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DATED PROVIDER EVIDENCE · £200 UK TRANSFERS

What a week of transfer checks can tell you

Compare the saved offers for Spain, the United States, India, Pakistan and the Philippines. Each destination keeps its own currency, sample size and receipts.

Observation week: 28 Sept 2026 to 4 Oct 2026 (UTC). Historical evidence; these are not today's prices.

512provider-day records
35 / 35route-days with evidence
14 / 35route-days passing comparison checks
GBP → EUR

Sending £200 to Spain

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Across 7 comparable days, the median gap between the highest and lowest observed recipient amounts was 0.92%. We retained 104 provider-day records across 7 of the seven days.

Daily evidence and recipient-amount range
UTC dayRecords / qualifyingObserved payout rangeGap
28 Sept 20269 / 2€229.71 to €231.84Highest observed: Starling Bank · checks within 1 minutes0.92%
29 Sept 202616 / 2€229.83 to €232.01Highest observed: Starling Bank · checks within 1 minutes0.94%
30 Sept 202616 / 2€230.47 to €232.69Highest observed: Starling Bank · checks within 1 minutes0.95%
1 Oct 202616 / 2€230.67 to €232.82Highest observed: Starling Bank · checks within 1 minutes0.92%
2 Oct 202616 / 2€231.59 to €233.78Highest observed: Starling Bank · checks within 1 minutes0.94%
3 Oct 202616 / 2€231.70 to €232.87Highest observed: Starling Bank · checks within 1 minutes0.50%
4 Oct 202615 / 2€231.70 to €232.87Highest observed: Starling Bank · checks within 1 minutes0.50%

The gap is relative to the highest observed payout. It is not an exchange-rate markup or a whole-market saving. A provider must qualify for the day and the set of qualifying checks must fall within one hour.

Inspect providers and source receipts (16 providers)
Observation coverage during this week
ProviderDays observedDays qualifyingLatest receipt in week
Atlantic Money7 / 77 / 74 Oct 2026 · verified
Instarem7 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Lloyds Bank Business7 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Monese6 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Nationwide5 / 70 / 73 Oct 2026 · indicative
NatWest6 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
NatWest Business7 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
OFX6 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
RBS6 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Santander UK7 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Skrill6 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Starling Bank7 / 77 / 74 Oct 2026 · verified
Taptap Send7 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Western Union6 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Wise7 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Xe7 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
28 Sept 2026: open 9 source receipts
29 Sept 2026: open 16 source receipts
30 Sept 2026: open 16 source receipts
1 Oct 2026: open 16 source receipts
2 Oct 2026: open 16 source receipts
3 Oct 2026: open 16 source receipts
4 Oct 2026: open 15 source receipts
GBP → USD

Sending £200 to United States

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Across 7 comparable days, the median gap between the highest and lowest observed recipient amounts was 0.93%. We retained 123 provider-day records across 7 of the seven days.

Daily evidence and recipient-amount range
UTC dayRecords / qualifyingObserved payout rangeGap
28 Sept 20268 / 2US$261.27 to US$263.74Highest observed: Starling Bank · checks within 1 minutes0.94%
29 Sept 202622 / 2US$260.82 to US$263.28Highest observed: Starling Bank · checks within 1 minutes0.93%
30 Sept 202618 / 2US$261.71 to US$264.30Highest observed: Starling Bank · checks within 1 minutes0.98%
1 Oct 202618 / 2US$260.47 to US$263.01Highest observed: Starling Bank · checks within 1 minutes0.97%
2 Oct 202622 / 2US$260.16 to US$262.61Highest observed: Starling Bank · checks within 1 minutes0.93%
3 Oct 202618 / 2US$260.73 to US$261.97Highest observed: Starling Bank · checks within 1 minutes0.47%
4 Oct 202617 / 2US$260.73 to US$261.97Highest observed: Starling Bank · checks within 1 minutes0.47%

The gap is relative to the highest observed payout. It is not an exchange-rate markup or a whole-market saving. A provider must qualify for the day and the set of qualifying checks must fall within one hour.

