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Generated with AI from 61 reviews on Trustburn · updated 24 days ago

Customers describe OFX as efficient, fast, and cheaper than banks, with some praising the excellent rates and outstanding service, while others note that the service can be decent but may lack understanding of non-Australian banking operations or involve holding funds longer than estimated.
What does OFX do?

OFX provides fast and secure international money transfers and offers 24/7 customer support from eight offices around the globe.

Are there any complaints about OFX?

The critical reviewers wrote that OFX has experienced issues with slow transfer speeds, holding funds, and poor customer service, with one reviewer noting that a recipient was short paid and another citing a family emergency where funds were delayed for almost two weeks.

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Chris Hunt
Reviews 1

OFX used to be a good transfer company BUT no longer. Having placed dozens of transfers with them in the past to the same recipient without issue, on my last transfer my recipient was SHORT PAID a large amount. After raising the issue with their customer service, their reply was that it was not their problem and they have no control over if one of their transfer banks decides to charge a fee. Upon further asking them how I could cover any extrea fees that will be charged , their response was they could not tell what any additiaonl fee amounts might be, so I should just PAY AN EXTRA AMOUNT to cover any fees that might be charged even though OFX cannot give me any indication what these amounts might be. So basically OFX cannot guarntee my recipient will be paid in full. COMPLETE FARCE.

Angela Bautista
Reviews 1

Extremely slow international transfer service. I placed a transfer with OFX on Friday 31/01/2020 as a matter of a family emergency and my mother is still yet to receive the funds and it has been almost 2 weeks, I have requested a refund. Their customer service is OK and I'm glad it isn't an off-shore call centre, however, OFX need to put something in place that allows transfers to happen in a maximum of 2-3 business days. Most other places can do it same day or 2 business days but are currently being investigated with the Westpac scandal.

Mike Deam
Reviews 1

Really easy and quick to send money overseas. Create a free signon so you can save your details. Create a trade either based on how much source or target currency you need. Who pays the fee and you're done.. then simply Bpay the amount to OxForex and your done. Last time I did this it cost $32 for the deal and I got murdered on the rate from the bank. This time with OzForex I got a great rate and only a $15 fee..... And I did not have to waste time and visit the bank all done from my Mac.

Distant Sun Crew
Reviews 1

Poor Conflicting advice and insufficient disclosure of hidden 3rd party fees make this a more expensive service than the "quote" the give you.
Support do not know their own PDS and TOS. They are also condecending and rude. There are better alternatives in my opinion.

paola serrada
Reviews 1

Don't ever EVER!! use their currency services!! Made a transfer more than 2 weeks ago which was cancelled and I'm still waiting for them to return my money. Every time I call I have to explain the situation again and again and again. They keep asking me for documentation and no one is able to tell when I am going to receive the money.

HARMAN LIN
Reviews 1

f there is 6 or more stars, I will give the highest! I should have used them years ago. Just because its not the big 5 banks, I have thought it won't be that good. But boy....this is my 1st time using them. The rate (I compared to banks), the communications (before, during and after transfer), the Apps, the speed to reach the other end (I transferred to Singapore) are better then excellent!
At first, I was really worry even after reading majority of reviews online were very good but still with some, commenting so badly, and especially I transferred quite reasonable big amount thru them the 1st time! But from now, I will stick to use them. I hope they can also provide such excellent service when I need inward transfer from overseas. One thing for sure, do quote the reference number and once you send your money to them, let them know by email with your proof, so both side keep informed. Thank you OFX!! You have a new customer now (and may be more when I tell all my circles).

Vince Frank
Reviews 1

They're okay. Most of the time everything works - certainly I've never had money go missing. But adding a new recipient is frequently hard work - their search functionalities often don't work. I've honestly given up on them now. Plus they charge a $15 fee with every transfer up to $10k.

Zoot Suit
Reviews 1

Phoned and specifically requested that a trade be put on hold so that the recipient not be paid out, we had a major concern with the item being purchased in overseas currency and wanted to check this out as a matter of urgency before the trade was paid out. I was told no problem the day has been put back a day so nothing will be paid out only to find that same afternoon the money was paid out to the recipient. The answer I received was oh sorry I did not realise that when funds are received in our bank the system auto corrects and pays the money out. What a lame excuse, when you call and speak to someone and are assured the system has been updated not to pay out and then it does so against your specific request, well what kind of system do they have, a very poor one! To make matters WORSE, I have appended to this genuine feedback for this company as I felt the need to let other prospective customers know what could be in store for them, I sent a complaint to the Customer Service Department within OZForex there I was asked to send a complaint to a Manager, well you know when a culture is rotten from the TOP - DOWN, no reply not even a acknowledgment email, there are other businesses that offer this service. From our experience go elsewhere.

Calum Coburn
Reviews 1

I used OFX for over a million dollars of my company's forex transfers for just over a year.

