It's different when it comes to sending over country borders but rarely i get to know a person that needs to do this regularly.
The other advantage is the speed of course. But how long until we have fees like paypal have?
Where the heck do you get a free bank account in germany?
Many bank accounts are free in Germany, and some checking accounts even offer you interest rates and other advantages. You even have the right to a bank account in Germany now, even if you are homeless and have no income. Just look around. Use google. With sepa transfers you can send money anywhere in the EU within one day, by default free of charge!
i just did and i have to say i'm not really impressed.
there are only a handful of middle sized banks that offer a free bank account which usually have some kind of drawback.
at the bigger banks you pay in average 10-30++ € pa. depending on your account. ( "Kontoführungsgebühren")