No licensed digital-asset venue yet — traditional rates only
According to RemitRoutes data (updated 7m ago), the cheapest way to send 1,000 USD to Egypt is Western Union at 1.64% total cost. No licensed digital-asset venue serves this corridor yet; traditional providers are the only measured routes.
Sending $1,000 USD. Rates measured 7m ago from live APIs · refreshed every 6 hours — never estimated.
| Provider | Type | Recipient Gets | All-In Fee | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ✦ Western Union | Traditional | 54,463.1 EGP | 1.64% | 1 business day |
| Remitly | Traditional | 54,062.46 EGP | 2.36% | Unknown |
| Wise | Traditional | 53,437.45 EGP | 3.49% | ~5 hours |
| Xoom | Traditional | 52,570.29 EGP | 5.06% | Unknown |
| OFX | Traditional | 52,119.34 EGP | 5.87% | Unknown |
How this corridor's all-in cost has moved — measured corridor fee history from 89 daily snapshots. A negative cost means the recipient gets more than the mid-market amount.
| Rail | Latest | 90-day median | Best | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional | 0.71% | 0.71% | 0.20% | 2.17% |
Updated every 6 hours from real APIs (Wise, CCXT, CoinGecko). No data is estimated or hardcoded. See methodology · Full USD → EGP cost data
In Q3 2026, crypto rails delivered 1.18% above mid-market on average versus 1.76% all-in for traditional providers across 462 corridors — crypto was cheaper at or below mid-market in 41.8% of corridors and delivered above mid-market via P2P premium routes in a further 56.1%.
→ Cross-Border Cost Index — Q3 2026Paying a $1,000 contractor costs a median 1.16% all-in with the typical provider across 30 countries; the cheapest at-or-below-mid-market option averages 0.51%.
→ Global Contractor Payout Costs