There are restrictions on recipients when sending money to Ukraine. Our Acceptable Use Policy restricts sending money that will be used for weaponry or military goods and services. This means sending money to a charity that purchases military equipment is not allowed.
Here you’ll find answers to the most common questions about Ukrainian hryvnia (UAH) transfers.
You can’t currently send money from UAH.
Sending to UAH
Who can I send UAH to?
You can send UAH to a recipient's IBAN number linked to a bank account registered in Ukraine.
You can’t send to personal cards, or junior cards (“Картка Юнiора”) or business cards/accounts. We can't send payments to Sberbank recipients.
What information do I need about my recipient?
You’ll need the first and last name of the recipient and their full card number or their IBAN.
Please keep in mind that you'll also need to enter your recipient's address. If you have a saved recipient, you can simply delete and re-add them with their full address.
When typing in the recipient’s name, please write their last name, first name, then patronymic (optional) in that order. Make sure there aren’t any typos or transliteration errors in the recipient’s name.
If your recipient has more than one first or last name, put the names together with capitalised initials, but without hyphens and spaces. For example: CruzDaCosta AnnaMaria
How much can I send?
For PrivatBank IBAN/card: up to 399,999 UAH per transfer/per month.
For non-PrivatBank IBAN/card recipients: up to 29,999 UAH per transfer.
Note: Exchange rates are volatile right now, so we can't guarantee the exchange rate for transfers to UAH. UAH exchange rates are provided by our local partner in Ukraine. Read more
How long does it usually take for the money to arrive?
Once we receive and convert your money, it usually arrives in your recipient’s account on the same working day. Conversion can take up to 2 working days.
We’ll always give you an estimate for how long your transfer will take when you set it up.
Learn more about how long transfers take
Are there any restrictions on sending to UAH?
Due to current global sanctions, we can’t send UAH to Crimea, Sevastopol, Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions.
You also can't send to business bank accounts.
From 12/08/2024 we have stopped processing UAH card payouts to Visa cards (both PrivatBank issued and any other Ukrainian bank). You can still send money to these beneficiaries by using IBAN format of recipient details instead of card number.
Is there any other information I need to know?
You can’t send UAH to email addresses right now.
We’ve had to temporarily restrict incoming UAH payments to Wise cards. We may resume payments again in the future, but for now, we aren’t able to give an exact timeline — we’re working on it. We’re sorry for the inconvenience this may cause, but we hope you understand.