Inspect providers and source receipts (22 providers)
Observation coverage during this week
ProviderDays observedDays qualifyingLatest receipt in week
Atlantic Money7 / 77 / 74 Oct 2026 · verified
Barclays2 / 70 / 72 Oct 2026 · indicative
HSBC2 / 70 / 72 Oct 2026 · indicative
Instarem7 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Lloyds2 / 70 / 72 Oct 2026 · indicative
Lloyds Bank Business7 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Monese6 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Moneygram6 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Nationwide5 / 70 / 73 Oct 2026 · indicative
NatWest6 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
NatWest Business7 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
OFX6 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
PayPal6 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
RBS6 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Remitly6 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Santander UK7 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Skrill6 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Starling Bank7 / 77 / 74 Oct 2026 · verified
Western Union6 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Wise7 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
WorldRemit2 / 70 / 72 Oct 2026 · indicative
Xe7 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
28 Sept 2026: open 8 source receipts
29 Sept 2026: open 22 source receipts
30 Sept 2026: open 18 source receipts
1 Oct 2026: open 18 source receipts
2 Oct 2026: open 22 source receipts
3 Oct 2026: open 18 source receipts
4 Oct 2026: open 17 source receipts
GBP → INR

Sending £200 to India

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The saved evidence does not support a daily price comparison for this week. We retained 113 provider-day records across 7 of seven days; the table below explains which comparison checks were not met.

Daily evidence and recipient-amount range
UTC dayRecords / qualifyingObserved payout rangeGap
28 Sept 20268 / 1Fewer than two qualifying providers—
29 Sept 202619 / 1Fewer than two qualifying providers—
30 Sept 202617 / 1Fewer than two qualifying providers—
1 Oct 202617 / 1Fewer than two qualifying providers—
2 Oct 202620 / 1Fewer than two qualifying providers—
3 Oct 202617 / 1Fewer than two qualifying providers—
4 Oct 202615 / 0Fewer than two qualifying providers—

The gap is relative to the highest observed payout. It is not an exchange-rate markup or a whole-market saving. A provider must qualify for the day and the set of qualifying checks must fall within one hour.

Inspect providers and source receipts (20 providers)
Observation coverage during this week
ProviderDays observedDays qualifyingLatest receipt in week
Barclays2 / 70 / 72 Oct 2026 · indicative
HSBC2 / 70 / 72 Oct 2026 · indicative
Instarem7 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Lloyds2 / 70 / 72 Oct 2026 · indicative
Lloyds Bank Business7 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Monese6 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Nationwide5 / 70 / 73 Oct 2026 · indicative
NatWest5 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
NatWest Business7 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
OFX6 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
PayPal6 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
RBS6 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Remitly6 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Santander UK7 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Skrill6 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Taptap Send7 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
TransferGo6 / 76 / 73 Oct 2026 · verified
Western Union6 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Wise7 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Xe7 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
28 Sept 2026: open 8 source receipts
29 Sept 2026: open 19 source receipts
30 Sept 2026: open 17 source receipts
1 Oct 2026: open 17 source receipts
2 Oct 2026: open 20 source receipts
3 Oct 2026: open 17 source receipts
4 Oct 2026: open 15 source receipts
GBP → PKR

Sending £200 to Pakistan

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The saved evidence does not support a daily price comparison for this week. We retained 72 provider-day records across 7 of seven days; the table below explains which comparison checks were not met.

Daily evidence and recipient-amount range
UTC dayRecords / qualifyingObserved payout rangeGap
28 Sept 20265 / 0Fewer than two qualifying providers—
29 Sept 202612 / 0Fewer than two qualifying providers—
30 Sept 202611 / 0Fewer than two qualifying providers—
1 Oct 202611 / 0Fewer than two qualifying providers—
2 Oct 202612 / 0Fewer than two qualifying providers—
3 Oct 202611 / 0Fewer than two qualifying providers—
4 Oct 202610 / 0Fewer than two qualifying providers—

The gap is relative to the highest observed payout. It is not an exchange-rate markup or a whole-market saving. A provider must qualify for the day and the set of qualifying checks must fall within one hour.

