Elon Musk’s X Still Down in Brazil After Company Sends $5.2 Million Fine to Wrong Bank - eviltoast
X, formerly known as Twitter, has yet to be restored in Brazil because the company sent its $5.24 million fine to the wrong financial institution. Brazil's Supreme Court made the revelation on Friday and will delay its decision on whether to restore X in the country. The beleaguered social media platform was shuttered in the
  • jungle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    Ah, that’s a different ball game all together. Is that even possible? Last time I tried I had to wire to a US account that my Argentinian bank has in the US and they somehow transferred the money to my account. Still, it took a couple of days and it worked without a hitch.

    • jagged_circle@feddit.nlEnglish
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      2 hours ago

      Usually the process is:

      1. Go to SA bank. Be very clear about all of the data fields that my bank is asking me, and ask them to tell me EXACTLY what to enter. Get assurance that anything is fine.
      2. Send transfer
      3. Get transfer back to my bank
      4. Call my bank and ask what went wrong. They blame SA bank
      5. Call SA bank and ask what went wrong. They blame other bank and tell me that something they told me was wrong, and maybe I should try changing X from Y.
      6. GOTO 2 about 4 more times until it finally goes through.
      • jungle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 hour ago

        Yeah, I’m not surprised. I didn’t think it was even possible. Whenever I have to transfer money to my bank account in Argentina I use crypto. Much easier. That one time that I used an intermediary US account I had no other option, never tried that again.