Cheapest way to get cash

[elalancito]

Unless things have changed with Xoom in the past two years (do they still work with Latin Express & Banco Frances ?), you can cash in USD only at Banco Frances and a DNI will be required (passport = no).

Oops, my wife picked up the US$ cash at a Banco Francés using her DNI (we both have DNIs). We did this transfer with Xoom in early August 2011. I believe they also accept passports now as ID according to the instructions on their web site.

 

[g_c]

i opened a bank account two weeks ago just with my foreign passport. who says you can't bank locally?

 

[El Duderino]

I want to set up a Charles Schwab checking account, but how difficult is it to get the card sent here? Is it even possible? I have an apartment, but the only thing I've ever gotten sent here was a postcard from Spain and it took a month.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

 

[PhilipDT]

I get mail here all the time from the states. Snail mail is usually a week to a week and a half. FedEx can be 3 days.

 

[legilber]

Western union is now trying to charge $25 for a transaction. Their exchage rate is still good though 4.19 instead of 4.20 which is the rate online. So, what´s your opinions on wiring money to my boyfriends account?

Or another quick, easy way to get cash?

 

[demokritos]

Who says you can't bank locally...pretty much everyone except you!

Please do tell...what bank allowed this?

It's been a few years... But I opened an account at Banco de la Nacion in 2007, only had a CDI at the time, but I'm not sure that was even required – I think I just needed my passport. Thought I'd use it, ended up just letting it die due to the 15 peso/month (something like that) monthly fee. I do remember that at the time it seemed like they were one of the only banks that would let me do this, but I remember that Citibank did as well. Have the laws changed since?

 

[starlucia]

I want to set up a Charles Schwab checking account, but how difficult is it to get the card sent here? Is it even possible? I have an apartment, but the only thing I've ever gotten sent here was a postcard from Spain and it took a month.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Give them a call and ask. I opened my Schwab account about a week before leaving for Argentina, and wasn't sure my card would arrive in time -- they mentioned being able to overnight the card to either my U.S. address or my Argentine one, as long as I sent a written request. As a heads up, I initially received conflicting information about using the card abroad -- the first guy said the bank would block overseas activity on a card less than a few months old, while the second guy said that was hooey (as it turns out, I was able to start using my 2-day-old card in Argentina without problem.)