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These categories are stable enough to guide the first click: how you can send, how you can pay, and how your recipient can receive. Prices are not stable, so for the current transfer-specific quote, use each provider's own flow with the same corridor, amount, and methods.

Wise

Best fit
US senders comparing an online transfer to a recipient bank account or Wise account.
Send
Website · Mobile app
Pay
Bank transfer · Debit or credit card where available · Other local methods where available
Receive
Recipient bank account · Recipient Wise account

Payment choices depend on the sender's region, currencies, and transfer amount. Confirm the options, total cost, and delivery estimate in the current quote.

Remitly

Best fit
US senders whose recipient needs a destination-specific choice such as bank deposit, cash pickup, or mobile money.
Send
Website · Mobile app
Pay
Bank transfer · Debit or credit card · Apple Pay or Google Pay where available
Receive
Bank deposit · Cash pickup · Mobile wallet or mobile money · Home delivery where available · Debit card deposit where available

Payment and delivery choices vary with the sender's location and the recipient's country. Confirm the displayed rate, fees, recipient amount, and delivery estimate before sending.

Western Union

Best fit
US senders who want in-person sending or a recipient who collects cash.
Send
Website · Mobile app · In-person agent location
Pay
Bank account · Debit or credit card · Cash at an agent location
Receive
Bank account · Cash pickup · Mobile wallet where available

Sending, funding, and delivery choices vary by destination and transfer details. Compare the current fee, exchange rate, recipient amount, and timing for the exact route.

MoneyGram

Best fit
US senders comparing a second agent-network quote, online or in person, with cash pickup among the delivery options.
Send
Website · Mobile app · In-person agent location
Pay
Bank account where available · Debit or credit card · Apple Pay where available
Receive
Bank account · Debit card · Mobile wallet · Cash pickup

Payment and delivery choices vary by location and transfer. Check the current quote for the fee, exchange rate, recipient amount, and delivery estimate before confirming.

Xe

Best fit
US senders who want card or ACH funding with a choice of bank, cash-pickup, or mobile-wallet delivery.
Send
Website · Mobile app · Phone
Pay
Direct debit (ACH) · Debit or credit card · Wire transfer
Receive
Recipient bank account · Cash pickup where available · Mobile wallet where available

Delivery and payment choices depend on the destination and transfer; Xe shows the current options, cost, and timing in its quote flow before you send.

OFX

Best fit
US senders making a bank-to-bank transfer who want an account-based service rather than cash or wallet payout.
Send
Website · Mobile app
Pay
Direct debit · Wire transfer
Receive
Recipient bank account

OFX states payment methods may vary depending on the currency and destination; confirm the current options, rate, and timing in its transfer flow before you send.

Ria

Best fit
People comparing digital transfers with an in-person option, especially when cash funding, cash pickup, a mobile wallet, or home delivery matters for the route.
Send
Website · Mobile app · In-person agent location
Pay
Bank account · Debit or credit card · Cash at a participating Ria location · Apple Pay or Google Pay where available
Receive
Bank deposit · Cash pickup · Mobile wallet where available · Home delivery where available

Payment and delivery choices vary with the destination and transfer details. Confirm the current fee, exchange rate, recipient amount, and timing in the exact quote.

Xoom

Best fit
People whose recipient wants cash pickup, home delivery, a mobile wallet, or a debit-card deposit, and senders who want to pay through methods in a PayPal account.
Send
Website · Mobile app
Pay
US bank account · Debit or credit card · Payment methods in your PayPal account where available
Receive
Bank account · Debit card · Mobile wallet · Cash pickup · Home delivery where available

Funding and delivery choices vary by country and transfer. Confirm the methods, fee, recipient amount, and timing in Xoom's current flow before sending.

WorldRemit

Best fit
People sending to recipients who use mobile money or cash pickup, and anyone who wants a digital-first quote paid by bank transfer or card.
Send
Website · Mobile app
Pay
Bank transfer · Debit or credit card
Receive
Bank account · Cash pickup · Mobile money where available

Payment and receive methods depend on where the transfer starts and the receiving country. Confirm the current options, cost, recipient amount, and timing before sending.

Provider-reported capabilities; availability varies by country and transfer.

9 providers in this comparison · 0 quote snapshots published · source dates shown in each reviewed profile

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The missing column

Where are the fees and rates?

Transfer pricing changes with the corridor, amount, funding method, delivery method, and the moment you send. A number copied onto a comparison page can go stale quickly, so we publish figures only as dated quote snapshots with their full context — and none have been captured yet.

For today's price, run the same transfer in each provider's quote flow and compare the recipient amount, total cost, and delivery estimate. Read the methodology →

What every snapshot must state

When fee and rate figures do appear here, each one will be a dated snapshot recording all of the following:

A missing value is never silently treated as zero. It must be labeled unknown, unavailable, not applicable, or not verified.