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Re: Best way to send money to Ukraine
« Reply #25 on: February 22, 2017, 12:53:22 AM »
I agree it would be foolish to send money to a woman you have never met. Then again, I did do that one time. But I was buying a house from her and it was handled by an Escrow/Title Company so it worked out. :)

Thanks for the advice. Even though I suspect the amount is going to be less than a couple thousand all together, I still like the idea of using a bank account to which she has access. I spoke with two different Customer Service Reps at CitiBank, both of whom stated there are no branches in Ukraine.

Ah a Customer Service Rep, is that someone so incompetent that thy can not even clean bathrooms.

Trust me they have a branch in Kiev ~ if you go to Citibank's web site and type in Citibank/Ukraine it leads you there own page. But there may be a problem in that they are strictly a commercial bank in Ukraine. But there Debit/Credit card should work there.

An employee of mine has an incomplete W2 (we moved salary processing firms) upon calling a Customer Representative at said firm it was explained that the W2 was generated by the (IRS) government and to call them.  >:( WTF!   I decided it was best if I hung up went for a short walk and than try again.

Since Citibank is a Russian bank, they could have closed shop in Ukraine and simply not updated their website yet...
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Re: Best way to send money to Ukraine
« Reply #26 on: February 22, 2017, 01:36:36 AM »
I agree it would be foolish to send money to a woman you have never met. Then again, I did do that one time. But I was buying a house from her and it was handled by an Escrow/Title Company so it worked out. :)

Thanks for the advice. Even though I suspect the amount is going to be less than a couple thousand all together, I still like the idea of using a bank account to which she has access. I spoke with two different Customer Service Reps at CitiBank, both of whom stated there are no branches in Ukraine.

Ah a Customer Service Rep, is that someone so incompetent that thy can not even clean bathrooms.

Trust me they have a branch in Kiev ~ if you go to Citibank's web site and type in Citibank/Ukraine it leads you there own page. But there may be a problem in that they are strictly a commercial bank in Ukraine. But there Debit/Credit card should work there.

An employee of mine has an incomplete W2 (we moved salary processing firms) upon calling a Customer Representative at said firm it was explained that the W2 was generated by the (IRS) government and to call them.  >:( WTF!   I decided it was best if I hung up went for a short walk and than try again.

Since Citibank is a Russian bank, they could have closed shop in Ukraine and simply not updated their website yet...

What??

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citibank

Always was a US bank...
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Re: Best way to send money to Ukraine
« Reply #27 on: February 22, 2017, 01:40:58 AM »
What??

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citibank

Always was a US bank...
I got Alfa-bank and Citi mixed up... dunno why they don't even look the same in name.
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Re: Best way to send money to Ukraine
« Reply #28 on: February 22, 2017, 01:57:40 AM »
What??

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citibank

Always was a US bank...
I got Alfa-bank and Citi mixed up... dunno why they don't even look the same in name.

Dyslexia, is it spreading?  :chuckle:
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Re: Best way to send money to Ukraine
« Reply #29 on: February 22, 2017, 05:02:24 PM »
What??

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citibank

Always was a US bank...
I got Alfa-bank and Citi mixed up... dunno why they don't even look the same in name.

Maybe you were thinking about current events?

http://fortune.com/2016/11/02/donald-trump-alfa-bank/
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http://alfabank.com/ukraine/
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Re: Best way to send money to Ukraine
« Reply #30 on: April 05, 2018, 04:46:47 PM »
I do not qualify for membership because of location, but I have been in that part of Philly.   :innocent:

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