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safe and cheap way to send money from canada to south america
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the catch with any exchange service is that you're going to involve some sort of business and they're going to want to get paid for their service. these services all come with their own exchange rates, fees, waiting periods, or requirements to even use said service. commonly, pros towards one of those comes at the cost of another— e.g. fast transfers have higher fees or worse exchange rates. over the past few months i needed a service and ended up using usforex. since you're going from cad to usd, you'd likely need to use canadianforex. pros:  cons:  overall, this option was far better than the $97.00 i was quoted from westernunion; or the $25.00-45.00 i was quoted from bmo harris, which would have required i open a saving account with them. i wasn't provided a clean exchange rate between these two to know how all three compared. the only bit of advice i can say with any service is compare exchange rates. if you're transferring more than a few hundred dollars, the exchange rate can be seen as a "hidden" fee when it's unreasonably low. i'm not affiliated with or accommodated by any of the exchange services mentioned.
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