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How To Transfer Money to
Gambia
There are now numerous ways to send money to Gambia, West Africa,
which vary largely on which of the several money transfer services you use to send
your international remittances to Banjul.
Western Union Methods:
 With
Western Union you currently have 2 options to choose from when you carry
out a global money transfer to Gambia from the United States, UK or
the European Union. You can send cash via their numerous
agents, online using a credit card or by phone.
Money In Minutes
This is the most widely used method for sending
remittances to The Gambia. You can choose to transmit funds from an agent location, by Internet, or by telephone.
Have your receiver's name, city, and country available.
Pay by cash at a representative's location. Payment by debit card with PIN is
available at participating locations. Use your credit or signature
debit card to send by telephone or online.
Pick up at any of
over 350,000 agent locations worldwide generally within minutes.
Economy
One of the cheapest ways to send funds to Gambia
which is generally available for pick up 72
hours after being sent.
Have your receiver's name, city, and country available.
Pick up at participating agent locations in the U.S. and Canada.
MoneyGram Methods:
Locate a MoneyGram International agent using the 'Find Us' link.
Go to your local MoneyGram agent, taking with you acceptable
identification with you.
Fill out a 'send' form and hand this to the agent as well
as the funds you want to send which will include the transfer fee.
You will be given a special reference number.
Inform the person to whom youre sending the remittance, and give
them the special reference number. In most cases in around 10 minutes
the cash will be available to be received.
Ria Financial Services Method:
Find and contact
one of Ria's global transferring agents or Ria
locations around the world.
Pay the cash which you want sent,
as well as the service fee.
Your remittance order will be inputted into their computer
system for fast handling before sending.
You
will be given a receipt with a unique tracking number. Once the
transaction has cleared, the order is sent to the Arab Gambia Islamic
Bank correspondent in Banjul.
The sender tells the receiver that
the cash is ready to be picked up and can be paid out after they have
given the cashier satisfactory ID.
The person sending money to
Gambia can monitor the progress of a
money transfer on the internet online. Generally, recipients will
receive their Dalasi in less than 24 hours.
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