wiring money from US bank to Saudi bank

siddig Active member

Member since 27 November 2011

siddigActive member02 October 2012 03:45:59

Hello felllow expats,
I know expats would normally wire money out of KSA, but dose any one have experience in wiring money from US to local banks in KSA (Alrajhi, SABB,etc) ?
I'm having a hard time doing this. SABB is affilliated with HSBC, but when I tried it following the instruction given to me by SABB, the wire was immediatley rejected..

Alliecat ViP

Member since 13 October 2009

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AlliecatViP02 October 2012 03:53:52

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The times I needed money from a home account, I just used the ATM.

siddig Active member

Member since 27 November 2011

siddigActive member02 October 2012 05:26:56

Thx @Allicate,
I could do that, but the $$$ I need is in the thousands, so the charges and fees are more and it would take more time, as my bank would allow only $1K per day..

houstonian Serial expat

Member since 05 October 2011

houstonianSerial expat02 October 2012 05:31:35

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I have seen some Western Union offices scattered around town - have you tried that?

siddig Active member

Member since 27 November 2011

siddigActive member02 October 2012 05:49:06

thx @houstonian,
I didn't actually visit an office, but tried unsuccessfully to get an estimate online

Alliecat ViP

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AlliecatViP02 October 2012 05:54:00

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siddig wrote:
thx @houstonian,
I didn't actually visit an office, but tried unsuccessfully to get an estimate online

Okay.. do you do online banking with your bank at home?聽 Can you arrange to transfer the money this way?聽 I have a Canadian friend here who transfers her money from the Saudi bank to her home bank online (but you have to arrange the online Saudi account with the bank here, first).

pkmusd Serial expat

Member since 09 September 2010

pkmusdSerial expat25 December 2012 12:58:31

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Did you actually found a solution to this?

I need to receive money from someone outside KSA. Western union is probably best but not sure whether its permitted here or not.

Regards