Send GBP to Hong Kong — Compare 14 Providers (1 digital-asset, 13 traditional)

According to RemitRoutes data (updated 5h ago), the cheapest way to send 1,000 GBP to Hong Kong is HashKey at 0.31% total cost. Crypto rails at 0.31% are 0.15 percentage points cheaper than the cheapest traditional option at 0.46%.

Sending $1,000 GBP. Rates measured 5h ago from live APIs · refreshed every 6 hours — never estimated.

Provider	Type	Recipient Gets	All-In Fee	Speed
✦ HashKey	Crypto	10,658.84 HKD	0.31%	~1 second
Wise	Traditional	10,641.96 HKD	0.46%	1-2 business days
Instarem	Traditional	10,631.3 HKD	0.56%	Unknown
Remitly	Traditional	10,621.64 HKD	0.65%	Unknown
HSBC	Traditional	10,611.15 HKD	0.75%	Unknown
NatWest	Traditional	10,436.99 HKD	2.38%	Unknown
RBS	Traditional	10,436.99 HKD	2.38%	Unknown
Western Union	Traditional	10,426.49 HKD	2.48%	1 business day
Barclays	Traditional	10,399.76 HKD	2.73%	Unknown
Xoom	Traditional	10,386.84 HKD	2.85%	Unknown
Monese	Traditional	10,368.04 HKD	3.03%	Unknown
OFX	Traditional	10,351.32 HKD	3.18%	Unknown
Nationwide	Traditional	10,260.26 HKD	4.03%	Unknown
PayPal	Traditional	10,208.56 HKD	4.52%	Unknown

Updated every 6 hours from real APIs (Wise, CCXT, CoinGecko). No data is estimated or hardcoded. See methodology · Full GBP → HKD cost data