Costa Rica

The following tables show how much it costs to remit money from Costa Rica 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 Costa Rica to Nicaragua

Collection period for Third quarter 2009 
See prices in CRC | USD 
117984294960
 Total cost 
Firm nameFirm typeFee
(CRC)
Exchange rate
margin (%)
Percent (%)CRC Transfer speedNetwork Coverage

Date

ServiExpresoMTO1475.000.902.152536.66 Same dayNationwideAug 25, 2009
ServiExpresoMTO2905.000.903.363964.26 Same dayNationwideAug 25, 2009
CitibankBank1741.002.333.814495.19 3-5 daysNationwideAug 25, 2009
MoneyGram (HSBC)Bank/MTO2316.002.504.465262.09 Less than one hourNationwideAug 25, 2009
Banco NacionalBank5880.000.995.977043.64 Less than one hourNationwideAug 25, 2009
Bank Average 3810.501.664.895769.42
Bank/MTO Average 2316.002.504.465262.09
MTO Average 2190.000.902.763256.36
Total Average 2863.401.533.954660.37
200500
 Total cost 
Firm nameFirm typeFee
(USD)
Exchange rate
margin (%)
Percent (%)USD Transfer speedNetwork Coverage

Date

Remesas InstantaneasMTO3.000.001.503.00 Same dayNationwideAug 25, 2009
ServiExpresoMTO2.500.902.154.30 Same dayNationwideAug 25, 2009
ServiExpresoMTO4.920.903.366.72 Same dayNationwideAug 25, 2009
CitibankBank2.952.333.817.62 3-5 daysNationwideAug 25, 2009
MoneyGram (HSBC)Bank/MTO3.932.504.468.92 Less than one hourNationwideAug 25, 2009
Banco NacionalBank9.970.995.9711.94 Less than one hourNationwideAug 25, 2009
Western UnionMTO16.000.008.0016.00 Less than one hourNationwideAug 25, 2009
Bank Average 6.461.664.899.78
Bank/MTO Average 3.932.504.468.92
MTO Average 6.610.453.757.50
Total Average 6.181.094.188.36