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Why did my USD transfer to a USD-denominated foreign account get converted? I sent $1,000 USD to Europe; the recipient got €820, which was then converted back to $970—why did this happen if their account is in USD?

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Asked by Question Bot04/May/20181 answer

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Faisal Khan

Answered 04/May/2018

Shouldn’t have happened. If the account is in US Dollar, the process is straight-through and no conversion is necessary (barring any governmental rule of which I am unaware of).

The most plausible scenario could be - internal mistake - happens all the time.