Western Union money transfer

[LuckyLuke]

Western Union owns Pago Facil.

It makes no difference. Your Western Union account as an American tourist traveling overseas has nothing to do with your Argentine Pago Facil account.

 

[steveinbsas]

It makes no difference. Your Western Union account as an American tourist traveling overseas has nothing to do with your Argentine Pago Facil account.

To be clear, I was asked to provide the declaración jurada as the recipient of the funds in Argentina. I could have used either a US passport or an Argentine DNI as a form of identification, but, in either case I still had to complete and send the form to Pago Facil in Argentina. I identifided myself as the sender of the funds (because obviously I am), but even if someone else was sending the funds to me, I still would have been required to submit the form (which is supposed to be good for at least a year, if not fifteen months).

 

[LuckyLuke]

To be clear, I was asked to provide the declaración jurada as the recipient of the funds in Argentina. I could have used either a US passport or an Argentine DNI as a form of identification, but, in either case I still had to complete and send the form to Pago Facil in Argentina. I identifided myself as the sender of the funds (because obviously I am), but even if someone else was sending the funds to me, I still would have been required to submit the form (which is supposed to be good for at least a year, if not fifteen months).

It's my understanding that the declaracion jurada is only for processing a direct to bank transfer thereby requiring your Western Union USA to comply with Western Union Argentina requirements. You can still receive cash transfers for agent pick up regardless and walk that cash to your local bank if Western Union Argentina is giving you problems.

 

[steveinbsas]

Just checked my account and the transfer has been credited.

 

[MrMojoRising]

Hi all! Anybody had or having any issues sending the Pago Facul declaracion jurada form lately? I've been trying for a couple of weeks, but the webpage constantly crashes. Any tips or ideas for a solution welcome. Cheers!

 

[Filipo]

I can't make sense out of your statement here. Pago Facil is not Western Union. You can do a Western Union transfer to a Western Union branch, and extract cash. These branches often also are Pago Facil branches. ...

I just wanted to know from others which experiences they have with different providers to send money to Argentina, no matter if it makes sense to you or not. Anyway I will explain. As I mentioned before, for some countries WU has special offers where sending money to a PagoFacil waltet costs only a fraction of the fees of bank deposit or cache pick-up, resulting in a much lower net conversion rate. Without or with very low fees, WU has the best rate I found, but including fees it's not (always) the case.

 

[Rich One]

I just wanted to know from others which experiences they have with different providers to send money to Argentina, no matter if it makes sense to you or not. Anyway I will explain. As I mentioned before, for some countries WU has special offers where sending money to a PagoFacil waltet costs only a fraction of the fees of bank deposit or cache pick-up, resulting in a much lower net conversion rate. Without or with very low fees, WU has the best rate I found, but including fees it's not (always) the case.

WU owns Pago Facil since 2006

Western Union completó la adquisición de Pago Fácil

La empresa de transferencias de dinero se quedó con la totalidad de la compañía más importante en cobros en efectivo de servicios públicos del país

www.infobae.com

Google translate

"Western Union's acquisition of 100% of Pago Fácil (SEPSA) represents the culmination of a long and strong relationship between the two companies. Since Pago Fácil's founding in 1993, Western Union has held a 25% stake in the company."

 

[LuckyLuke]

I just wanted to know from others which experiences they have with different providers to send money to Argentina, no matter if it makes sense to you or not. Anyway I will explain. As I mentioned before, for some countries WU has special offers where sending money to a PagoFacil waltet costs only a fraction of the fees of bank deposit or cache pick-up, resulting in a much lower net conversion rate. Without or with very low fees, WU has the best rate I found, but including fees it's not (always) the case.

I hear you, but unfortunately that's not been my experience down here. Not only can Pago Facil charge you to transfer the funds to their payment network but you also effectively blanqueo the funds too by not taking the cash instead. Eventually you may also incur ingreso bruto retenciones (tax withholdings) from your PagoFacil account if you are not already on a tax regimen thanks to the new Billete virtual tax.

 

[jantango]

Does anyone know if it's a problem receiving western union cash with an expired passport ?

I know the people working there won't care but if something comes up on their computer or whatever

When I wanted to transfer a larger amount to myself, the system prevented it because of my expired US passport. I had no problem transferring $500.

I have paid the WU transfer fee for years. I've started using my VISA debit card for local purchases.

 

[Konner_Long]

Hi all.
Just a quick question. What are the fees that you guys are paying to send via WU usa? Is sending to pagofacil wallet cheaper than to a bank account?

Interested to see what you guys are paying.