I arrived in Ecuador last week, to work here for a year.
Today I received my bank account.
They told me in the bank that in order to send money from my Ecuadorean account to my own account abroad there is a 5% government tax (on top of bank charges).
That sounds like a lot!
I know from personal experience that in Chile and Brazil there is no such goverment tax there.
Is there a cheaper alternative to this kind of bank transfer?