wire transfer
noun
: a transfer of funds (as from one bank account to another) by electronic or formerly by telegraphic means
… has steadily built alliances with financial-service providers … enabling it to offer services such as bargain-priced money orders and wire transfers.—
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Anyone who has made a payment should contact their bank immediately to attempt to reverse any fraudulent wire transfers.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
The exception is Oklahoma, which in 2009 passed a tax on remittances: a $5 fee on any wire transfer under $500 and 1% on any amount in excess of $500.
—Fatima Hussein, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
The settlement divides the $700 million equally between Bristol Myers Squibb and Sanofi, with the funds to be paid by wire transfer by June 9, the attorney general's office said.
—CBS News, 10 May 2025
In one elaborate scheme, fraudsters posing as hospital staff claim victims' identities are linked to Chinese crime rings, then transfer calls to fake police demanding wire transfers, complete with fake IDs and encrypted app requests.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
The exception is Oklahoma, which in 2009 passed a tax on remittances: a $5 fee on any wire transfer under $500 and 1% on any amount in excess of $500.
—Fatima Hussein, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
The settlement divides the $700 million equally between Bristol Myers Squibb and Sanofi, with the funds to be paid by wire transfer by June 9, the attorney general's office said.
—CBS News, 10 May 2025
In one elaborate scheme, fraudsters posing as hospital staff claim victims' identities are linked to Chinese crime rings, then transfer calls to fake police demanding wire transfers, complete with fake IDs and encrypted app requests.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wire transfer
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“Wire transfer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wire%20transfer. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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