Wire Question
 

I am trying to set up my wire info for a sponsor. I am in Canada and the sponsor is in the States.

They are asking for an ABA#. Anyone know what I would put in this field? I have my transit #, institution #, branch #, account # but no ABA#.

Thanks

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ABA = "Amp's Bank Account"

I think you get that number from your bank

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That's good!

ABA is your routing number (bank and branch number)

the ABA number is the American Banking Association number identifying your bank in the FedWire network.

Its 9 digits and if you don't know it, search your bank on the Net. Most of them have a page with wire info on it.

You mean Institution # and branch #?

I'm in Canada.

Half the banks out there don't have employees who understand wires. If you are wiring to the states then the ABA is the same as the routing number -- if you are wiring outside the states then usually you would use the SWIFT code -- which US banks I believe also have, but don't use much since ABA is commonly used.

Check with your sponsor and see if they consider ABA to be the same as SWIFT, that may be what they are looking for -- or ask your bank to print out the wire info they give clients with inbound wires and fax it to your sponsor -- their accting dept should be able to figure out --

Thanks KimmyKim. :Graucho

I thought this post was gonna be a question about me.
WG

Most every major foreign bank has a corresponding clearing bank in the US.

Otherwise it would be hard to cash checks from outside the US here.

What's your bank. I'll find it for you.

You have icq? add me 166662831

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Here you go with the wiring instructions..

The Aba is also known as the transit #.

If you need to send a wire call the recieving bank and ask for the Aba #. Dont be surprised if they give you transit #..Its the same thing.
You will also need the wiring dept addess. Not necessarily the branches #.

Let me know if u need more info.. Ill be glad to help you.

No problem sweetie, when are you coming to see me? I need my face licked ;)

Interestingly enough, my girl at B of A who handles my wires to Curacao was on vacation a few weeks ago... so the branch manager was doing wires. I call in the amount, tell them I will be by to sign (since B of A was in the process of issuing new EFT paperwork I was still having to go in and sign all wires out)... so I get to the bank and they are clueless.

Seems that B of A changed some things in their system, including backing up the wire cutoff time daily without notifying anyone, and the old address of Curacao, NA was now pointing to Namibia.

So everyone at the bank that day was 20 questions about where, what, how do you pronounce Curacao... finally we figured out that the NA was now AN in the B of A system and got it out... late.

Wire transfers are not that common at the smaller branches of most banks -- so it's not unusual for the staff to have trouble with them, much less someone who's sending or receiving a wire where you have intermediary, beneficiary, aba, swift, multiple account numbers etc in order to do a transfer, and some of them just dont get the transfer part at all..

:Graucho Pronto

I will leave the light on then, just don't knock the crutches over when you come in the door ;)

Took me 45 minutes and 6 reps over the phone to get my SWIFT shit from my bank

"Swipt? Swoosh? Your routing number? Spliff?.... whats a swift?"