Wire Transfers and Foreign Payments

How to use an outgoing wire transfer to pay a vendor or other service provider.


A wire transfer is a method of Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) that can be used to pay a person or entity locally or in a foreign country in either US Dollars or a foreign currency.

Wire transfers should primarily be used to pay an international vendor or other service provider. A wire transfer should only be used to pay a domestic (within the USA) vendor or service provider because an ACH is not timely; this should be a one-time solution.

Cost

Type of Payment Amount of Fee
International Wire Transfer in Foreign Currency $0.00 (No Fee)
International Wire Transfer in US Dollars $0.00 (No Fee)
Domestic Wire Transfer in US Dollars $0.00 (No Fee)
ACH Payment (Domestic Only)* $0.00 (No Fee)

*Search the vendor in Workday to see if the default payment method is Automated Clearing House (ACH). If it is, the Outgoing Wire Form is not necessary. If the vendor payment method is not set to ACH, contact acctg@bussvc.wisc.edu to see if it can be set up.

How to complete the payment

Complete the Outgoing Wire form and attach it to the Supplier Invoice Request (SIR), requisition, or expense report as needed.

Access the Outgoing Wire form and instructions

Contact

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Accounting Services
21 N. Park Street
Madison, WI 53715

Contact Accounting Services by phone

(608) 262-5748