Remitly in South Africa
What people in South Africa ask about Remitly: how to receive money, which banks and pickup partners it uses, what it costs, and whether you can send from South Africa.
Does it work?
Yes, for receiving. Family and friends abroad can send you rand through Remitly, paid to your bank account, a mobile wallet or as cash at a pickup partner.
South Africa shows up on Remitly as a place to receive money, not a country to send from. If you were hoping to send money out of South Africa with Remitly, that does not appear to be offered, so check its current sending countries.
Remitly in South Africa at a glance
Receiving
Sign up at remitly.com and choose whether you want your money paid to a bank or collected as cash.
Remitly lets you request money from someone abroad without sharing private details such as your bank account number.
They send from a country Remitly supports, pick bank deposit or cash pickup, and pay the fee shown to them.
Money goes to your South African bank account, or you collect cash at a pickup partner. Most transfers arrive within minutes.
Locations
Remitly pays out through these partners. It does not publish street addresses for cash pickup, so your sender or the Remitly app shows what is available when the transfer is set up.
FAQ
Yes, for receiving money. Remitly lists South Africa as a destination, so someone abroad can send you rand by bank deposit, cash pickup or mobile wallet. On Remitly's own pages South Africa does not appear as a country you can send from.
We could not find South Africa among the countries Remitly lets you send from. Its South Africa page is for receiving, and its send flows start from countries such as the US, UK, Australia, Austria and the UAE. Check Remitly's current list of sending countries before you rely on it. If you are a business that needs to send money out of South Africa, talk to us.
Remitly pays out through partners rather than its own branches. Its list of South African providers includes Absa, African Bank, Bank of China, Bidvest Bank, Capitec, China Construction Bank, Discovery Bank, Finbond Mutual Bank, FNB, Investec, Mercantile Bank, Mukuru, Nedbank, Old Mutual, Sasfin, Standard Bank, TymeBank and UBank. Remitly does not publish street addresses for cash pickup on those pages, so the sender or the Remitly app shows you the pickup options available to you when the transfer is set up.
Yes. Capitec Bank, Absa Bank, First National Bank (FNB) and Standard Bank are all on Remitly's South African provider list, along with Nedbank, Discovery Bank, Investec and others. Mukuru is listed for cash pickup.
No. Remitly says there are no fees for you as the receiver. The sender pays Remitly's fee, which is shown to them before they pay and depends on the country they send from, how they pay and how fast they want it delivered. Your own bank may have its own charges for incoming payments, so check with it.
Remitly says most transfers arrive within minutes. Speed depends on how the sender pays, the delivery method you chose, any transaction review, and whether Remitly and its partners are available at that moment.
Remitly shows the exchange rate to the sender before they confirm the transfer, and the rate depends on the country, the amount and how they pay. The headline rate can look good while the total cost sits in the fee and the rate margin, so compare the rand you will receive, not just the fee, against the market rate. You can check today's rate on our dollar to rand page.
Remitly is built for people sending money to family and friends. If your business is moving money in, out or around Africa, or you need to convert dollars to rand at a better rate, that is what we do.
Information checked against Remitly South Africa and Remitly providers in South Africa on 24 October 2026. CurrenC is not affiliated with Remitly, and Remitly can change its service and partners.