There’s no more Wells Fargo Bank Philippines.
Its representative office shut down on May 31, 2021. The US-based Wells Fargo Bank now only has its business processing operations (BPO) in the Philippines, located on 36th Street in Bonifacio Global City (BGC) in Taguig.
Wells Fargo Closing Down Branches in the USA
A personal line of credit is an unsecured credit and one can borrow from it any time after the line is established. In the Philippines, this type of credit is not yet offered to mainstream customers and offered only to private banking clients.
Wells Fargo though says it still offers personal loans and credit card loans. Wells Fargo account owners also are advised to monitor their credit reports, as closure of credit accounts impact credit reports.
Send Money from the US to the Philippines through Wells Fargo Bank
Its remittance partners in the Philippines are:
BDO
Metrobank
PNB
Cebuana Lhuillier
MLhuillier
Or call 1-800-556-0605.
After registration, you can then make your first remittance.
For your second and subsequent remittances, you have 3 options: you can go again to your branch, use the Wells Fargo Phone Bank, or login to Wells Fargo Online
It’s 4 US dollars (for remittance amounts from 25 to 3,000 US dollars)
What is the maximum amount that can be sent from the US to the Philippines?
3,000 US dollars per day if through BDO, BPI, Metrobank or PNB
1,000 US dollars per day if through Cebuana Lhuillier or MLhuillier
Maximum amount that the sender can send per day: $5,000
Maximum amount that the sender can send during any consecutive 30-day period: $12,500
In what currency will the recipient receive the remittance?
In peso
Minimum remittance amount: $25
Would you like to work with Wells Fargo in the Philippines?
Wells Fargo has a business processing outsourcing (BPO) company in the Philippines named
Wells Fargo Enterprise Global Services, LLC-Philippines.
It provides business processing, corporate, and information technology services to Wells Fargo’s customers in the US.
Wells Fargo EGS LLC-Philippines
Uptown Cluster 2 Building
36th Street, Uptown Bonifacio
Taguig City
For job applicants: visit the Wells Fargo Uptown Recruitment Center at the ground floor. One-day application processing. Open from 10 am to 8 pm, Monday through Friday
There are now only 11 representative offices in the Philippines, after Wells Fargo’s closure.
The representative offices are:
The Bank of New York Mellon
Bank of Singapore Ltd. Philippine Representative Office
Bank of Taiwan Representative Office
Credit Suisse AG Representative Office
DBS Bank, Ltd.
Japan Bank For International Cooperation
Korea Eximbank Manila Representative Office
The Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank, Ltd. Representative Office
Rothschild (Singapore) Limited Philippine Representative Office
State Bank of India
UBS AG Philippine Representative Office
Photo credit for the Wells Fargo Bank logo above:
The original uploader was Henry W. Schmitt at English Wikipedia (Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons.) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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I am interested in opening banking in the Philippines for real estate development. What are the procedures with Wells Fargo
Hi Al, sorry but there’s no Wells Fargo branch in the Philippines. Citibank is the only US bank that has a branch in the Philippines offering services to both corporate and consumer customers in the Philippines. Bank of America and JP Morgan Chase Bank cater only to corporate and institutional clients.
I have check Wells Fargo can I in cash it there in Wells Fargo Makati branch? If not where should I incash it? For deposit i don’t have dollar account in Philippines.
Hi Julie, sorry, yong Wells Fargo sa Makati ay representative office lang. Hindi sila nag-o-operate as a regular bank. For promotions lang sila. Kung malaki ang amount, open a US dollar account at BDO or BPI or any other Philippine bank, then ideposit mo ang check mo. Ang usual clearing ng US check ay 3 weeks to one month.
Hello, can we request a bank draft payable into Hong Kong dollar for payment of police clearance ?,,please help.
Hi Jane, did you mean HK police clearance? This Wells Fargo in the Philippines is not a regular bank. It’s only a representative bank. It does not issue bank drafts. If someone mentioned Wells Fargo bank draft, most probably they mean Wells Fargo in the U.S. If you have a relative or friend in the U.S., maybe you can ask them to lend you money through a bank draft payable in HK dollars and send the draft to you by courier. But this might be impractical if courier cost almost equals your travel cost to HK. I’ve read online that other banks here in the Phils issue only bank drafts in HK dollars if you have been their checking account owner for at least 6 months. Ask your bank where you have maintained an account for a long time, whether savings or checking. Or maybe it’s more practical to just travel to HK to apply for your police clearance. Or maybe you have a trusted friend in HK who also has a checking account with a HK bank.