Inspect providers and source receipts (12 providers)
Observation coverage during this week
ProviderDays observedDays qualifyingLatest receipt in week
Instarem7 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Moneygram6 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Nationwide5 / 70 / 73 Oct 2026 · indicative
NatWest Business7 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
OFX6 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Remitly6 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Skrill6 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Taptap Send7 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Western Union6 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Wise7 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
WorldRemit2 / 70 / 72 Oct 2026 · indicative
Xe7 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
28 Sept 2026: open 5 source receipts
29 Sept 2026: open 12 source receipts
30 Sept 2026: open 11 source receipts
1 Oct 2026: open 11 source receipts
2 Oct 2026: open 12 source receipts
3 Oct 2026: open 11 source receipts
4 Oct 2026: open 10 source receipts
GBP → PHP

Sending £200 to Philippines

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The saved evidence does not support a daily price comparison for this week. We retained 100 provider-day records across 7 of seven days; the table below explains which comparison checks were not met.

Daily evidence and recipient-amount range
UTC dayRecords / qualifyingObserved payout rangeGap
28 Sept 20267 / 0Fewer than two qualifying providers—
29 Sept 202617 / 0Fewer than two qualifying providers—
30 Sept 202615 / 0Fewer than two qualifying providers—
1 Oct 202615 / 0Fewer than two qualifying providers—
2 Oct 202617 / 0Fewer than two qualifying providers—
3 Oct 202615 / 0Fewer than two qualifying providers—
4 Oct 202614 / 0Fewer than two qualifying providers—

The gap is relative to the highest observed payout. It is not an exchange-rate markup or a whole-market saving. A provider must qualify for the day and the set of qualifying checks must fall within one hour.

Inspect providers and source receipts (17 providers)
Observation coverage during this week
ProviderDays observedDays qualifyingLatest receipt in week
Barclays2 / 70 / 72 Oct 2026 · indicative
HSBC2 / 70 / 72 Oct 2026 · indicative
Instarem7 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Lloyds Bank Business7 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Monese6 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Moneygram6 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Nationwide5 / 70 / 73 Oct 2026 · indicative
NatWest Business7 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
OFX6 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
PayPal6 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Remitly6 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Santander UK7 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Skrill6 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Taptap Send7 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Western Union6 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Wise7 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
Xe7 / 70 / 74 Oct 2026 · indicative
28 Sept 2026: open 7 source receipts
29 Sept 2026: open 17 source receipts
30 Sept 2026: open 15 source receipts
1 Oct 2026: open 15 source receipts
2 Oct 2026: open 17 source receipts
3 Oct 2026: open 15 source receipts
4 Oct 2026: open 14 source receipts
HOW TO READ THE FIGURES

One transfer case, seven separate daily comparisons

We use the latest usable matching receipt for each provider, route and UTC day. The transfer case is £200 funded by bank transfer and paid into a bank account. Records must match the route, currencies and amount. Invalid records are excluded.

A qualifying observation is stored as verified and non-promotional. Calculator estimates, introductory offers and other payment methods remain visible in the evidence but cannot set the daily payout range. If a later indicative result replaces an earlier verified result on the same day, we keep the later result; we do not revive the more favourable earlier evidence.

We compare a day only when it has at least two qualifying providers and all their final checks fall within 60 minutes. Rates can still move inside that window. Superseded receipts are assessed for the day they were captured, so an old receipt can support a historical comparison without becoming a current quote.

The daily gap is 100 × (highest payout − lowest payout) ÷ highest payout. The weekly figure is the median of the qualifying daily gaps, with the number of comparable days stated beside it. We do not combine nominal payouts in different currencies or infer a fee against a mid-market rate from this gap.

Coverage depends on which public provider sources could be checked and retained. A missing result does not show that a provider is unavailable or expensive. Fees, eligibility and the final checkout price can change; use the latest route page before making a transfer. The original receipts describe the evidence source, including any published-rate or fee-schedule inputs.

Dated editions are reconstructed from the retained archive. Corrections or invalidated receipts can change an edition. When citing a number, retain the downloaded data and state the date accessed.

Cite this report

Online Money Transfer, Finofin Limited. Weekly UK transfer-cost evidence: week ending 4 Oct 2026. Observation period ends 2026-10-04. https://onlinemoneytransfer.co.uk/research/weekly-transfer-costs/2026-10-04. Accessed 10 Oct 2026.

Quote the destination and number of comparable days with any median gap. Link to the dated edition and its source receipts.

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RESEARCH TEAM

The names attached to this work

The checking desk produces the rate records. Finofin Limited is responsible for the published explanations and for correcting them when the evidence changes.

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Alon RajicPublisher and research leadBackground and responsibilities →
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Russell GousHead of contentBackground and responsibilities →