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by 02thoeva 1231 days ago
We use Wise but their USD accounts are US-domiciled. So we have 3 options: - Continue paying out to Wise and incur an additional 1% fee (~$30k per year) - Use Stripe for currency conversion which is additional 2% fee (~$60k per year - Find a UK-domiciled USD account to pay out to. Might be possible - no idea really. Need to look into it.
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> Find a UK-domiciled USD account to pay out to. Might be possible - no idea really. Need to look into it.

FWIW one of these was readily available from my existing bank (Barclays) last time I needed one (~10yrs ago). Bit of hoop-jumping to go through, but definitely worth it for $30k/year.

Thanks, we'll speak with Barclays then :)
Won't work. It's easy to get a USD bank with Barclays or other UK banks, but Stripe are still adding this 1% fee to pay out $USD wherever it goes.