ANZ removes $7 fee for online money transfer to the Pacific
Sending money home to friends and family in Fiji will be cheaper for ANZ customers . Yesterday, ANZ announced the temporary waiver of its $7 international money transfer fee for online foreign currency payments made from Australia and New Zealand into ten Pacific countries.
ANZ customers in Australia and New Zealand can now send money electronically to ten Pacific countries with no ANZ transfer fee.
This is through the use of ANZ Internet Banking from both Australia and New Zealand, and the ANZ GoMoney App from New Zealand only.
This was effective from yesterday, and will end on February 28, 2021.
ANZ regional executive for the Pacific, Tessa Price, said: “Removing the fee will help boost Pacific economies, by encouraging people to go online and send money quickly and cheaply their family and friends.”
Ms Price said money sent home by family and friends was a stable source of household income for many Pacific families.
“In some cases it can be up to 25 per cent of a household’s disposable in
come,” Ms Price said.
“So it’s really important that we keep costs as low as possible, especially given the economic conditions here in the Pacific, which are tough due to Covid-19, and the impact it has had on tourism.”
ANZ customers in Australia and New Zealand made over 40,000 online transfers to the Pacific in 2019.
This totalling more than FJ$125 million.
Payments made to Fiji over the same period amounted to more than FJ$45m.
ANZ Fiji Country Head, Saud Minam, says remittances will be important for Fiji going forward.
“Every little bit adds up, and we hope that removing this fee will mean remittances keep flowing into Fiji to help people facing hard times due to Covid-19”.
Fee waiver
The fee waiver applies to any foreign currency international money transfer sent between from Australia and
New Zealand to the following Pacific countries:
■ Cook Islands,
■Fiji,
■Kiribati,
■New Caledonia,
■Papua New Guinea,
■Samoa,
■So●omo■ Islands,
■To■ga,
■Timor Leste and
■Va■uatu.
Usual foreign exchange rates, terms and conditions will still apply.
For certain currencies, a correspondent bank may charge a fee for processing the payment to the beneficiary bank, and the beneficiary’s bank may charge the beneficiary fee(s) for receipt of the payment.
Additional fees may also apply when using an ANZ Credit Card.
For more information and full terms and conditions, please visit www.anz. com/imt.