Frequently Asked Questions

• What's the cheapest way to send money from France to Brazil?

  The cheapest way to send money from France to Brazil is through an online provider. Among the 12 available, Profee was most often the cheapest provider (in 64.9% of the searches on Monito.com in the past 3 months).

• What are the best providers to send money from France to Brazil?

  Here are the providers that were the most often the cheapest in the comparisons of the past 30 days on Monito.com:

  • Profee (cheapest in 64.9% of the searches)
  • MoneyGram (cheapest in 28.1% of the searches)
  • Western Union (cheapest in 5.5% of the searches)
• How much does it cost to send money from France to Brazil?

  If you send money with the cheapest available provider, the total cost of a EUR-BRL transfer was -0.9% of the transfer amount (including all fees and exchange rates) over the past month.

  In contrast, the cost of the most expensive option was 7.7%.

• What is the cost of making an international transfer from France to Brazil using my bank?

  The average total cost (including hidden exchange rate markup) of making a EUR-BRL transfer with banks compared by Monito.com during the past months was 7.5% of the transfer amount. This is -8.7x more expensive than sending money with the cheapest online provider alternative.

  For a 100 EUR transfer, this represents a saving potential of around 8.4 EUR.

• Is Western Union a good option for sending money from France to Brazil?

  Western Union is a popular provider, with the biggest agent location network. The average cost of online money transfers from France to Brazil with Western Union* is 0.4% of the amount you send, whereas the cheapest online services have an average cost of -0.9%.
  
  Remitly is the provider that is most often the cheapest for money transfers to a cash pick-up location in Brazil.
  
  *Sending money from physical agent locations with Western Union is usually much more expensive than using their online service.

• What's the cheapest provider to send money from France to a cash pick-up location in Brazil?

  Over the past 3 months, the provider that was most often the cheapest for cash pick-up transfers in Brazil was Remitly, with an average cost of 0.1% of the amount you send (includes fees + exchange rate margin).
  
  The average total cost to send to a bank account rather than to a pick-up location during the same period was -0.9%. Profee was the provider most often the cheapest for transfers to bank accounts in Brazil.

• What is the fastest option to send money from France to Brazil

  The provider that was most often the fastest provider in comparisons of the past 30 days was Profee (average fastest transfer time: In minutes)