Re: FN-FORUM: Accepting payment from the Middle East?

date posted 21st September 2007 07:56

Is a SWIFT transfer possible?

On Fri, 2007-09-07 at 19:03 +0000, Kat Nagel wrote:
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> I have a colleague in Canada who has been asked to edit an article
> for submission to a peer-reviewed scientific journal. He has the
> required technical and editing credentials, the journal is a
> reputable one, and the fee he's been offered is excellent. The
> problem is, the author who is submitting the article (and paying for
> the editing) is an academic researcher in Iran. My colleague doesn't
> want to accept a check from an Iranian bank because HIS bank takes an
> outrageous percentage of currency conversion transactions. Paypal
> won't/can't let the researcher open an account or use their bank
> account pass-through options because of the US restrictions against
> doing business in Iran.
>
> Does anyone know of a non-US-based remote payment option that will
> allow this Iranian researcher to pay for having his article edited?
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> Thanks!
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> Kat Nagel
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