Even when you are able to make disclosures orally, it only applies to the pre-purchase disclosure. If you conduct the entire transaction over the telephone, you still have to provide the written receipt required by 1005.31(b)(2) or 1005(b)(3), although can mail it or deliver it within one business day after payment is made (or in limited cases, in or with the next periodic statement or within 30 days if the payment is made from an account in your bank.
Shameless self-promotion alert: We'll review this and other requirements under the Foreign Remittance Transfer rule tomorrow in my BOL Learning Connect webinar: "
Foreign Remittance Transfers: The 'Final' Word."