United States

The following tables show how much it costs to remit money from United States to
Note: Corridor averages are unweighted and do not reflect the market shares of the different firms that compose the average. For comparability purposes, the two initial USD reference amounts of $200 and $500 were kept. In the third quarter of 2009, the amounts in local currency were adjusted in order to reflect foreign exchange fluctuations.

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Remitting from United States to Brazil

Collection period for Third quarter 2009 | First quarter 2009 | 2008 
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200500
 Total cost 
Firm nameFirm typeFee
(USD)
Exchange rate
margin (%)
Percent (%)USD Transfer speedNetwork Coverage

Date

Global Money RemittanceMTO0.001.091.092.18 2 daysNationwideAug 14, 2009
Globo Travel 'n' ToursMTO10.000.225.2210.44 2 daysNationwideAug 14, 2009
Trans-fast (Imporium Brazil)MTO7.001.855.3510.70 Same dayNationwideAug 14, 2009
Western UnionMTO7.991.475.4710.94 Next dayNationwideAug 14, 2009
Ria EnviaMTO4.993.495.9811.96 Same dayNationwideAug 14, 2009
South ExchangeMTO10.001.316.3112.62 Next dayNationwideAug 14, 2009
VigoMTO10.001.856.8513.70 Same dayNationwideAug 14, 2009
Western UnionMTO10.991.476.9713.94 Less than one hourNationwideAug 14, 2009
IntertransfersMTO10.002.947.9415.88 Next dayNationwideAug 14, 2009
MoneyGramMTO9.993.498.4816.96 Less than one hourNationwideAug 14, 2009
ViamericasMTO10.004.589.5819.16 Same dayNationwideAug 14, 2009
Bank of AmericaBank45.000.0022.5045.00 Next dayNationwideAug 14, 2009
Bank of AmericaBank35.0014.5732.0764.14 Next dayNationwideAug 14, 2009
Bank Average 40.007.2927.2954.58
MTO Average 8.272.166.3012.60
Total Average 13.152.959.5319.06
Total Average in First Quarter 2009 13.212.879.4718.94
200500
 Total cost 
Firm nameFirm typeFee
(USD)
Exchange rate
margin (%)
Percent (%)USD Transfer speedNetwork Coverage

Date

IntertransfersMTO0.004.094.098.18 Next dayN/AJan 22, 2009
MoneyGramMTO9.990.005.0010.00 Less than one hourN/AJan 22, 2009
Ria EnviaMTO4.993.165.6611.32 Same dayN/AJan 22, 2009
Trans-fast (Imporium Brazil)MTO7.002.556.0512.10 Same dayN/AJan 22, 2009
VigoMTO10.001.116.1112.22 Same dayN/AJan 22, 2009
Global Money RemittanceMTO10.001.466.4612.92 2 daysN/AJan 22, 2009
Western Union (online)Bank10.991.226.7213.44 Less than one hourN/AJan 22, 2009
Globo Travel 'n' ToursMTO10.001.896.8913.78 2 daysN/AJan 22, 2009
Western Union (agent)Bank12.001.227.2214.44 Less than one hourN/AJan 22, 2009
South Remessa InstantaneaMTO10.002.747.7415.48 Next dayN/AJan 22, 2009
South ExchangeMTO10.003.408.4016.80 Next dayN/AJan 22, 2009
ViamericasMTO10.004.099.0918.18 Same dayN/AJan 22, 2009
Bank of America (Bradesco)Bank45.000.0022.5045.00 6 days or moreN/AJan 22, 2009
Bank of America (Bradesco)Bank35.0013.1930.6961.38 6 days or moreN/AJan 22, 2009
Bank Average 25.753.9116.7833.56
MTO Average 8.202.456.5513.10
Total Average 13.212.879.4718.94
Total Average in 2008 12.382.248.4316.86
200500
 Total cost 
Firm nameFirm typeFee
(USD)
Exchange rate
margin (%)
Percent (%)USD Transfer speedNetwork Coverage

Date

VigoMTO5.00-0.102.404.80 Next 24 or 48 hours-May 12, 2008
Trans-fast (Imporium Brazil)MTO5.001.183.687.36 Same day (before noon)-May 12, 2008
IntertransfersMTO10.00-0.104.909.80 Next day-May 12, 2008
ViamericasMTO10.000.015.0110.02 24 hours-May 12, 2008
Global Money RemittanceMTO10.000.515.5111.02 2 days-May 12, 2008
Western UnionMTO10.990.746.2312.46 Within minutes-May 12, 2008
MoneyGramMTO9.991.316.3012.60 10 minutes-May 12, 2008
Globo Travel 'n' ToursMTO10.001.786.7813.56 Same day (before noon)-May 12, 2008
South ExchangeMTO10.001.786.7813.56 24 ho