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PayPal: currency conversion with no fees
Thread poster: Dawid Mazela, MA, MCIL
Cristina Crişan
Cristina Crişan  Identity Verified
Romania
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English to Romanian
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TransferWise Oct 13, 2018

I have a borderless account and also customers who use TW to pay me directly into my local bank account, but for some of my customers PayPal works best.
So far, I only used my PayPal balance for shopping (an electric scooter just days ago!) and donations, but now that I have my USD card I might also withdraw money in the future.
I don't let PayPal convert my money. My customers pay me in USD, my main currency is set to USD and I only plan to withdraw to my USD card.
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I have a borderless account and also customers who use TW to pay me directly into my local bank account, but for some of my customers PayPal works best.
So far, I only used my PayPal balance for shopping (an electric scooter just days ago!) and donations, but now that I have my USD card I might also withdraw money in the future.
I don't let PayPal convert my money. My customers pay me in USD, my main currency is set to USD and I only plan to withdraw to my USD card.
PayPal will get USD 2.5 per withdrawal.
I can live with that.



[Edited at 2018-10-14 05:41 GMT] ▲ Collapse
 
James Carry
James Carry
India
Hindi to English
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PayPal Alternatives to use Dec 18, 2020

Cristina Crişan wrote:

I have a borderless account and also customers who use TW to pay me directly into my local bank account, but for some of my customers PayPal works best.
So far, I only used my PayPal balance for shopping (an electric scooter just days ago!) and donations, but now that I have my USD card I might also withdraw money in the future.
I don't let PayPal convert my money. My customers pay me in USD, my main currency is set to USD and I only plan to withdraw to my USD card.
PayPal will get USD 2.5 per withdrawal.
I can live with that.



[Edited at 2018-10-14 05:41 GMT]


I've been using PayPal all my life. Recently, I came across a website which provides you with tonnes of information about PayPal and and its alternative, here is the link for the same: https://ppcurrencyconverter.com/paypal-alternatives

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