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What is remittance transfer hidden cost?

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Question added by Anayat Anayat , Freelancer , oDesk.com
Date Posted: 2014/01/22
Feroz Sayed CAMS
by Feroz Sayed CAMS , Assistant Manager , Sigue Money Transfer

SWIFT Charges, Corespondent bank charges are the hidden cost in a remittance, which the remitters are unaware of.

Madhawa Peiris
by Madhawa Peiris , Officer , Standard chartered Bank

Corespondent bank charges and the cost arising from the foreign exchange rate fluctuations

Bavithra Sarathkumar
by Bavithra Sarathkumar , Assistant Operations Manager , Indusind Bank Ltd Keral

Global average cost of sending remittance is 2.09%

Najeeb Nasiruddin
by Najeeb Nasiruddin , Manager Payments & International Operations (Treasury Settlements, Remittances & SWIFT) , Qatar International Islamic Bank

All banks charges a fee for executing the remittances (money transfer).

However, if the remittances is involving one or two more correspondent banks, there are charges taken by the correspondent banks including the beneficiary bank where the final credit is made.

 

Ahmed Aziz
by Ahmed Aziz , Software Development & Testing , Innernet, Inc.

Difference in Exchange rate given against market rate.

Hina Burhan
by Hina Burhan , Working as Collection Officer , Askari Bank Ltd

hidden charges / fee charged on sending money from one country to other country.

 

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