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Choose how you want to receive money

Ways to receive money

Cash pickup
Bank account
Mobile wallet
Cash
Bank
Wallet

Cash pickup

  1. Visit a Western Union agent location.
  2. Provide your sender's details, including the Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN).
  3. Show a government-issued photo ID.
  4. Get your money once your details have been verified.

Bank account

Provide your sender these details:

  1. Your full name and bank account number 1.
  2. The purpose of remittance.
  3. Your address and mobile number.

Mobile wallet

  1. If you are a registered user of Coins.ph, GCash, or PayMaya in the Philippines, you may choose to receive money directly in your mobile wallet2 via Western Union. Just provide your sender with the mobile phone number that is linked to your e-wallet.
  2. To receive a transfer in your e-wallet, you must have a fully registered profile. Submit your ID info and other mandatory details to your e-wallet provider as per Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas regulations and get it verified. Check your e-wallet provider's website to learn how to register your profile.
  3. Once your sender makes the transfer, you will get a text message on your registered mobile number to confirm that the funds have been deposited into your e-wallet, or to alert you about issues, if any.
  4. Remember to ask your sender for the tracking number (MTCN) and the estimated amount sent.

Learn more about mobile wallets here.

Need to know when you will receive the money transfer?

Track your transfer using your Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN). You’ll know instantly if the money is on its way or if it’s already available for pickup.

Check the status with your Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN).

Last year, our customers made 268 million transfers

Money transfer from UK Money transfer from Russia Money transfer from India Money transfer from America Money transfer from Brazil

Worldwide

We’re in 200+ countries and territories

Reliable

We’ve been moving money for over 145 years

$80B annually

We make an average 31 transfers per second

We’ve been moving money for over 145 years and have established a network of over half a million agents worldwide. We transfer $80 billion annually, making an average of 31 safe, secure transfers per second.

Need help?

Visit our FAQs or just get in touch 24/7. Our Customer Care is just a call away.

02-888-1200 (for calls within Metro Manila)
1-800-1-9-888-1200 (toll-free nationwide via PLDT Lines)
1-800-9-888-1200 (toll-free nationwide via Globe Lines)
+632-888-1200 (for calls from overseas)

Go to FAQs

1 Please use care when providing bank account information. Funds will be paid into in the bank account corresponding to account number you provide. The receiver's account must be a local currency payout account.

2 Additional receiver charges, including SMS and account cash-out fees, may be applied to the receiver's mobile wallet account by the mobile network operator.