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Bank transfer deadlines

Once the first donation is made to your fundraiser, your bank transfer information must be fully verified by the date noted in your GoFundMe account, or your donations will be automatically refunded. This is because our payment partners are only online payment processors and are not allowed to hold your funds for long periods of time. 

Even after starting bank transfers, you can keep raising funds and the amount raised which is displayed on your fundraiser will not decrease.

How long will it take to be fully verified?

The process of setting up and verifying transfers can take up to 7 business days or longer to complete. Then, once a transfer is sent, it will take 2-5 business days for the funds to be deposited safely into the bank account on file.

How do I know when I’m fully verified?

First, make sure you’ve completed the transfer set-up process:

After that, your GoFundMe account is the best place to find all information about your transfers. In the "Transfer” section, you can see scheduled and sent transfers. If you find that the scheduled date keeps getting pushed back, this means that your account is not fully verified. 

You may also see an email from our team or a red banner within your GoFundMe account notifying you about this.

You can read more about the next steps for verification in this article.

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