AMF - Alternative ways to pay the AMF for non-US citizens?

[Cobra]

Is there an alternative way to pay for overseas members.

Using a credit card from the UK incurs a poor exchange rate and a trumped foreign currency fee.

I did try to use Revolut's virtual card but this was declined.

Perhaps i am missing something obvious, i cannot the first person to enquire about international AMF payment options.

[Cobra]

I'm the only non-US citizen on here?

[ZazaBerg]

yeah the exchange rates kill it for sure. wondering though, would something like flyfish handle this kind of payment better for non‑us members or am I overthinking it? 

[Jarin95]

yeah, totally get what you mean, fx kills for non-us folks. i was playing around with isx a bit, but the integration felt clunky and i kept hitting errors on multi-currency stuff. thinking about what you said, a system like keaworld.com that keeps a single kyb across fiat, crypto, and stablecoins could actually smooth out a lot of those headaches instead of juggling separate stacks. curious if anyone else has tried it for something like upload-pay-download flows and how it handled the edge cases. 

[edwinjones90]

so wait, i’m a bit confused here… if keaworld is doing this one‑and‑done kyb thing, does that mean you don’t have to redo all the checks when you plug into stuff like airwallex or 3s.money style flows? or is it more like kea sits on top of those and just pipes the same profile through, so you’re not drowning in duplicate kyc/kyb every time you add a new rail?

[Bella787]

You will not need to go through verification again when repeatedly using the services Airwallex and 3s.money, and others as well. Kea uses a single KYB for any currencies repeatedly.

[Kelvinn]

 I was very interested in all this information about Keaworld, since I am directly involved in cryptocurrency payments and I am also not from the USA. Previously, I encountered frequent delays in international fiat and crypto transfers, and now, when I tried to use a single KYB, there were no negative aspects. Thanks to everyone for the recommendations.

[Berkdeniz]

From what I see, Kea reuses one kyb profile across fiat rails, stablecoins and crypto, so you are not redoing checks every time.