{"id":4033,"date":"2025-08-27T19:18:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T19:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-business-services\/?page_id=4033"},"modified":"2025-08-29T21:32:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T21:32:40","slug":"wiretransfer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/business-services\/wiretransfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Wire Transfer Requests"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span id=\"m_6219559942761098541gmail-docs-internal-guid-613e1be9-7fff-fa48-9dd3-ad09bd43c983\">Wire Transfer Requests <\/span><span id=\"m_6219559942761098541gmail-docs-internal-guid-613e1be9-7fff-fa48-9dd3-ad09bd43c983\">&#8211; to send money to vendors, contractors, lecturers, speakers for payment.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To request a wire transfer:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Requests must be made no less than&nbsp;<strong>seven days&nbsp;prior<\/strong> to the date on which the wire is to be sent.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Most wire transfers incur a bank fee.&nbsp; The Wire Transfer Request includes a line where the Requester must enter the FOAPAL to which they would like that fee to be charged.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a class=\"download\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/business-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/637\/2025\/05\/Wire-Instructions.pdf\">Wire Transfer Request (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Step-by-step instructions<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open the Wire Transfer Request (Download and Save PDF, make edits, sign and save again)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to sign a PDF can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/business-services\/forms\/#Adobe-PDF-Guides\">How to open, fill and sign a PDF document.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/business-services\/policies\/wiretransferfieldexamples\/\">Examples of required information<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In order to process the Wire Transfer Request, the vendor or contractor <strong>must<\/strong> have completed a:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/business-services\/submit-w-9-securely\/\">Submit W-9 securely<\/a>&nbsp; OR<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/business-services\/submit-w-8-securely\/\">Submit W-8BEN securely<\/a> for International Vendors, Contractors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once completed the tax form is automatically routed to Macalester&#8217;s Accounts Payable department.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Save Wire Transfer Request PDF<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Email to <a href=\"mailto:accountspayable@macalester.edu\">accountspayable@macalester.edu<\/a>&nbsp;AND if your budget approval is less than the amount requested, use the <a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/macadmsys.macalester.edu\/macssb\/customPage\/page\/macArgosAPI?datablock=18201\">Finance Approval Look-Up Tool<\/a> (Macalester Log in Required) to look up who will need to approve the expenditure, and cc: the approver on the email too.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once the Wire Transfer has been entered with the bank, the Wire Transfer requester will be copied on an email to the Business Services Staff member that is approving the Wire Transfer.&nbsp; No further action is needed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once the transaction is complete, the Wire Transfer transaction will be viewable within the Finance Reporting \/ Argos under the FOAPAL the Wire Transfer was charged to.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/business-services\/staff\/#BusinessServices\">Associate VP for Finance<\/a>&nbsp;if you have questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wire Transfer Requests &#8211; to send money to vendors, contractors, lecturers, speakers for payment.&nbsp;&nbsp; To request a wire transfer:&nbsp;&nbsp; Contact the Associate VP for Finance&nbsp;if you have questions.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4033","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/business-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/business-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/business-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/business-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/business-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4033"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/business-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10537,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/business-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4033\/revisions\/10537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/business-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}