The customer dis-service was so dire that I thought it easiest to illustrate with one example:
A member of their customer dis-service team was clearly not trained and I have my doubts about their suitability for such a role. After finally managing to get transferred to her manager, my request to ask for the call's recording to be reviewed was met with a 'no' by Vani.
I escalated this to a more senior member of staff called Ryan. Rather than addressing their customer dis-service failure, Ryan said that he would review my call, and then failed to.
Ryan then went on to accuse me as having had a 'derogatory manner'. When I asked Ryan to substantiate, he failed to. I embrace constructive criticism on my own performance and that of my team. There's nothing we can do with general accusations, especially when the accuser is given the chance to substantiate themselves and then fails to. Unprofessional to the extreme.

System failures are never rectified and I doubt ever investigated. Not one of my internal transfers (client payments) ever triggered an auto email from OFX. I reported this for about a year on and off, and eventually gave up.

Angelo Castiglione
Reviews 1

Yesterday afternoon I waited 40 min to speak to a customer service representative for a deal and subsequently missed my banks cut off time for next day transfer to have funds available for the deal.

What kind of a money transfers organisation lets customers wait 40 min on the phone at such a crucial time of the day?! This should never happen and is absolutely appalling and completely unacceptable!

To make things worse, when I then asked for them to make up from this appalling customer experience and acknowledge the payment through me providing a proof of transfer, they declined.

When you screw people at least try to make amends for what has been done.

In addition, when I called to make a complaint and speak to the manager they were "in a meeting" so I was asked to email the complaint through instead...these guys are completely gutless too!

Tse K. K.
Reviews 1

Login the HK Site!!!
Very bad...It takes a long time to input data to add a Beneficiary. After save, it pushed me log out. When I login again, no Beneficiary saved. It happened 3 times.
If it remains the same, I will not use its service anymore.

Ben Gold
Reviews 1

If you want fraud in your life, then go with OFX. OFX welcomes fraud apparently, as they don t bother to change any practices within their organisaton once fraud occurs. After allowing tens of thousands of dollars to be transferred to mexico on multiple occasions without my consent a few years ago, I placed certain security questions on my account to prevent this from occurring again. Not once have these security questions been asked by the representatives at OFX. This company is hopeless at best at managing international transfers.

tony kirkland
Reviews 1

For 10yrs I've experienced Great Service from OZ Forex. OFX continued giving me a promised top rate Top Rate. I had a Poor Experience last time Transfering $155,000 Aus.
Not my Fault, the Banks. Now They have Changed the Rules & I have to Ring them to get a Rate. Poor service for a Old Customer.
Tony K- purchacer

Sarah Crowley
Reviews 1

Hassle to deal with from the very beginning! Had challenges setting up my account - required multiple phone calls. Finally made a transfer and it was confirmed, later to be cancelled as they said they tried to contact me. Which they didn't. Have then had to go through the process of ringing them back to find out what the issue is and where my funds are as I had transferred the funds to them when I received the email. Eventually had to rebook it all in over the phone - that is not efficient! If just transferring the money was an issue and required multiple emails and a call- I can only imagine how difficult it would have been to get the money refunded to me. Don't use - plenty other transfer companies out there.

Kim Bennett
Reviews 1

My company has been using OzForex for two years. Prior to this we used a bank. The savings with OzForex are substantial and the transaction simple and quick. The service level is first class. I have been introduced to forward contracts and my occasional midnight transactions handled cheerfully by a dealer in London.

Sam Benjamin
Reviews 1

I had the displeasure of using OFX to transfer money from Australia to Egypt.It took 14 days for the money to be deposited into my account in Egypt. I phoned them several times and I sent them numerous emails, but they did nothing to solve the problem. I will never use their service again.

Rebecca Heuston
Reviews 1

OzForex is the most streamlined, reliable money exchange and transfer service I have dealt with, you will not find a better transfer rate or efficiency of transfer times. Also you will make considerable savings when compared to your bank transfer rates. I cannot recommend OzForex highly enough!

Clarke A
Reviews 1

While still undecided I signed up to further explore their offerings. I received a pressuring phone call within 25 minutes urging me to finish my registration. The caller was obviously from overseas judging by the delay on the line. I explained in no uncertain terms that they were never to call me again.

In addition I've received emails urging me to finish registering and use their service.

I'm not interested in such tactics, and as a result I will not be using them.

Vadim Gerasimov
Reviews 1

Used their Moneygram service 3 times. The first 2 times it worked well. But the last time was horrible. They confirmed my transfer. I transferred the money into their account. In about one hour they called me to let me know that they are unable to perform the confirmed transfer citing a nonsensical reason. And the challenge of getting my money back from them took about 3 days. They seemed rather incompetent while dealing with some glitch in their system. I still don't understand the reason why they couldn't make the transfer or why it took so long to return the money. I'm not going to use any OzForex services anymore.

