Send GBP to Hong Kong — Compare 13 Providers (1 digital-asset, 12 traditional)

According to RemitRoutes data (updated 3h ago), the cheapest way to send 1,000 GBP to Hong Kong is HashKey at 0.14% total cost. Crypto rails at 0.14% are 0.26 percentage points cheaper than the cheapest traditional option at 0.40%.

Sending $1,000 GBP. Rates measured 3h ago from live APIs · refreshed every 6 hours — never estimated.

Provider	Type	Recipient Gets	All-In Fee	Speed
✦ HashKey	Crypto	10,603.69 HKD	0.14%	~1 second
Wise	Traditional	10,575.56 HKD	0.40%	1-2 business days
Instarem	Traditional	10,561.81 HKD	0.53%	Unknown
Remitly	Traditional	10,549.67 HKD	0.65%	Unknown
HSBC	Traditional	10,542.38 HKD	0.72%	Unknown
Monese	Traditional	10,406.52 HKD	2.00%	Unknown
NatWest	Traditional	10,382.13 HKD	2.23%	Unknown
RBS	Traditional	10,382.13 HKD	2.23%	Unknown
Western Union	Traditional	10,343.68 HKD	2.59%	1 business day
OFX	Traditional	10,337.5 HKD	2.65%	Unknown
Barclays	Traditional	10,325.88 HKD	2.76%	Unknown
Nationwide	Traditional	10,207.25 HKD	3.87%	Unknown
PayPal	Traditional	10,142.19 HKD	4.49%	Unknown

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