The Friday Number

One route, one amount, every Friday. What really arrived, across the apps, with names attached.

  • The Friday number: £300 to Sri Lanka this week

    On £300 to Sri Lanka on Friday 28 August, Instarem, Remitly and Wise all delivered within about a pound of each other in the comparison. Xoom and OFX came in noticeably behind. Here is who to open and who to…

  • The Friday number: £300 to Vietnam this week

    On £300 sent from the UK to a Vietnam bank account on Friday 21 August, the top three apps in the comparison arrived within about half a pound of each other, but the worst named app came in £18.24 behind,…

  • The Friday number: £300 to Bangladesh this week

    On £300 sent from the UK to a Bangladesh bank account this Friday morning, the gap between the best regular price and the worst named one came to about £5.62. Instarem is the number to beat this week.

  • The Friday number: £300 to India this week

    On £300 sent from the UK to an India bank account on Friday 7 August, the gap between the best regular price and the worst named app came to about £14.29, most of it quietly taken in the exchange rate.…

  • The Friday number: £300 to Pakistan this week

    On £300 sent from the UK to a Pakistan bank account on 31 July, the gap between the best fresh regular price and the worst named one came to about £11.94. Here is who delivered what, one month after the…

  • The Friday number: £300 to Kenya this week

    On £300 sent from the UK to Kenya this Friday morning, the gap between the best app and the worst named app came to about £14.72. Here is who delivered what.

  • The Friday number: £300 to the Philippines this week

    On £300 sent from the UK to a Philippines bank account on Friday 17 July, the gap between the best regular price and the worst named app came to about £8.30, part visible fee and part exchange rate. Here is…

  • The Friday number: £200 to Nigeria this week

    On £200 sent from the UK to Nigeria on 7 July, the gap between the best regular price and the worst came to about £5.60. Here is who delivered what.