The Friday Number
One route, one amount, every Friday. What really arrived, across the apps, with names attached.
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The Friday number: £300 to Nigeria this week
On £300 to Nigeria on Friday 6 November, Remitly, LemFi and Sendwave each gave over 550,000 naira with no fee. Wise was £1.89 behind, after its £2.24 fee.
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The Friday number: £300 to Jamaica this week
On £300 to Jamaica on Friday 30 October, Remitly came top with 61,923.50 Jamaican dollars. Wise came last, £13.01 behind, with a £21.74 fee.
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The Friday number: £300 to China this week
On £300 to a bank account in China on Friday 23 October, Instarem came top with 2,666.56 yuan and no fee. Wise's lowest price, the one for Alipay, was £3.36 behind. OFX was last, about £14 behind.
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The Friday number: £300 to Lithuania this week
On £300 to Lithuania on Friday 16 October, Wise arrived at the top with €353.33 after a £1.51 fee at the real rate. Instarem came in €0.21 behind on a zero fee. Skrill had no fee, but its rate was…
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The Friday number: £300 to Thailand this week
On £300 to Thailand on Friday 9 October, Instarem arrived at the top with THB 13,245.22 for a zero fee. Wise came in £1.47 behind, with the real rate and a £3.38 fee. Skrill had no fee, but its rate…
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The Friday number: £300 to Turkey this week
On £300 to Turkey on Friday 2 October, three apps arrived within about a pound of each other at the top: Instarem (TRY 19,344.86, zero fee), Remitly (TRY 19,280.76, £1.99 fee) and Wise (TRY 19,276.51, £2.85 fee at the real…
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The Friday number: £300 to Nepal this week
On £300 to Nepal on Friday 25 September, Instarem arrived at the top with a zero fee and a rate about 0.66 percent below the real rate. Wise came in second of the four, about £2.55 behind, held back by…
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The Friday number: £300 to Ghana this week
On £300 to Ghana on Friday 18 September, Instarem arrived at the top with a zero fee and a rate about 0.8 percent below the real rate. Wise was about £3.50 behind, held back by the £5.96 fee rather than…
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The Friday number: £300 to Morocco this week
On £300 to Morocco on Friday 11 September, Remitly and Western Union arrived within about a pound and a half of each other at the top. Wise came third, held back by an £8.94 fee rather than a poor rate.…
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The Friday number: £300 to Egypt this week
On £300 sent from the UK to an Egyptian pound bank account on Friday 4 September, the Wise price comparison showed Remitly delivering the most at EGP 20,455.27 for a £0.99 fee. Wise came in about £5.20 behind. OFX was…