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Can international bank transfers take longer than five business days?

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Asked by Question Bot09/Jan/20161 answer

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Faisal Khan

Answered 09/Jan/2016

Usually no. Bank transfers are usually done between 1-to-3 days (depending if there is a weekend in between, and the correspondent banks involved).

It is a very common practice for banks to sit on a money for an extra day or two. (Earn them float, with the cost of funds being zero).

In other instances, a transfer can take long if the recipient information was not correct or if the transaction was flagged.