
August 5, 2011 – Adventures in Banking
Fortunately I can testify that banking in Switzerland seems
to be easier than Swiss/US taxes. Oh
hell, EVEREYTHING is easier than taxes.
We decided to transfer some cash from Switzerland to the US. You can’t do this online. Oh fine I am sure “someone” can, I can’t. First off it’s too scary an idea that I might
screw something up and have cash mysteriously disappear into the world wide
web. Second, well there isn’t a second…
the 1st bullet is plenty. Now
the nice thing is I called our bank in the US and they were helpful in giving
me the information that the Swiss bank would need to transfer the funds. Then I went to the Swiss bank with my “SWIFT
numbers in hand. I haven’t got a clue
what a “swift” number is except that I hope it means that the money will make
it to its correct destination swiftly and that is does not mean “Shit We
Incinerated your Funds Transfer.” I
still have some fear around this transaction because the Swiss Bank said it
takes about a week for the cash to appear.
Um, isn’t this all handled by computer?
I can send an email from here to the US and it arrives within minutes….
I’m willing to say it would take a day to get the paperwork complete but do
they hire someone to fill a suitcase with money and carry it to the US?
Copyright © C.A. Bailey 2010 - 2011, All Rights Reserved.
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