Originally Posted by Matyko

Hi All,

As a European webmaster I need to ask for your help regarding the recently growing issue about getting paid by US companies. I live in Hungary, and here, since approx 6 months ago the banks stopped taking/cashing US checks.. Earlier I was able to cash them, however it was always a struggle, because of the bad exchange rates and very long time to complete the transactions (it usually took 3-4 weeks until the money appeared on my bank account). I am aware that other EU/nearby countries have issues with cashing checks And getting international wires.

Payoneer might be OK, but they say that I can withdraw money to my bank account from only certain funding sources..

Maybe I need to open a US bank account for my hungarian company and ask domestic wire there, than move that money to my hungarian bank account?

The only solution I can think about is to ask the domestic wire to a reliable 'exchanger' [Roby or Chosen] and than get a wire from them to the bank account of my company.. But in this case what shall I say to my accountant? The money is not coming directly from the company I am working with....

Anyone has a good/affordable solution?

Thank You for the cooperation / advices in advance!