Commbank large amount transfers. How do they work
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The Revolut card helps make it easier for travellers to make purchases worldwide. Learn more about the Revolut card, how it works for Australians, and what you should know when signing up.
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Revolut is a digital financial services company for payments, currency exchanges, investing, and more. Founded in 2015, the London-based company supports access to 200 currencies and has over 25 million users.¹
Australians can use a broad suite of Revolut’s products. This includes the Revolut card, international transfers, donations, and online shopping. Revolut also offers Revolut for Business, which can help with global money transfers, payments, and marketplace integrations for companies in Australia.
The Revolut card is a prepaid card where users can top up their account and hold multiple currencies. The card can be issued as a Visa or a Mastercard and be used to shop online, send money abroad, make purchases when travelling, or simply hold currencies.
Through the Revolut app, users can add money in Australian dollars or exchange it into other currencies. When money is spent abroad, the transaction amount is debited from the corresponding currency amount in the account.
The Revolut card is ideal for those travelling, living, working, or spending time abroad. The ease of loading the card and exchanging it into other currencies is even more helpful if you are visiting multiple countries.
A Revolut account is generally convenient for anyone sending money abroad- whether for work or family support. But Australians who travel or spend money abroad - including on foreign websites for shopping- will get the most use out of the card.
The Revolut card can be handy and easy to use, especially when handling multiple currencies. Here are a few features and benefits of using the Revolut card:
The Revolut card also provides additional perks like a Chrome browser extension, round-up change for savings, and rewards for specific plans.
While the Revolut card can be convenient, there are some areas where users can find the card falls short.
The Revolut card in Australia supports many of the world’s most popular currencies. You can hold, send and spend in the following foreign currencies:²
US dollars | British pounds | Euro | Singapore dollars |
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Philippine peso | Emirati dirham | Indian rupees | Nepali rupee |
Turkish lira | Swiss francs | Saudi riyal | Brazilian real |
Canadian dollars | Japanese yen | Egyptian pound | Israeli shekel |
New Zealand dollars | Thai baht | Nepali rupee | Qatari riyal |
To get a Revolut card, you must have a Revolut account. The accounts come in three forms, all of which allow international spending, but each offers different features, perks, limits, and costs. Let’s take a look at each. ³
Revolut’s most basic plan allows for international spending and comes at no cost for opening or maintaining an account. This plan has the most limited features.
The Revolut Premium plan has a monthly fee but extended limits and additional bonus features.
The most expensive of Revolut plans, the Metal plan does come with a unique card and features that are optimised for the frequent traveller or globe trotter.
Read more: Prepaid Debit/Credit Card Australia Compared |
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A Revolut account and card have fees depending on the plan and type of transaction. Here are the main fees you can expect for a Standard Revolut plan and how they compare to the Wise Card in Australia:
Revolut Card* | Wise Card* | |
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Ordering a card | $9.99 or $33.99 delivery fee | $10 |
Monthly maintenance fee | $0 (but between $9.99 or $24.99 for other plans). | You can hold up to 23,000 AUD for free. For amounts over the fee-free holding limit of $23,000 AUD, Wise charges a daily fee of 0.00437% (which comes to 1.6% per year). This fee is charged starting after the 3rd day you have over the fee-free allowance in your balance. More info here. |
Foreign currency transfer fee | 0.30% - 1.50% of the transaction amount. See full list. ⁴ | Starts at 0.41%⁶ |
Digital card available? | Yes. | Yes. |
ATM fees for home and abroad withdrawals | Free up to the plan limit, $350 for standard, then 2% of the transaction amount. | Free below $350 per month and less than 3 withdrawals. Then 1.75% of transactions above the limit and $1.50 per withdrawal. Note: Some additional charges may occur from independent ATM networks. |
International payments fee % for spending 100 AUD in GBP | $0 or 1% on weekends.⁵ | 0.45% + .66% Convert 100 AUD spent in GBP |
*As seen on March 20 2023
Please see Terms of Use and product availability for your region or visit Wise Fees & Pricing for the most up to date pricing and fee information.
Revolut uses the interbank rate. This is the rate banks use between themselves. Revolut has its exchange rate as variable, so it can change.
There can be an additional fee on the exchange rate. For instance, transfers to Thai Baht have an extra 1% fee. ⁷
To open a Revolut card, you must first have an account with Revolut and have downloaded the app. You can find the Revolut app in the iOS or Google play store and sign up directly from the app.
Once you’re set up, here are the steps to getting a Revolut card:⁸
It is free to get a card, but there is a delivery fee of $9.99 per card or $33.99 per card for express delivery within Australia for Standard plans. Premium or Metal plans get a card delivered through express delivery for free.
You can check your card request status under the “Cards” tab on the app.
As long as you are a Revolut account holder, you are eligible to get a Revolut card. Revolut requires regular account holders to be over the age of 18, to provide contact details, and to inform how the account will be used.
Revolut does have a product called Revolut < 18 for account holders below the age of 18. ⁹
The estimated delivery date of your card will be provided when you complete your order. Revolut does not provide real-time tracking of a card if it is standard delivery. However, you can find your expected delivery date if you tap on the “Cards” tab in your app and tap on “Track delivery” on the card you are expecting.
Keep in mind that a virtual card will be available to you once your account is open, in case you don’t want to wait for your physical card to make purchases. The virtual card can be connected to your Apple Pay or Google Pay.
You can load your Revolut account in four ways - a bank transfer, by card, with Apple Pay or Google Pay, or by money sent from another Revolut user. You will need to use the Revolut app to load your account. ¹⁰
The Revolut card can be used in four main ways:
In all cases, you will receive a notification on your phone of the transactions that have been completed with your card.
Remember that the card will need to be delivered in the country where the Revolut account is registered. So if you have opened your Revolut account in Australia, the card must be sent to a delivery address within the country - not abroad. ¹¹
If you’re looking for more information on the Revolut card, you can reach out to the company in a few different ways: ¹²
If you’d prefer mid-market rates when spending money internationally, rather than being tied to a preset rate, and require accounts in multiple currencies, open a Wise Account so you can apply for a Wise debit card instead.
With a Wise Account and card, you can hold 40+ currencies all in one place. When you spend money using your Wise debit card, money will be withdrawn from the money available in your wise account.
Wise’s smart technology ensures that the Wise card only spends from the balance that’ll be fee-free, otherwise it uses the one with the cheapest fee.
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Please see Terms of Use and product availability for your region or visit Wise Fees & Pricing for the most up to date pricing and fee information.
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*Please see terms of use and product availability for your region or visit Wise fees and pricing for the most up to date pricing and fee information.
This publication is provided for general information purposes and does not constitute legal, tax or other professional advice from Wise Payments Limited or its subsidiaries and its affiliates, and it is not intended as a substitute for obtaining advice from a financial advisor or any other professional.
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