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WorldRemit
FirstBank partners with WorldRemit so your loved ones can send you money online and you can receive directly to your bank account.
Product Information
FirstBank partners with WorldRemit so your loved ones can send you money online and you can receive either as cash at any of our locations or directly into your bank account
WorldRemit is an electronic money transfer service that creates convenience to both the sender and the receiver. It is available in over 150 countries around the world.
PAYOUT IN US DOLLARS:
With WorldRemit, US Dollar account holders and non-USD account holders of First Bank can receive funds from abroad in US Dollars directly into their Dollars accounts. Where recipient has no USD account, funds channeled through Naira accounts are deposited into USD accounts created by the Bank on behalf of recipients.
- Transfer available in over 150 send countries including all the states in the United States
- Low cost
- Fast
- Simple
- Trusted
- Convenient
- Receiver does not pay any fee
- Transfer is available to receiver immediately the sender concludes the transaction
- Customer can access funds in all the Bank’s locations nationwide and across the alternative channels
- Service available nationwide from Monday to Friday and at selected locations on weekends and public holidays
- Customer shares either their Naira or USD account with sender
- Once transaction is sent by sender, Customer walks into any of our locations nationwide to receive funds in USD
- Where Naira account is shared with sender, the bank notifies recipient of the USD account where funds is paid into.
- For Cash Pick Up transactions, recipients present a valid identity card
- Sender’s name, Phone number and address
- The Receiver’s name, account number and country
- Amount in local currency of sender’s country or USD
- Acceptable means of identification
Any of the following document are valid means of identification:
- International Passport
- BVN
- Permanent Voters Card
- National Identity Card
- Driver’s License
This service is available to both account holders and walk-in customers who are 18 years and above
FAQs
WorldRemit offer both Cash pick up and direct to account services
: No, the sender bears all charges
The transfer would be credited directly into the recipient account or you could as well collect cash in any of our locations close to you
Recipients will receive the exact amount sent by the sender
Please reach out to the Money Transfer Team via mail on Money_Transfer_Department@firstbanknigeria.com. Alternatively, you can call 019057125, 019057144, 019057122, 019057142
Only inbound transaction is available in Nigeria
We will automatically create a tier one domiciliary account for remittances into Naira account and remit your funds into the newly opened domiciliary account. We will equally communicate to you when this is done
Yes, all beneficiaries of International money transfers received through the approved Money Transfer Organizations are eligible for this promo and would get 5 Naira for every dollar received through their FirstBank account. This incentive payment is valid till its discontinuation by the Central Bank of Nigeria.