How to Use wire transfer in a Sentence

wire transfer

noun
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  • If a website asks for payment in the form of a gift card or a wire transfer, that's a red flag.
    — Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 7 June 2024
  • Denise sent $6,000 in a wire transfer to a man named Kenneth in Georgia.
    — Steven Santana, Chron, 16 May 2022
  • But bank-to-bank wire transfers are not covered by the EFTA.
    — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The down payments for the homes were financed by wire transfers from China.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2024
  • Pretending to be Pam, Megan called her mom's bank and tried to wire transfer the money.
    — Lauren A. White, CBS News, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The era of waiting days for an overseas wire transfer seems downright quaint.
    — Michael Sindicich, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The one-time setup, wire transfer, and storage fees will still apply.
    — Laxmi Corp, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 July 2022
  • Those wire transfers were sent from Ohtani’s account to an associate of Bowyer’s, the person said.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Instead, Armstrong said, the money was sent via wire transfer to the winner's account.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Bank wire transfer is also a cashout option, but the minimum amount required to process this is $300.
    — Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2024
  • The winner of the auction must send the full payment by Friday, through a wire transfer, and needs to have a digital wallet to receive the piece of bitcoin.
    — Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2021
  • And $344 million was lost through wire transfers of money to criminals.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Three days after that, someone claiming to be Kimmel’s wife called Schwab and asked about making a wire transfer.
    — Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The complaint argues that wire transfers should be covered under the EFTA.
    — Alana Semuels, TIME, 13 June 2024
  • Never donate with a wire transfer or gift card, which is difficult to track if something goes awry.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Use a credit card to purchase tickets and avoid using cash, gift cards or wire transfer for tickets online.
    — Justin L. MacK, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Eventually, you will be asked to send money, often through a wire transfer.
    — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 12 May 2024
  • In response, Haggerty falsely stated that his bank had no record of the hospital’s wire transfer and that the bank was in the process of trying to get to the bottom of the issue, according to the plea.
    — Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com, 1 Mar. 2022
  • The Warren County Sheriff's Office is advising the public of a recent trend in wire transfer scam calls.
    — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Never pay for tech support or other services with a money-transfer app, gift card, cash-reload card, or wire transfer.
    — Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Here’s how instant payments work: Different types of payments—wire transfers, checks, ACH—all happen over what are called rails.
    — Alana Semuels, TIME, 29 July 2024
  • Anyone who asks you to share account numbers, send gift cards or wire transfers, or to pay them with payment apps or cryptocurrency.
    — USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2024
  • According to the online listings, payments can be made by wire transfer only.
    — Kylie Robison, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2022
  • This entails offering proof of wire transfers, bank statements, and other financial records that show the movement of funds.
    — Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The funds, prosecutors allege, came via a wire transfer from Kimmel’s Charles Schwab account.
    — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Chase spokesman Daniel Castorina said Lopez admitted sending a wire transfer and sharing a one-time pass code with the scammer.
    — Dallas News, 25 Jan. 2023
  • There was always a wire transfer on the way that never materialized.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2022
  • The city of Portland only discovered the email breach after the hacker tried to make a second fraudulent wire transfer weeks later.
    — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 22 Aug. 2022
  • The attorney said Bowyer first noticed Ohtani's funds were possibly involved when a wire transfer with his name on it was remitted.
    — Andrew Blankstein, NBC News, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The scammer will then demand payment through wire transfers, payment apps, gift cards, or any other non-reversible payment method.
    — Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 14 Sep. 2024

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