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how long does it take for money to transfer into a mastercard?
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in a nutshell, as long as they (sparkasse) choose to. i work with banks where it happens the moment i submit the transaction (so the next screen already shows the new totals), and i work with banks that make it take 3 days. in the past, sparkasse and raifeissenkassen were especially famous to take a looong time ('wir nehmen mehr als geld und zinsen...' - they supposedly work with the money inbetween, as it is gone from the source account but not arrived in the target account yet); that might have changed (or not). probably sparkasse has a statement in their fineprint on how long they make it take. i would expect one business day in today's environment, but i didn't look it up.
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