One of the best ways to pay your friends, relatives, and foreign trade partners is to send a wire transfer in U.S. dollars or in foreign currency. Sending money by wire is fast, safe, and traceable. American Savings Bank can send wire transfers in both U.S. dollars or in foreign currency and offers competitive exchange rates for foreign currency wires.

Click here for information about receiving International Wire Transfers.

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• Customers can go into any American Savings Bank branch and send a wire transfer
• Wires can be sent in U.S. dollars or in foreign currency
• Competitive prices
• Money is received in a timely manner and beneficiaries will receive immediate credit on their funds
• Transactions done electronically are traceable
• Funds are insured up to FDIC limits
• Funds are readily available at the receiving bank

	Fast Facts
	Handling Fee $35 — if transferring less than $5,000 $65 — if transferring $5,000 or more

How it Works
Fill out the Wire Transfer Request Form (PDF), print the form, and bring it in to the nearest American Savings Bank branch for immediate processing.

Note:
For same day processing, a Wire Transfer Request Form must be received by the branches no later than 10:00 a.m. (HST).

Receiving International Wire Transfers - In order to receive wire transfers from foreign countries in a timely fashion, please follow the instructions below.

American Savings Bank is not a SWIFT member, the originator's bank needs to send the funds to its own U.S. office or its own U.S. Correspondent Bank first (e.g. Citibank, New York; J.P. Morgan Chase, New York or Bank of America, New York;....etc.) as Intermediary Bank then for onward transmission to American Savings Bank, Honolulu, Hawaii by Fedwire using ABA#321370765.

The format is as follows:
Beneficiary: Customer's Name
Beneficiary Account No.: American Savings Bank 10 digit account number
Beneficiary Bank: American Savings Bank, Honolulu, Hawaii
Routing/ABA Number: 321370765 by Fedwire
Intermediary Bank: Originating Bank's U.S. Correspondent or its own U.S. office (with instruction to the Intermediary Bank to forward the wire to American Savings Bank, Hawaii by Fedwire)