Wire transfer is the fastest mode of receiving money in your Discover Bank account. You can receive money from within USA (Domestic Wire Transfers) or from a foreign country (International wire transfer). The transaction is initiated by the sender through a financial institution, however, you need to provide your banking details to the sender for successful transfer of money.
International wire transfer is one of the fastest way to receive money from foreign countries. Banks use SWIFT network for exchanging messages required for performing international wire transfer. Usually, the receiving bank (in USA) and the sending bank (in other country) need to have a direct arrangement in place to start the swift transfer. Small banks and credit unions generally don’t have this arrangement, so they use services of an intermediary bank (correspondent banks) which have this arrangement to realize the wire transfer. Intermediary banks are usually big multinational banks which have working arrangements with many top banks across the world.
Note: Banks in USA don’t use IBAN account number.
Discover Bank doesn’t have a swift code and so it might not be able to receive the transfers directly. However, you can still receive the wire funds in your account. The sender’s international financial institution will have a corresponding bank in the U.S. they can wire to, which will forward the funds to Discover Bank via domestic transfer using routing number. The instructions will be something like this:
| Wire to: | The Bank of New York Mellon |
| Swift Code: | IRVTUS3N |
| ABA/Routing Number: | 043000261 |
| Address: | #3 Mellon Bank Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15258 |
| Beneficiary Bank: | Discover Bank |
| Beneficiary Bank Account Number: | 9914394 |
| Beneficiary Bank Address: | 502 Market Street, Greenwood DE 19950 |
| For Further Credit to: | Your Name, Address and Account Number |
Note of Caution on Fees: If your money transfer involves currency conversion, there is a high chance you will get a poor exchange rate from the banks and as a result pay high hidden fees. We recommend services like TransferWise for getting best conversion rates and lower wire transfer fees.
Domestic wire transfers are run through either the Fedwire system or the Clearing House Interbank Payments System (CHIPS). Wire transfers are different from ACH transfers. Wire transfers are real time transfers (receiver usually get the money, same day) and costs more than ACH transfer (which takes 2-4 days for transfer of money).
You can receive funds to your Discover Bank account from any bank within USA using domestic wire transfer. You need to provide the following details to sender of the funds who will initiate the domestic wire transfer through his/her financial institution.
| Bank Name: | Discover Bank |
| Routing Number: | 031100649 |
| Account Holder Name: | Your Name |
| Account Number: | Your Bank Account Number |
| Bank Address, with City & State: | Discover Bank 502 Market Street, Greenwood DE 19950 (regardless of where your account is located) |
International and Domestic Wire Transfer Fees for Discover Bank are as follows:
| International | Incoming | $0 for each transaction |
| Outgoing | $30 for each transaction | |
| Domestic | Incoming | $0 for each transaction |
| Outgoing | $30 for each transaction |
Apart from the wire transfer fees, if the transfer involves currency conversion, banks make money on currency conversion as well by giving retail conversion rates to you which is usually 1-2% lower than the market rate. We recommend using services like TransferWise for getting best conversion rates with lower wire transfer fees.
To transfer funds to an International/Domestic account from your Discover Bank account, you need to fill Domestic Wire Transfer Request Form or International Wire Transfer Request Form
Note: For international wires requested after Discover Bank daily cut-off time, due to fluctuations in the foreign exchange rates, international wire transfers for amounts other than U.S. currency will be estimated and processed on the next business day at the foreign exchange rate valid at that time.