Rocket Remit international money transfers in Australia. The fees, rates & how-tos
If you’re looking for a way to send money internationally from within Australia, you’ll no doubt have discovered that now there are a whole range of solutions...
Beyond Bank is a customer-owned bank based in South Australia, offering a range of personal and business banking services.
But what’s Beyond Bank like for international transfers? We’ll cover everything you need to know in this guide, from fees to exchange rates. So if you need to send money overseas, you’ll be all set.
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Let’s start with the important stuff — how much it costs to make international transfers with Beyond Bank.
Beyond uses Western Union Business Solutions to facilitate its international transfers. To give you an idea of fees, let’s compare Beyond Bank/Western Union with another provider such as Wise.
Fees | Beyond Bank/Western Union | Wise |
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Cost to transfer if staff assisted at branch or contact center | 25 AUD¹ | N/A |
Cost to transfer if sent online or using the App | None¹ | 5.14 AUD⁴ See pricing here |
Potential Correspondent and/or recipient fees charged | Western Union may use corresponden banks² — so additional fees may apply³. | None. Wise receives your AUD locally and pays out the GBP locally to the recipient in the UK |
* Fees as checked on 19 November 2021
Now let’s take a quick look at fees for receiving international transfers with Beyond Bank:
Service | Fee¹ |
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Receiving an international transfer via Western Union | None |
Receiving an international transfer via SWIFT international transfer | 8 AUD |
Western Union facilitates international payments for Beyond Bank, and they may use a network of correspondent or intermediary banks⁵ to do so, depending on the currency.
Using this network, your payment may not go directly to the recipient’s bank. Instead, it could follow a route involving a number of different intermediary banks. Each of these could charge their own handling fee.
Ready to send money overseas? Let’s find out how to do it.
With Beyond Bank, you can make what it calls an International (Telegraphic) Transfer through two different methods⁵. These are online/mobile banking, and person at a bank branch.
To make an international payment via online banking with Beyond Bank, follow these steps⁵:
You can also send money overseas using the Beyond Bank mobile banking app. It’s simple to do — you just need to select the ‘Pay’ menu, click ‘International’⁶ and follow the on-screen instructions.
If you prefer, you can also visit your local Beyond Bank branch to set up your transfer. You’ll need to have the recipient’s bank account details with you (we’ll cover what you need in just a moment).
Remember that there will be a fee to pay for staff-assisted transfers, while online/mobile banking payments are free.
Beyond Bank uses exchange rates provided by Western Union, and these tend to be different to the mid-market rate shown on Google. This is because the exchange rates include a margin added on top². Ultimately though, this can make your transfer more expensive.
Western Union state in their terms of service:
In addition to the transfer fee, western union also makes money when it changes your australian dollars into foreign currency¹³
Let’s compare the indicative rates to Wise’s mid-market rate.
Rates | Beyond Bank⁸ | Wise |
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Exchange rate* | 0.5221 | 0.538153 |
Recipient receives | 522.10 GBP | 536.71 GBP |
* Indicative rate as provided on 19th November 2021
To get the very most for your money, look for a provider such as Wise that offers the real exchange rate — with no margin on top.
You can only transfer a maximum of 5,000 AUD⁹ a day with Beyond Bank. However, there is the potential to increase this to an upper limit of 10,050 AUD⁹.
You’ll need to visit a branch or call Beyond on 13 25 85 to request this.
To set up a transfer, make sure you have the following details to hand⁹:
Now, what about receiving an international transfer? Here are the details you’ll need to provide¹⁰:
Because the money will be received through Western Union, you’ll need to fill this form to receive money into your Beyond Bank account from overseas. Western Union will provide you bank details your sender can transfer into, to be passed on to your Beyond Bank account.
International payments processed by Western Union on behalf of Beyond Bank can take as little as 2-3 days to arrive, but it can depend on the country, currency and recipient’s bank.
In some cases, beneficiary banks can take up to 5 working days to release funds. And for what WU terms ‘exotic currencies’ — it can potentially take up to 10 days.
Have a question or need help with an international transfer? Here’s how to contact Beyond Bank¹¹:
After reading this guide, you should have a good idea of how to send money overseas with Beyond Bank — and how much it costs.
Beyond doesn’t charge transfer fees for payments made with online banking, which is great. But Western Union adds a mark-up to the exchange rate and Beyond Bank may get a share of that ⁸ ¹³. This can make your transfer more expensive than it needs to be.
Check out how much you could save on your next transfer using our calculator below.
You could save money with an alternative solution such as Wise, which only charges tiny fees and guarantees the mid-market exchange rate. There are no correspondent bank fees, and transfers are both quick and secure.
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*Please see terms of use and product availability for your region or visit Wise fees and pricing for the most up to date pricing and fee information.
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