Susan Banks
Reviews 1

After a very successful experience sending $5000 to the US, trying to send $500 was a trial & I have gone elsewhere! After being directed to Tranzfers, I have been unable to use my Ozforex login and registering with Tranzfers was prevented as I am already have an email regisrered with Ozforex. Frustrating.

Graham Russell
Reviews 1

No doubt a good service overall but Oz needs to lift its game with App software particularly the email alerts which I have found either don't happen or unreliable which is worse. Example, I recently set alerts for GBP for 0.48 and 0.47 when at the time it was at 0.475. First it rose some way above the upper mark without any alert message and has since gone down below the low point, again without the expected warning. That experience has cost me over $100!

Another less costly but annoying bug in the App is if under the Rates tab you want to see a rate for GBP, you need to actually press USD and for USD, press AUD. I have sent off a message about this a couple of times to no avail.

So bouquets for the transfer process and rates but brickbats for the clunky unreliable support services.

Ian Macdonald
Reviews 1

DO NOT bother with the OZFOREX Travel Card. Called the contact number 5 times over a 2 hour period, even tried the international number, only response "thank you for waiting. We will attend to your call as soon as possible and your call will be attended to by the first available consultant". My call remained unanswered, no available consultants obviously. AMEX offer a much better service

Philip Lee
Reviews 1

Shocking service with this card. Web site doesn't open and then freezes, using both Explorer and Google browsers. Waited 45 minutes having to listen to same message every minute in order to get through on phone. Eventually on another line was told I would be called back and am still waiting. AVOID!!!!

A.J Stroganova
Reviews 1

I have been with OFX for more than 6 yrs. They are not as good as they used to be. Terrible customer Service, on top of it their rates are lower than my bank and their transfer fee more than double what my bank charged, hence I sent money overseas through my bank now. Check your bank rates and fees before you proceed with OFX.

Rajiv Rohella
Reviews 1

They don't know about their own corresponding bank & their charges as per their own tie up banks. Don't have any ways with them to ensure that other side receive the specific amount. Why a currency provider can't quote the exact charges as per location. Their website shows only good rate but not the charges. That's shameful & cheating the customer.

Dorian von Freyhold
Reviews 1

Absolutely terrible customer service and the service doesn't work. I transferred money with them. The money never arrived at the designated bank account. They were unable to trace the money nor prepared to take responsibility. I have launched a case with the AFCA however am very very dissatisfied. I would never use them again and am very frustrated and disappointed.

Jeff Servaas
Reviews 1

I have been using Ozforex for a couple of years. Their service is efficient and their rates are keen. We had used two other forex providers prior to moving to OzForex. Others have tried to woo us away since, but they cant better the rates we are getting, and at best I think they could only match the service level, so we are staying put.

Mohamed Adel
Reviews 1

Worst money transfer company i ve ever dealt with. Lack of professionalism in all aspects.

1- they didn t bother to follow up with me when bank asked for further transfer reasons they just realized this when i called to follow up after 2 weeks (they say 2 business days lead-time for transfer).

2- after transfer refused by recipient bank first time, they confirmed transfer was sent on the 16th of Feb and should take between 3-5 business days.

3- after 5 days (18th of Feb) i requested fund tracing request. They confirmed by email it takes 1 business day.

4- on 28 Feb (11 business days from transfer date and 6 business days from fund tracing request), i get same response from customer service reps who read from script and just ask their supervisor.

I am definitely giving them worst feedback everywhere and i highly recommend to never use them

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About OFX

Make fast and secure international money transfers with OFX. 24/7 customer support with 8 offices around the globe.

OFX: The Ultimate Solution for International Money Transfers

Are you tired of paying high fees and dealing with slow transfer times when sending money overseas? Look no further than OFX, the leading provider of fast and secure international money transfers.

With over 20 years of experience in the industry, OFX has established itself as a trusted partner for individuals and businesses alike. Whether you need to send money to family members living abroad or make payments to suppliers in different countries, OFX offers a seamless solution that saves you time and money.

One of the key advantages of using OFX is their competitive exchange rates. Unlike traditional banks that often charge hidden fees and markups on currency conversions, OFX offers transparent pricing with no surprises. This means that you get more value for your money when transferring funds across borders.

Another benefit of using OFX is their user-friendly platform. With just a few clicks, you can initiate a transfer from your computer or mobile device. You can also track your transactions in real-time and receive notifications when your recipient receives the funds.

In addition to their cutting-edge technology, OFX also provides exceptional customer support around the clock. Their team of experts is available 24/7 via phone or email to answer any questions or concerns you may have about your transfer.

But what really sets OFX apart from other providers is their global presence. With offices in eight countries including Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom and United States; they are able to offer localized support wherever you are located around the world.

Whether it's helping expats move overseas or assisting businesses with cross-border payments; OFX has become an essential tool for anyone who needs to send money internationally quickly and securely.

So why wait? Sign up today at www.ofx.com and start enjoying hassle-free international transfers!

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