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Choose how you want to send money from Saudi Arabia

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     Log in or register

    – Follow the steps to create an online profile in just a few minutes.
    – Verify your identity online if you have an Absher account, or in person at the nearest Ersal location if you’re a new Ersal customer. Learn more about profile verification.

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    Start your transfer

    – Enter the destination country and the amount you’d like to send.
    – Choose the payout method: cash or bank account based on your receiver’s country.

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    Enter your receiver’s details

    – If you’re sending directly to a bank account, you will need your receiver’s bank name, code, and account number1
    – You can save your receiver’s details for convenient repeat transfers.

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    Pay and send

    – Pay for your transfer with a Saudi-issued MADA card.
    – Check all the details before hitting send.
    – You’ll get a receipt with the tracking number (MTCN). Use it to track your transfer and share it with your receiver only.

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    Download the app

    – Download the Western Union® app on Apple App Store or Google Play Store.

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    Log in or register

    – Follow the steps in the app to create a profile on the app in just a few minutes.
    – Verify your identity online if you have an Absher account, or in person at the nearest Ersal location if you’re a new Ersal customer. Learn more about profile verification.

  • number 3

    Start your transfer

    – Enter the destination country and the amount you’d like to send.
    – Choose the payout method: cash or bank account based on your receiver’s country.

  • Number 4

    Pay and send

    – Pay for your transfer with a Saudi-issued MADA card.
    – Check all the details before hitting send.
    – You’ll get a receipt with the tracking number (MTCN). Use it to track your transfer and share it with your receiver only.

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    Visit a Western Union agent location

    With over 200 locations2 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, it’s easy to find one nearby.

    Find location
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    Share your details

    Provide the agent with your full name and a valid government-issued ID.

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    Share your receiver’s details3

    – Provide the agent with your receiver’s first name and surname, the destination country, and the exact amount you wish to send.
    – Choose the payout method: cash or direct to bank based on your receiver’s country.

  • Number 4

    Pay and send

    – Pay for your transfer.
    – You’ll get a receipt with the tracking number (MTCN). Use it to track your transfer and share it with your receiver only.

Got loved ones to pay?
Deliver it their way.

Choose a method that gives your loved ones all the reliability and flexibility they need when receiving money.

Send money directly to a bank account4. It’s super easy and handy.

Send money to one of our 550,000+ agent locations2 for a cash pick up in minutes4

Flexibility to change Cash Pickup

Situations can keep changing. We get it. So, we’re making it easy to switch from a cash pickup to sending money directly into your receiver’s bank account. Note that this service is only available for transactions that were initiated at Western Union Agent Locations.

  • • Call 8008444067
  • • Speak to a Money Transfer Specialist
  • • Request to change from cash pickup to a bank account and complete the transfer by giving your receiver’s bank account details.1 It’s that simple!

1Please make sure that the receiver’s name accurately matches the details of the bank account owner. (Account details may vary by country.)

Why transfer money with us?

Send money from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with us and enjoy all the benefits we have to offer.

It’s convenient

With hundreds of thousands of agent locations in over 200 countries and territories2, finding one nearby is easy

Commitment to security

Our encryption and fraud prevention efforts help protect your Western Union transfers.

It’s quick

Your cash will be ready for collection from a Western Union agent location within minutes4

It’s reliable

We’ve been moving money for over 145 years.

Money transfer made easy with the Western Union® app

Send money on the go or start a transfer and pay in-store.

Track your money transfer in real time.

Repeat transfers quickly to friends and family.

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Rating as of September 15, 2020.

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Need help?

Visit our FAQs or just get in touch.

For other Western Union services, get in touch with our agents’ Customer Care.
For further assistance, you can call us at the following numbers:
800 844 4067 (landline and STC)
800 850 0338 (Mobily and Zain)

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

2 Network data as of June 30, 2019. Due to COVID-19 concerns, some agent locations may be temporarily closed. Please check the agent locator to confirm availability prior to sending

3 Please provide your receiver’s name as it appears on the ID they will be presenting to pick up the money.

4 Funds may be delayed or services unavailable based on certain transaction conditions, including amount sent, destination country, currency availability, regulatory and foreign exchange issues, required receiver action(s), identification requirements, agent location hours, differences in time zones, or selection of delayed options.