Send GBP to India — Compare 20 Providers (1 digital-asset, 19 traditional)

According to RemitRoutes data (updated 4h ago), the cheapest way to send 1,000 GBP to India is CoinDCX at -3.52% total cost. Crypto rails at -3.52% are 4.03 percentage points cheaper than the cheapest traditional option at 0.51%.

Sending $1,000 GBP. Rates measured 4h ago from live APIs · refreshed every 6 hours — never estimated.

Provider	Type	Recipient Gets	All-In Fee	Speed
✦ CoinDCX	Crypto	134,433.56 INR	-3.52% (crypto premium)	~1 second
State Bank of India	Traditional	129,200 INR	0.51%	1-2 business days
Remitly	Traditional	129,116.09 INR	0.58%	Unknown
WorldRemit	Traditional	129,010.69 INR	0.66%	Unknown
Wise	Traditional	129,001.65 INR	0.67%	1-2 business days
Western Union	Traditional	128,795 INR	0.82%	1 business day
ICICI Bank	Traditional	128,735.51 INR	0.87%	Unknown
HSBC	Traditional	128,625.64 INR	0.95%	Unknown
Xoom	Traditional	127,768.57 INR	1.61%	Unknown
HDFC Bank	Traditional	126,890 INR	2.29%	1-2 business days
NatWest	Traditional	126,770.15 INR	2.38%	Unknown
RBS	Traditional	126,770.15 INR	2.38%	Unknown
Monese	Traditional	126,551.06 INR	2.55%	Unknown
Barclays	Traditional	126,145.38 INR	2.86%	Unknown
Nationwide	Traditional	124,420.7 INR	4.19%	Unknown
OFX	Traditional	124,384.46 INR	4.22%	Unknown
PayPal	Traditional	123,899.48 INR	4.59%	Unknown
Lloyds	Traditional	123,478.85 INR	4.92%	Unknown
Halifax	Traditional	123,365.69 INR	5.01%	Unknown
Santander UK	Traditional	122,338.51 INR	5.80%	Unknown

Fee history (last 90 days)

How this corridor's all-in cost has moved — measured corridor fee history from 76 daily snapshots. A negative cost means the recipient gets more than the mid-market amount.

Rail	Latest	90-day median	Best	Worst
Crypto / stablecoin	-3.66%	-3.62%	-10.64%	-1.89%
Traditional	0.63%	0.63%	0.00%	3.13%

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