Send money to Indonesia from Ireland
Grey converts euro into rupiah and pays it into an Indonesian bank account or a supported mobile wallet. BCA, Bank BNI, Bank BRI and Bank Mandiri are among the institutions covered. From a funded euro balance the rupiah typically arrive within minutes, with the EUR to IDR rate and the fee shown before you confirm.
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A small corridor, described honestly
There is no large Indonesian community in Ireland. This is not the Lithuanian or the Indian corridor and there is no point pretending otherwise. What exists is a few thousand people at most: postgraduate researchers and students at Irish colleges, staff in hotels and restaurants, crew passing through Irish ports, and people who came on a spouse's permit.
The traffic runs the other way too, and often more heavily. Irish people who worked in Jakarta or retired near Ubud, companies paying a developer or a designer in Bandung, and families supporting a partner's parents in Surabaya or Yogyakarta.
Small does not mean complicated. Euro is converted once into rupiah and paid into the bank account or the wallet in Indonesia, and the recipient needs nothing from Grey to receive it.
Sending euro to Indonesia
Sign up
The account is free and opens in around five minutes with a valid identity document, a passport or Irish Residence Permit being the usual choice.
Add euro to the balance
Transfer euro by SEPA from an Irish bank account, AIB, Bank of Ireland, Permanent TSB or Revolut, into the Grey balance you will send rupiah from.
Enter the Indonesian details
Type the account number at BCA, BNI, BRI or Bank Mandiri, or the registered mobile number for a wallet. Confirm the EUR to IDR rate and the fee.
The cost of a transfer to Indonesia
Rupiah figures run to millions, which makes rate differences easy to miss and worth checking. The comparison that tells you anything is the rupiah total, not the fee.
One conversion happens, on the Irish side, before the money leaves. Nothing further is done to it when it reaches the Indonesian bank or the wallet.
How the EUR to IDR rate is set
You see the rate before you agree to the transfer and it is fixed at the moment you confirm. The rupiah figure quoted is the rupiah figure that arrives.
For a contractor's invoice in Bandung or a tuition payment, that is the whole point. Indonesian invoices are written in rupiah, so it helps to agree a rupiah number rather than send a euro number and leave somebody in Jakarta working out what it became.
Grey against an Irish bank wiring rupiah
An Irish bank sends to Indonesia by SWIFT, which involves correspondent banks and gives you a euro figure now and a rupiah figure later. Grey converts once and shows the rupiah before you confirm. For a small corridor like this one, the practical argument is less about scale and more about not having to ring anybody in Jakarta to ask what actually arrived. Revolut is common in Ireland but Indonesia is well outside SEPA, so this is a different kind of payment.
What the recipient in Indonesia sees
A rupiah credit on the bank account or the mobile wallet, appearing as a domestic Indonesian payment would. No Grey account is needed to receive it.
Bank accounts
BCA, Bank BNI, Bank BRI and Bank Mandiri are among the major Indonesian banks supported. Enter the account number and the rupiah typically arrive within minutes.
Mobile wallets
Wallets supported by Grey in Indonesia receive on the registered mobile number, which suits smaller and more frequent payments.
If they use Grey
A colleague in Jakarta with their own Grey account can be paid by GreyTag instead, free and instant, in whichever currency they hold.
Getting euro in place
Because this corridor is often business rather than family, the funding tends to follow an invoice rather than a payday.
Fund when the invoice lands
Move euro across when a contractor in Bandung sends their invoice, and pay the rupiah figure once it is on the balance.
Keep a float for retainers
If you pay the same designer or developer monthly, leaving euro on the balance removes a bank step from every cycle.
Store the account
Indonesian account numbers are long. Save the recipient after the first payment rather than copying them out again.
Transfers are encrypted and trackable from confirmation to settlement, which is worth having on a corridor where the time difference makes a quick phone call awkward.
What gets sent from Ireland to Indonesia
Contractors and freelancers
An Irish agency paying a developer in Bandung or a designer in Yogyakarta. Rupiah into a BCA or Mandiri account against an invoice, usually monthly.
Family through marriage
An Irish and Indonesian household supporting parents in Surabaya or Medan. Smaller amounts, often to a wallet, sent when they are needed rather than on a schedule.
Students and researchers
Fees and living costs for someone studying in Indonesia, or money going the other way to support a family member who stayed.
Property and retirement
Irish people with a house in Bali or Lombok paying caretakers, utilities and local builders in rupiah while they are back in Ireland.
The volume is modest and the reasons are specific, which is more useful to know than a general claim about remittances.
Reasons to use Grey for Indonesia
FAQs
Which Indonesian banks can Grey pay from Ireland?
BCA, Bank BNI, Bank BRI and Bank Mandiri are among the major Indonesian banks that receive rupiah payouts.
How long does a transfer from Ireland to Indonesia take?
From a funded euro balance the rupiah typically reach the Indonesian bank account or mobile wallet within minutes of confirmation.
Can I pay an Indonesian contractor the exact rupiah on their invoice?
Yes. The EUR to IDR rate is fixed when you confirm, so the rupiah figure quoted is the rupiah figure credited.
Can I send to a mobile wallet in Indonesia instead of a bank?
Yes. Wallets supported by Grey in Indonesia receive on the registered mobile number, which suits smaller and more frequent payments.
Does my recipient in Jakarta need a Grey account?
No. The rupiah arrive as a domestic Indonesian credit in the account or wallet they already hold.
Is my euro converted more than once on the way to Indonesia?
No. Euro becomes rupiah once, before the transfer leaves Ireland, and nothing further happens to it at the Indonesian end.
How do I fund a payment to Indonesia from Ireland?
By SEPA transfer in euro from your Irish bank, whether that is AIB, Bank of Ireland, Permanent TSB or Revolut.
Can an Irish agency pay a designer in Bandung every month?
Yes. Save the Indonesian account after the first payment and the monthly retainer becomes an amount and a confirmation.
Can I pay caretakers or utilities on a house in Bali from Ireland?
Yes. Rupiah go into the local bank account or wallet, in the exact figure agreed, with the fee shown before you send.
Can I send to Indonesia from dollars rather than euro?
Yes. USD held in a balance provided by Lead Bank converts into rupiah when you send, at a rate displayed beforehand.
Can I track a transfer to Indonesia from Ireland?
Yes. Transfers are encrypted and trackable from confirmation to settlement, which helps across a time difference of several hours.
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