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International transfers and PayPal

In 2026, when paying Hanna and Sean for their visit it was a whole big show about getting them paid.

International transfers outside Europe, shows to be a real mess, when it comes to Lån & Spar.

Conclusions (important!)

  • Try to avoid using Lån & Spar for international transfers to the US.
  • Try to use PayPal instead. Or perhaps Pleo?
  • Start with a transaction of 100 USD, to see that they land on the other side first, since we did experience money disappearing. And since Lån & Spar has a 14 days response time, – recalling the money can be a very time-consuming thing (if it’s even possible).

Clearing code

There is something called a ‘Clearing code’, which I still don’t understand.

Upon talking to Hanna and Sean, I can understand that they say that some banks don’t have it (or need it).
We also experienced where the Clearing code didn’t start with ‘FW’ as shown in Lån & Space:

En bankformular på en hjemmeside beder om oplysninger om modtageren, herunder en bankkode. Røde kommentarer bemærker, at bankkodeformatet adskiller sig fra routingnummeret, og sætter spørgsmålstegn ved, om feltet skal være tomt.

PayPal

Login: kasserer@swingshoes.dk

Zeth has access currently.