US account with UK card

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Hi All,

Newbie to this forum.

I have a refgular UK Monzo account. I work on a cruise ship in the US, and I’m paid to a US-based company debit card (managed byOnbe, who were North Lane, who were Wirecard.) Using a Global deposit option on the US bank’s website, I can transfer money to my other UK account (Santander), but it takes FIVE DAYS. I could fly it there quicker by carrier pigeon! Predictably, if I were to transfer my salary to a US bank, it would be done the same day.

Is it possible to open a US Monzo account, which will allow me to transfer my salary on the same day?

Thanks

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If you have a US taxpayer number, you will probably be able to open a US Monzo account. However, there is no direct way to transfer funds from a US Monzo account to a UK one (even though you can view them both in the same app).

You are probably better off opening a Wise Multi-Currency account. This will give you both US bank details and UK bank details, and transfers between currencies are quick (close to instantaneous). So you can transfer from US bank > Wise > convert to GBP in Wise > transfer to Monzo (or other UK bank).

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Sorry to beat this drum again (I’m aware I may sometimes sound like a broken record on this forum):

This, like the much-discussed cheque imaging, is another example of Monzo half-arsing something that they offer, leading forumites (and sometimes Monzo themselves) to recommend you go with a competitor to get a fuller service.

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I don’t think it is really. A US account with a UK card seems quite a niche request. Do other banks offer that?

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If that reply is directed to me, I wasn’t referring to that part of @jzw95 's reply, I was referring to the difficulty of transferring cash between US and UK accounts that you can see in the same app/web interface, something that you could do with greater ease in e.g. HSBC’s Global View.

Sorry if I didn’t make that clear.

I cannot answer your question re: cards.

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Also, like HSBC, Monzo (offering accounts in both countries) is in a position to offer this niche feature, which would act as a differentiator for their offering so may be worth developing.

I appreciate that the number of interested users would probably be small, but probably not hugely small.

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I need you help :slight_smile: I also work on a cruise ship.
I have tried and tried and tried to transfer my money from Northlane using their global deposit sysyem, but I am getting nowhere. I also have Santander as my UK Bank Account. I just cannot add an account on teh Northlane portal to allow me to do this.
Did you have to use Iban / Swift codes etc
I would really appreciate your help.
Northlane customer services are hopeless!
Thnak you Violet

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This is hard to answer without knowing what the Northlane system is asking from you.