# What is the quickest means of transfering funds online?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 22, 2008, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-quickest-means-of-transfering-funds-online/464752 "2008-09-22T23:03:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-quickest-means-of-transfering-funds-online/464752/1 "2008-09-22T23:03:12Z")

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I want to send a small amount of money from Ireland to the US. Using Paypal I have to wait at least four days for my credit card to be activated before I can transfer funds. Is there any quicker means?

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**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-quickest-means-of-transfering-funds-online/464752/2 "2008-09-23T00:17:44Z")

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[Western Union](http://www.westernunion.com/info/selectCountry.asp)?

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-quickest-means-of-transfering-funds-online/464752/3 "2008-09-23T00:31:01Z")

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[Wire transfer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_transfer).