You will have to do little bit of work to get a MoneyBookers or MB account. Once your account is fully activated, you can then get your money from freelance sites with just few clicks. Making an account is not difficult: adding bank accounts can create problems.
So open MoneyBookers.com And signup for a new account. Remember to put all valid information in your account at MB. You should never enter any information that is incorrect or incomplete. The address you will add should be complete and correct. Your data of birth needs to be accurate. Just enter all legit information and you will be just fine.
After you successfully make a account at MB, you then have to click on your address in your MB profile. You will see a option to verify your postal address. Many people do not verify the address when they make the account. And when [after few days or few weeks] they try to request MB to send their money to their bank account: at that time they get a message that their postal address is not verified. Therefore they cannot request any withdrawals until they verify the postal address.
So remember to click on verify link in your MB profile as soon as you create your account. Now you need to add your bank account in your MB account. You can add any bank account in MB as long as that bank is directly connected to SWIFT.
NOTE: some banks are not connected directly to SWIFT network. That is: they use a swift code of some other major bank. In that case you cannot add your bank account to MB. I suggest if you get the SWIFT code directly from your bank then you first go to the SWIFT directory and check if the SWIFT code belongs to your own bank or not. Link to SWIFT directory is given below.
You can call your bank and ask them to give you their SWIFT code. The preferable way to get the SWIFT code is to go here
SWIFT Directory
You will see two boxes: the second one is where you can search by Institution keyword, city and country. You will use this box to search for your bank SWIFT code [BIC code].
There are three fields: the first one is Institution keyword. Here you can enter the bank name where you currently have a account. The second one is City and then country.
First you will search for the bank where you currently have a account. So enter its name in the Institution keyword field. And then enter your city and country names and then click on search. Now see if your bank comes in the search result then it will mean that your bank is connected directly to SWIFT Network. Also make sure that the color shown on the left hand side of the search results is Dark Blue. Dark blue color indicates that the bank is connected to the SWIFT network.
If your search brings no banks in the results then try to search for some other banks in your city. If you find a bank that is connected to SWIFT then you will have to make a account in that bank.
In case you find no bank in your city which is directly connected to SWIFT then you will have to search for the banks in your country that are connected to SWIFT. In the Institution keyword field enter any bank name. Leave the city field blank. That is: do not enter any city name in this search. Select your country and then hit search. You should see a list of banks that have SWIFT code. These banks will be located at different cities in your country.
If you have no other way to get your money from freelance sites then I guess you will have to travel to the nearest bank which is connected to SWIFT Network in your country to make a account there. Once you make the account and add it in MB, you can then collect the money from ATM machines if the bank is too far away.
Leave the city field blank in the search and try to search for different banks in your country and see which one has a branch nearest to where you live.
So open MoneyBookers.com And signup for a new account. Remember to put all valid information in your account at MB. You should never enter any information that is incorrect or incomplete. The address you will add should be complete and correct. Your data of birth needs to be accurate. Just enter all legit information and you will be just fine.
After you successfully make a account at MB, you then have to click on your address in your MB profile. You will see a option to verify your postal address. Many people do not verify the address when they make the account. And when [after few days or few weeks] they try to request MB to send their money to their bank account: at that time they get a message that their postal address is not verified. Therefore they cannot request any withdrawals until they verify the postal address.
So remember to click on verify link in your MB profile as soon as you create your account. Now you need to add your bank account in your MB account. You can add any bank account in MB as long as that bank is directly connected to SWIFT.
NOTE: some banks are not connected directly to SWIFT network. That is: they use a swift code of some other major bank. In that case you cannot add your bank account to MB. I suggest if you get the SWIFT code directly from your bank then you first go to the SWIFT directory and check if the SWIFT code belongs to your own bank or not. Link to SWIFT directory is given below.
You can call your bank and ask them to give you their SWIFT code. The preferable way to get the SWIFT code is to go here
SWIFT Directory
You will see two boxes: the second one is where you can search by Institution keyword, city and country. You will use this box to search for your bank SWIFT code [BIC code].
There are three fields: the first one is Institution keyword. Here you can enter the bank name where you currently have a account. The second one is City and then country.
First you will search for the bank where you currently have a account. So enter its name in the Institution keyword field. And then enter your city and country names and then click on search. Now see if your bank comes in the search result then it will mean that your bank is connected directly to SWIFT Network. Also make sure that the color shown on the left hand side of the search results is Dark Blue. Dark blue color indicates that the bank is connected to the SWIFT network.
If your search brings no banks in the results then try to search for some other banks in your city. If you find a bank that is connected to SWIFT then you will have to make a account in that bank.
In case you find no bank in your city which is directly connected to SWIFT then you will have to search for the banks in your country that are connected to SWIFT. In the Institution keyword field enter any bank name. Leave the city field blank. That is: do not enter any city name in this search. Select your country and then hit search. You should see a list of banks that have SWIFT code. These banks will be located at different cities in your country.
If you have no other way to get your money from freelance sites then I guess you will have to travel to the nearest bank which is connected to SWIFT Network in your country to make a account there. Once you make the account and add it in MB, you can then collect the money from ATM machines if the bank is too far away.
Leave the city field blank in the search and try to search for different banks in your country and see which one has a branch nearest to where you live.
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