{"id":50088,"date":"2025-09-01T06:22:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T06:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anja"},"modified":"2025-09-01T06:22:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T06:22:11","slug":"upwork","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.worldfirst.com\/sg\/help-center\/receiving-payments\/upwork\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I receive money from Upwork?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#8dd2fc3b\">If you use Upwork as a Freelancer, you can withdraw your earnings to your World Account. With the World Account, you can hold your multi-currrency funds, make conversions at competitive FX rates, remit to your bank account, or pay your third-party suppliers abroad. You can even make purchases at wholesale sites like 1688.com directly with your World Account balance. With a few simple steps, you can start withdrawing your Upwork funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The type of Receiving Account<\/strong><strong> to <\/strong><strong>set up to withdraw from Upwork<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"u553eef60\">You need to set up a Receiving Account in the corresponding currency of your Upwork balance. Otherwise, Upwork may convert your balance into your account currency, for which they will charge a fee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-size: 22px;\"><strong>| <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 22px;text-transform:none\">Step 1 \u2013 Set up the Receiving Account<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>On your World Account dashboard, go to the \u201d<strong>Collection<\/strong>\u201c tab<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then click on \u201d<strong>Manage Accounts\u201c &gt; \u201dAdd a New Receiving Account<\/strong>\u201c. You can then select the currency of your Receiving Account<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.marmot-cloud.com\/worldfirst\/sites\/38\/2025\/09\/20250901135317133.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.marmot-cloud.com\/worldfirst\/sites\/38\/2025\/09\/20250901135317133-1024x511.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44849\" style=\"width:700px;box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 3px #EEEEEE;\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.marmot-cloud.com\/worldfirst\/sites\/38\/2025\/09\/20250901135420652.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.marmot-cloud.com\/worldfirst\/sites\/38\/2025\/09\/20250901135420652-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44850\" style=\"width:700px;box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 3px #EEEEEE;\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.marmot-cloud.com\/worldfirst\/sites\/38\/2025\/09\/20250901135559143.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.marmot-cloud.com\/worldfirst\/sites\/38\/2025\/09\/20250901135559143-1024x511.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44851\" style=\"width:700px;box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 3px #EEEEEE;\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Once the account is set up, you can click on \u201d<strong>Details<\/strong>\u201c to get the account details<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.marmot-cloud.com\/worldfirst\/sites\/38\/2025\/09\/20250901135736928.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.marmot-cloud.com\/worldfirst\/sites\/38\/2025\/09\/20250901135736928-1024x530.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44852\" style=\"width:700px;box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 3px #EEEEEE;\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-size: 22px;\"><strong>| <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 22px;text-transform:none\">Step 2 \u2013 Link your Receiving Account to Upwork<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"u7c99eba9\">Here&#8217;s how to set up your bank account to withdraw your <strong>available funds<\/strong>. Ensuring your bank account name matches your verified Upwork name is important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Sign in to The Upwork and select &#8216;<strong>Settings<\/strong>&#8216;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.marmot-cloud.com\/worldfirst\/sites\/38\/2025\/09\/20250901141353544.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.marmot-cloud.com\/worldfirst\/sites\/38\/2025\/09\/20250901141353544.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44859\" style=\"width:700px;box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 3px #EEEEEE;\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Go to &#8216;<strong>Get Paid&#8217;<\/strong>, choose &#8216;<strong>Add a Method<\/strong>&#8216;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.marmot-cloud.com\/worldfirst\/sites\/38\/2025\/09\/20250901141519845.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.marmot-cloud.com\/worldfirst\/sites\/38\/2025\/09\/20250901141519845-1024x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44860\" style=\"width:700px;box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 3px #EEEEEE;\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Select &#8216;<strong>Direct to Local Bank<\/strong>&#8216; and enter the required information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.marmot-cloud.com\/worldfirst\/sites\/38\/2025\/09\/20250901141617395.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.marmot-cloud.com\/worldfirst\/sites\/38\/2025\/09\/20250901141617395.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44861\" style=\"width:700px;box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 3px #EEEEEE;\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Add your receiving account SWIFT Code from WorldFirst, then search for your bank information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\"><em>Note: Check that the name on your bank account matches your verified name on Upwork. If your payment method was flagged for a <\/em><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.upwork.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/211063768-Bank-Account-Under-Different-Name\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: rgb(64, 169, 255); font-size: 15px;\"><em>name mismatch<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\"><em>, please contact support to resolve the issue or add a new payment metho<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.marmot-cloud.com\/worldfirst\/sites\/38\/2025\/09\/20250901141919926.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.marmot-cloud.com\/worldfirst\/sites\/38\/2025\/09\/20250901141919926-1024x662.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44862\" style=\"width:700px;box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 3px #EEEEEE;\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Add your receiving account detail from WorldFirst<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.marmot-cloud.com\/worldfirst\/sites\/38\/2025\/09\/20250901142021977.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.marmot-cloud.com\/worldfirst\/sites\/38\/2025\/09\/20250901142021977-1024x662.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44863\" style=\"width:700px;box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 3px #EEEEEE;\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Confirm the details by selecting<strong> &#8216;Add account&#8217;, <\/strong>and <strong>complete<\/strong> the bank account setup<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upwork might send you 1 or 2 microdeposits to your WorldFirst USD account to verify your ownership of the account. This can take 1\u20133 days to arrive, and you\u2019ll need to go to Upwork and confirm the amounts received<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you use Upwork as a Freelancer, you can withdraw your earnings to your World Account. With the World Account, you can hold your multi-currrency funds, make conversions at competitive FX rates, remit to your bank account, or pay your third-party suppliers abroad. 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