Deel asks for a CCI, and your app shows a different number
The withdrawal form asks for twenty digits and your banking app shows a shorter number. Which one goes in, and why the currency of the account is a…
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Living between two countries, explained
Clear guides on paperwork, money and security for people who moved from Latin America to Europe. Written by the team that runs the platform.
In Colombia an account number is not enough
Deel's form asks for the number, but in Colombia a payment needs four details to land. The one that bounces most is the account type.
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The CBU you saved in Deel decides what lands
The payment leaves Deel and the last leg is a local one. What you saved as the destination, CBU, CVU or alias, and whose name is on it, decides what…
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They ask for your SWIFT code and you cannot find it
Forms call it SWIFT or BIC and ask for the same field. That code identifies the institution, not your account, and the right one comes in writing…
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Getting paid from Payoneer: the currency is set before you withdraw
The balance shows up in a currency you did not always choose. The withdraw button did not decide it: you did, when you handed your receiving details…
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You get paid in euros, and back home the rent is due
Payroll lands on one date and the expense back home falls due on another. Between those two dates is where the amount that arrives gets decided, and…
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Getting paid from Fiverr: from a dollar balance to your local account
Fiverr counts in dollars, you spend in euros and your family receives in local currency. Between the gig price and your account sit an advertised…
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Getting paid from Upwork: from available balance to your local account
The client approved and there is a number on your profile. That number is not your money yet: it goes through three states, and between the last one…
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Paid through Deel: what happens between «paid» and your account
The invoice says «paid» and the money is nowhere. The leg that decides speed and final amount is not the company payment: it is the withdrawal you…
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The hardest part of your first year abroad is almost never the money
We asked on Instagram and we are still reading the answers. From the support side we see something similar: money is almost never the main problem,…
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Converting your salary to pesos does not tell you if you are better off
We all run the same numbers on arrival: salary times exchange rate, then send that figure to the family chat. It is the least informative…
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Latino students in Europe: how family money reaches you without getting held
Your parents send your monthly money and it ends up under review. It happens a lot, almost always for the same reason, and two details fix it.
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