Remitly as payment/credit method

[Nescolet 2]

Hello, I have been introduced to Remitly, (https://www.remitly.com) which is like Paypal and Skrill but has much better integration with local banks outside US, making it easier and simpler to transfer funds directly to bank account without having to transfer to a debit card first. Let me suggest to Linden Labs to add the option to add a Remitly account to our "Payment methods" so we can transfer money into an account in their service. Pretty please!

Edited August 10, 2018 by Nescolet
minor correction

[Rolig Loon 22,410]

If you have a suggestion for a new feature or service, submit it as a JIRA report.  That is the only way to make a formal request to LL.

[Nescolet 2]

Ok, but it is also helpful to say this here so other people can get to know there is that service. I have posted the Feature Request to JIRA so if you are interested in having this option taken into account please vote for it: https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/BUG-225255

Edited August 10, 2018 by Nescolet

[Rolig Loon 22,410]

Thank you. It's good to get thoughtful ideas in the JIRA pipeline.  Anyone else who is interested should understand that Linden Lab does not pay attention to "votes" in the JIRA but does take all additional information into account in evaluating concerns.  

[Lindal Kidd 12,215]

If you use PayPal and link it to a RL bank account, you don't have to go through an intermediate "debit card" step.

[Nescolet 2]

2 minutes ago, Lindal Kidd said:

If you use PayPal and link it to a RL bank account, you don't have to go through an intermediate "debit card" step.

That only works for bank accounts inside US. I said Remitly has much better support for banks outside US.

Edited August 11, 2018 by Nescolet
spelling correction

[Jules Catlyn 614]

2 hours ago, Nescolet said:

That only works for bank accounts inside US. I said Remitly has much better support for banks outside US.

I live in the Netherlands and my bank account is supported just fine by Paypal. Plus they even have a Dutch contactnumber with a very helpful supportdesk.

Edited August 11, 2018 by Jules Catlyn

[Nescolet 2]

10 minutes ago, Jules Catlyn said:

I live in the Netherlands and my bank account is supported just fine by Paypal. Plus they even have a Dutch contactnumber with a very helpful supportdesk.

That's not the case in my country. No local bank supported by Paypal and no local contact number.

[Alwin Alcott 5,644]

2 hours ago, Nescolet said:

That only works for bank accounts inside US. I said Remitly has much better support for banks outside US.

simply not reflecting reality, when something is better for you, doesn't mean it's better for all of the world.

If you would post where you are, it would bring perhaps some more clearness.

[Nescolet 2]

19 minutes ago, Alwin Alcott said:

simply not reflecting reality, when something is better for you, doesn't mean it's better for all of the world.

If you would post where you are, it would bring perhaps some more clearness.

Alwin, I don't care about your specific reality and your view of reality as a whole. I never said Remitly will be better for "all the world"! It will be better for all the countries where Paypal does not support local bank accounts. It is not relevant for this matter to say where I am.

[Jules Catlyn 614]

I just did a little Googling and the number of countries it seems to be available in is very limited.

 

[Nescolet 2]

7 minutes ago, Jules Catlyn said:

I just did a little Googling and the number of countries it seems to be available in is very limited.

 

It's available in my country. That's enough interesting for me to propose it as an alternative to Paypal

[LittleMe Jewell 22,702]

On 8/11/2018 at 4:20 PM, Nescolet said:

 

On 8/11/2018 at 4:12 PM, Jules Catlyn said:

I just did a little Googling and the number of countries it seems to be available in is very limited.

 

It's available in my country. That's enough interesting for me to propose it as an alternative to Paypal

If there are a very limited number of countries that it is available in, the change request has a much smaller chance of happening.  LL is not likely to spend time on setting up another billing method if the chance of it gaining them anything doesn't outweigh the costs of the development.

Who knows, maybe you'll get lucky.

Edited August 15, 2018 by LittleMe Jewell