Frequently Asked Questions

• What's the cheapest way to send money from New Zealand to Fiji?

  The cheapest way to send money from New Zealand to Fiji is through an online provider. Among the 7 available, Western Union was most often the cheapest provider (in 72.1% of the searches on Monito.com in the past 3 months).

• What are the best providers to send money from New Zealand to Fiji?

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

  • Western Union (cheapest in 72.1% of the searches)
  • Remitly (cheapest in 15.2% of the searches)
  • MoneyGram (cheapest in 12.7% of the searches)
• How much does it cost to send money from New Zealand to Fiji?

  If you send money with the cheapest available provider, the total cost of a NZD-FJD transfer was -1.4% of the transfer amount (including all fees and exchange rates) over the past month.

  In contrast, the cost of the most expensive option was 8.7%.

• What is the cost of making an international transfer from New Zealand to Fiji using my bank?

  The average total cost (including hidden exchange rate markup) of making a NZD-FJD transfer with banks compared by Monito.com during the past months was 4.8% of the transfer amount. This is -3.5x more expensive than sending money with the cheapest online provider alternative.

  For a 500 NZD transfer, this represents a saving potential of around 30.9 NZD.

• Is Western Union a good option for sending money from New Zealand to Fiji?

  Western Union is a popular provider, with the biggest agent location network. The average cost of online money transfers from New Zealand to Fiji with Western Union* is -1.0% of the amount you send, whereas the cheapest online services have an average cost of -1.4%.
  
  Western Union is the provider that is most often the cheapest for money transfers to a cash pick-up location in Fiji.
  
  *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 New Zealand to a cash pick-up location in Fiji?

  Over the past 3 months, the provider that was most often the cheapest for cash pick-up transfers in Fiji was Western Union, with an average cost of -1.1% 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 -1.0%. Western Union was the provider most often the cheapest for transfers to bank accounts in Fiji.

• What is the fastest option to send money from New Zealand to Fiji

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