Transferring from a USD Revolut account to a USD T212 account

Hi! I couldn’t find up-to-date information on this topic so I’m creating a new thread.

Problem

Typically I move my local currency (EUR) to my USD T212 using my bank, N26, which uses Wise for the currency conversion.

However, I cannot transfer money out of my USD T212 account and back to N26 however as N26 only accepts EUR. Therefore I have to first pay the T212 in-app FX fees to convert my USD to EUR before making the transfer.

Solution

To avoid this fee, I was thinking to send USD from T212 to my USD Revolut account, then use the fee-free currency exchange in Revolut to convert from USD back to EUR.

Question

When I attempt to transfer USD from Revolut to T212 in order to make this banking option available as a withdrawal option in T212, I see two options:

  • Share fees: ~$3.50 - Recipient may get less due to potential bank fees.
  • Pay all fees: ~$34.50 - Recipient gets the full amount. you pay extra to cover all potential bank fees.

I am not sure which to select. Has anybody successfully done this? Are there any issues or fees I might not be seeing?