Hi there! If I open a checking account at Wells Fargo ihere n Anchorage Alaska. Can I send money to my BDO dollar account or PNB peso account? Is so, how? Thank you.
Hi Maria, yes, checking account is okay, but you can send only to your PNB peso account. It’s Wells Fargo that will convert your dollars into peso. First, visit your nearest Wells Fargo, then, to be sure, ask if they offer ExpressSend. Fill up forms and register your PNB account as your receiver. For your next remittances, you can use your online banking.
If you like to send dollars to your BDO dollar account, use the online remittance service Xoom. Xoom allows receipt or credit in dollars.
Pwede bang landbank account ditto?
Do you have ATM services for withdrawal of money from your US based Wells Fargo debit card account?
Hi Cynthia, walang Wells Fargo ATM dito. Pero karamihan naman ng foreign-issued ATM cards na linked to Mastercard or Visa ay puedeng pangwidro dito sa mga local atm machines dito. Meron lang atm withdrawal fee na 200 pesos or more per atm withdrawal
Hi! I’m already here in the PH and I can’t send my money thru xoom also I can’t send money thru zelle. I don’t know what to do, to get my money in debit card wells fargo? Can you help me?
Hi Elaine, have you tried withdrawing at the ATMs of BPI, BDO, Metrobank, HSBC or Citibank? The charge per ATM withdrawal is 250 pesos or more. Withdraw in peso amount. Try the maximum atm withdrawal amount (10k or more) so you can save on the transaction fee. Choose an ATM inside a bank so that in case there’s a problem, you can ask the bank.
Greetings!
My sister is 70 years old. She is receiving pension from US has a Wells Fargo debit card that she hasn’t used for a long time because its her husband who always makes the withdrawal. Her hubby passed away just recently. Now that she is on her own, she has already forgotten her pin number.
*Can BDO or any bank affiliated to Wells F help her change her pin number?
* Can she withdraw over the counter and how much is the limit per day?
Please please help us cause she needs money for her personal needs like food,
rent,,medicine as she is a stroke patient and badly needs therapy.
many thanks for your attention.
Hi Marivic, sorry, no, banks do not have access to other banks’ PIN number systems. And most banks now require account owners to get replacement cards once they forget their PINs. You can contact the Federal Benefits Unit at the US Embassy in the Philippines. Go to this link: https://ph.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/social-security/contact/ There’s info here including email address, phone numbers and instructions.
Just for additional info, your sister can open a Direct Deposit account to receive her US SSS pension at PNB, Metrobank, BPI or BDO. I wrote PNB first because PNB has 2 branches in the US (in LA and NY). Metrobank has one in NY. The problem is how to get the pension that’s already deposited at Wells Fargo. So I think it’s better to first ask help from the US Embassy, so they can advise you.
Hi po can I ask po kasi mag wi-withdraw ako through bank so I hindi ako mka withdraw since 8 number yung PIN ko and the required pin sa mga machine is only 6 numbers and automatic siyang nag eenter after ko mag pindot ng PIN ko. Hanggang 6 number lng yung napipondot ko thrn automatic syang mag eenter. Pwede po ba ma withraw over the counter?
Hi Joice, this is the first time I’ve read of an 8-digit atm number, so I don’t know how to remedy it. Yes, you can try asking the bank if you can withdraw over the counter as you have an 8-digit atm number. And if not possible, you might want to use Xoom.com or Remitly.com to send money from your bank to yourself (your name on your passport or IDs), and then pick up your money at their remittance partners using your passport or IDs.
I have a Wells Fargo checking account in the US plus BDO USD saving account in the Philippines, I was told while in the US I could transfer my money from my US account to BDO USD savings account but now Wells Fargo refuses to do so, why?
PS: Can I read a check from my US account to BDO USD savings account?
