What Skrill has shown on monitored routes
A win requires a completed, non-promotional quote at the same sending amount. Converter rates and modelled bank prices remain useful evidence, though neither is allowed to wear the winner's badge.
Where Skrill makes sense
- Best for
- Existing Skrill users and recipients already operating inside the wallet ecosystem.
- Less suitable for
- A plain bank-to-bank international transfer selected on exchange rate.
- Where the rate cost sits
- Skrill customer conversion rate with a currency-conversion charge.
- What the fee tells you
- Depends on wallet funding, transfer type, currency and withdrawal method.
- Delivery
- Fast within the wallet; bank and card withdrawals have separate timing.
- Access
- Digital wallet, merchant payments and money-transfer products in supported markets.
How Skrill's quote can flatter or disappoint
Skrill can make sense when the money is meant to remain in Skrill or pay a merchant that accepts it. That is different from sending pounds to a foreign bank account.
Currency conversion, funding and withdrawal can each have their own price. The cheapest-looking step may therefore sit inside a more expensive end-to-end path.
Our review gives priority to the amount that reaches the final recipient account. If that amount cannot be reproduced publicly, Skrill remains listed without an invented rate.
Where it works well
- Established wallet network
- Fast wallet-to-wallet movement
- Useful in selected online merchant settings
Where the value thins out
- Several fee layers can apply
- Wallet receipt is not bank receipt
- Public comparable quotes are limited
The latest Skrill figures we can reproduce
Each row is the newest record for that route. The receipt shows the provider screen or calculation behind it, including the time we saw it.
| Route | Sent | Visible fee | Amount delivered | Against the best completed quote | Receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom → United Statesbank transfer · bank deposit | £200.00 | £0.00 | US$261.15Rate 1.305754 | Calculator evidence | Open receipt31 Jul 2026, 07:31 UTC |
| United Kingdom → Spainbank transfer · bank deposit | £200.00 | £0.00 | €226.88Rate 1.134404 | Calculator evidence | Open receipt31 Jul 2026, 07:31 UTC |
| United Kingdom → Polandbank transfer · bank deposit | £200.00 | £0.00 | PLN 1,002.21Rate 5.011071 | Calculator evidence | Open receipt31 Jul 2026, 07:31 UTC |
| United Kingdom → Portugalbank transfer · bank deposit | £200.00 | £0.00 | €229.08Rate 1.145406 | Calculator evidence | Open receipt31 Jul 2026, 07:31 UTC |
| United Kingdom → Philippinesbank transfer · bank deposit | £200.00 | £0.00 | ₱16,288Rate 81.438652 | Calculator evidence | Open receipt31 Jul 2026, 07:31 UTC |
| United Kingdom → Pakistanbank transfer · bank deposit | £200.00 | £0.00 | PKR 73,681Rate 368.406687 | Calculator evidence | Open receipt31 Jul 2026, 07:31 UTC |
| United Kingdom → Netherlandsbank transfer · bank deposit | £200.00 | £0.00 | €229.08Rate 1.145406 | Calculator evidence | Open receipt31 Jul 2026, 07:31 UTC |
| United Kingdom → Italybank transfer · bank deposit | £200.00 | £0.00 | €226.88Rate 1.134404 | Calculator evidence | Open receipt31 Jul 2026, 07:31 UTC |
| United Kingdom → Irelandbank transfer · bank deposit | £200.00 | £0.00 | €230.56Rate 1.152807 | Calculator evidence | Open receipt31 Jul 2026, 07:31 UTC |
| United Kingdom → Indiabank transfer · bank deposit | £200.00 | £0.00 | ₹25,549Rate 127.744201 | Calculator evidence | Open receipt31 Jul 2026, 07:30 UTC |
| United Kingdom → Germanybank transfer · bank deposit | £200.00 | £0.00 | €226.88Rate 1.134404 | Calculator evidence | Open receipt31 Jul 2026, 07:30 UTC |
| United Kingdom → Francebank transfer · bank deposit | £200.00 | £0.00 | €226.88Rate 1.134404 | Calculator evidence | Open receipt31 Jul 2026, 07:30 UTC |
| United Kingdom → Australiabank transfer · bank deposit | £200.00 | £0.00 | A$371.47Rate 1.857366 | Calculator evidence | Open receipt31 Jul 2026, 07:30 UTC |
| Euro area → United Statesbank transfer · bank deposit | €850.00 | €0.00 | US$950.34Rate 1.118049 | Calculator evidence | Open receipt31 Jul 2026, 07:30 UTC |
| Germany → United Kingdombank transfer · bank deposit | €850.00 | €0.00 | £713.24Rate 0.839104 | Calculator evidence | Open receipt31 Jul 2026, 07:30 UTC |
What to price beside Skrill
PayPal solves a familiar-account problem, particularly for merchants. Its currency conversion can be expensive, and moving the balance into a bank account may add another step after the apparent transfer is finished.
Read the PayPal rate review →Wise remains the cleanest yardstick for an ordinary bank transfer. It uses the mid-market rate and places its charge in view, so there is less detective work between the advertised rate and the amount delivered.
Read the Wise rate review →Revolut can be very good value for an existing customer exchanging within the plan allowance. Go beyond that allowance, or exchange at the weekend, and the apparently simple price develops rather more moving parts.
Read the Revolut rate review →Skrill's own pricing documents
These pages describe the published terms. The corridor table is gathered separately, so a provider's explanation never substitutes for the quote it gives us.
- UK fee scheduleSkrill