I'm currently in the US while still working for my Japanese company. I've been here a few years, and I've been using Wise to exchange/remit money to my US bank account once my boss sends it to my Japanese bank account as usual. Since I've been here for a while (potentially indefinitely), using my Japanese bank account is becoming more difficult, so my boss has suggested and agreed to switch to Wise-Wise transfers.
I read another post ages ago about someone receiving their JP salary while abroad through Wise, but the discussion wasn't clear about one point: I currently have a Wise Japan account (my boss does, too, of course). What differences or benefits would there be to keep that account, versus changing over to a Wise US account? (would we not be able to send in yen? If my boss sends yen to my Wise account directly, does it matter which "version" I have?)
Until now, I've needed it to be a Wise Japan account so that it could take transfers from my Japanese bank account, but I don't think that benefit is one I'd need to preserve – unless it helps my boss when sending money to me?
Anyone who can shed any light on something I might be missing about the differences and benefits between the two versus would be much appreciated.
by Patient-Mammoth5570