Hi Freddy, you can do the transfer if you’re enrolled in Wells Fargo online banking and enrolled in their ExpressSend service. There’s info here on WellsFargo: ExpressSend to the Philippines. About check: Yes, you can deposit your Wells Fargo check to your BDO dollar account, but clearing will take 3 weeks to a month. Ask BDO if clearing for US checks has improved.
hi nora, i would like to ask, how can i contact wells fargo representative here in the philippines? can i ask a number if possible?
Hi Emmanuel, sorry I missed your question. I saw this info on the BSP website: 884 8426, pero 8884 8426 na dapat kasi nagdagdag ng digit 8 ang PLDT. email address of representative: imelda.capistrano@wellsfargo.com.
Hi po! Meron po bang wells fargo malapit sa olongapo city or subic. Kasi po yung uncle ko need nya raw pumunta sa wells fargo sabi ng kapatid nya sa north carolina dahil may pera daw sya doon dalhin nya lang daw ang mga documents nya. May sakit po ang uncle ko at hirap bumyahe papuntang makaty city kaya nga rin po sya umuwi ng pinas dahil di na raw nya kaya ang klima sa north carolina naoperahan sya sa puso. Pano po kaya makiclaim ang pera nya sa wells fargo? Thank you.
Hi Rowell, kausapin mo uli ang kapatid niya sa North Carolina kung sure siya na makukuha sa Wells Fargo sa Makati, kasi hindi naman Wells Fargo Bank yong andon kundi Wells Fargo representative office. Pakiusapan mo na gawan ng paraan na makuha nio ang pera sa ibang bank like BPI or BDO or PNB. Ang Wells Fargo sa USA ay merong remittance service na ExpressSend — tawagan o pumunta lang sa Wells Fargo branch and ask about ExpressSend to the Philippines. Kung meron kayong account sa BPI, BDO, PNB or Metrobank, puede ideposit doon sa account nio. Kung wala, pudeng ipadala for cash pickup at MLhuillier or Cebuana.
Question po pede po ba akong mag pa incash nang cheque using may US cheque
Hi Renier, sorry walang Wells Fargo branch dito sa atin, ang meron ay BPO (call center, etc) ng Wells Fargo. Ang usual practice is to deposit your US cheque in your own US dollar account here in the Philippines. Kung wala naman, at kung payment yan sa iyo, icheck mo if your payor can pay you in other ways, like money transfer.
Hi maam Nora
I just want to ask for help because my father received a mail 2 treasury checks from US. The tax refund and economic impact payment President Donald J. Trump, We’ve been to different banks here in Lucena City to open a dollar account but when we present these checks they refused to accept it for clearing and deposit. Now we are asking for your assistance if we go there in manila will you accept it for clearing process? My father told me he has a bank account before in US wells fargo but now it’s closed because his already here in philippines.
please help us to process his concern.
Thank you and have a good day
Hi Matina, did you try the big banks there? Like BDO, BPI, Metrobank and PNB? Ask them if you need to open a US$ account with cash dollars first then later on deposit those US$ checks. Maybe they’re thinking that after clearing those checks, you’ll just close your $ account, so they refuse to let you open a $ account. In the past, and I think it’s still true today, a person with a US$ account in the Philippines can deposit a US check into his US$ account and wait for around a month for his US$ check to get cleared. If you have relatives in the US, you can also ask them if they can help you (maybe send them the checks so the can use them at Walmart, etc. then give you cash).
Hi saan po pwde mgdeposit via well forgo bank kasi kailangan ko mgpadala ng via us dollars
Hi Jessie, walang consumer banking branch ang Wells Fargo dito para pang-deposit. Ang meron is yong representative bank lang, pang-promotion lang at yong mga business processing businesses nila. Kung gusto mong magpadala ng pera to other countries, puedeng Western Union o Moneygram o wire transfer sa bank branch mo.
Gud am pinadala na daw ng wells fargo bank in america ang check namin via post office gano po ba katagal bago namin ito makuha at saan pwede ipapalit
Hi Veronica, mga 1 week siguro or more. Kung meron kang US dollar account dito sa Philippines, ideposit mo yong US$ check sa US$ account mo, and wait for about a month na ma-clear (isesend pa nila yang US check mo back to the US for clearing). Kung wala kang dollar account, ask mo yong Security Bank kung puede kang mag-open ng peso account sa kanila, at later on mag-deposit ng dollar check. Nababasa ko online na yan ngayon ang problem ng mga US citizens living abroad — kung saan idedeposit ang dollar check, problem yan sa Japan, Germany, etc.
Good day, so my scenario is meron akong manager’s check na dumating sa America, and under ito ng Wells Fargo, I’m planning na ipapadala nalang sakin dito sa pinas, pupwede ko ba ipapalit yung check na’yon dito if ever?
Hi Alex, puede mong ipa-clear dito sa Pinas kung meron kang US dollar account at any bank. Ideposit mo lang sa US dollar account mo. Clearing might take a month. Most banks here require that you deposit a US check to a US dollar account, and won’t accept a deposit to a peso account, but if you have a Security Bank peso account, they might consider accepting it. You can ask them, or ask your bank where you have a peso account. If you have an account in the US, you can also have it deposited there, and then transfer to your peso or US dollar account here online.
Hi can i ask if i can deposit in BDO to wells fargo?i need to pay a frind in US but dont know where we could send him money?
Hi Ave, if you have a US dollar account with BDO, you can make a wire transfer using your BDO online banking or mobile app to the Wells Fargo account of your friend. Ask your friend his/her bank’s account no., account name, Swift code or ABA routing no. If you do not have a dollar account, ask your friend if he likes to get paid via Moneygram or Western Union. If okay, you can go to a Western Union or Moneygram outlet (choose a bigger outlet). After sending, get the reference no. and send to your friend. Bring money in pesos and your IDs.
Ma’am, where I can encash or change my US Postal money order, it is from my friend sent to me through US postal money order. Where I encash these what bank, I ask already post office here they said they can’t change money order from USA. Please help me.
Hi Allan, you can encash that by depositing into your own US dollar account (money order will clear or dollars will be available in 3 to 4 weeks). If you don’t have a US dollar account, thank your friend and recognize their efforts in sending you a US postal money order, but explain to your friend that there’s only one way you can encash that in the Phils (open a US dollar account, which is not easy to do if one does not have frequent dollar transactions), and that if it’s okay with your friend, that they send you money in another way, thru Western Union or Moneygram. If you have a peso bank account, they can send you through XOOM or WISE
Can I changw my wells fargo debit card pin number here in the Philippines?
Hi Jet, sorry pero there’s no Wells Fargo bank branch or ATM here. Maybe call your US branch if you can change your PIN code over the phone. For Philippine banks, changing PIN is only through the banks’ own ATMs. The Wells Fargo operating at the BGC is a BPO business.
Hi! How do I transfer money to my Wells Fargo Bank account in California. I have a Peso bank account with BDO and BPI. Is there any restrictions as to the amount of dollars you want to transfer. How do I go with the process. Thank you for your help.
Hi Leonora, are you in California at this moment? Do you have BPI online banking and can you receive OTP? If you’re using laptop or desktop, you can make your outward transfer here through BPI Outward Remittance. For peso account, the service is available only on certain business days; you’ll be informed when you start processing. If you’re using mobile, open your BPI app then scroll down to BPI Outward Remittance. For BDO, BDO’s online wire transfer service is only through a BDO US dollar account. One option might be to transfer your money online to a trusted family member who has a bank account that can receive your online money transfer, who will withdraw the money, buy US dollars and send these to you, either through wire transfer or through Western Union. As to amount restrictions, BPI transfers up to $10,000 per transaction. You can make several transactions.
Is there a way for me to link my Wells Fargo acct with my Philippine bank acct so that I can just transfer money to the philippine bank using the Wells Fargo portal?
Hi Ramon, sorry for the delayed reply. Yes, use their ExpressSend service. First, you need to enroll your account in their ExpressSend service and then make the first remittance at your branch. For the 2nd and subsequent remittances, you can use your online banking. Their partner Philippine banks are only BDO, BPI, PNB and Metrobank. See Wells Fargo ExpressSend enrollment instructions here.