Send money from the Philippines to Saudi Arabia
Every month, Filipino households and businesses move USD into riyals for someone in Riyadh. Southeast Asian pilgrims and workers send to Saudi Arabia, and Asian firms pay Saudi contractors. Grey quotes the rate, fixes it, and pays the bank directly.
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Getting SAR to Saudi Arabia from the Philippines
Seen from Manila. Southeast Asian pilgrims and workers send to Saudi Arabia, and Asian firms pay Saudi contractors. Most banks in the Philippines either won't quote SAR or route it through a second currency, adding a spread nobody discloses.
Grey quotes USD to SAR directly for senders in Manila and Cebu. The SAR lands at Al Rajhi Bank, Saudi National Bank, Riyad Bank, Alinma or any Saudi bank as a domestic deposit. Nothing to install on the receiving side.
How sending to Saudi Arabia works
Sign up
Verify with your passport or PhilSys ID and Grey issues USD, EUR and GBP account details on the spot. Share those with whoever pays you, then add Riyadh. Grey works with licensed partners serving the Philippines.
Fund
Give a foreign employer or client your Grey USD, EUR or GBP account details. When they pay, the money is ready to send to Riyadh.
Send
Saudi Arabia uses IBANs too. Enter the recipient's SA IBAN, confirm the riyal amount and the fee, and tap send.
What the fee doesn't tell you
Grey does one conversion, USD to SAR, and shows it. What lands at Al Rajhi Bank, Saudi National Bank, Riyad Bank, Alinma is what was on screen in Manila.
The SAR figure doesn't move
Whatever the market does after you tap send in Manila, the SAR amount arriving at Al Rajhi is fixed.
For a bill with a due date in Riyadh, this removes the guesswork.
The old way to Riyadh, and why it costs more
Ask a bank in Manila to send riyals and you'll often be told to send dollars instead. Money for Umrah or Hajj is saved for, sometimes for years, and it needs to reach the right account intact. The same is true of a student's allowance in Madinah.
SAR into the account, nothing else
SAR into any bank account in Saudi Arabia. Al Rajhi and Al Rajhi Bank, Saudi National Bank, Riyad Bank, Alinma are all supported, and the credit looks domestic. The sender in Manila sees the same settlement confirmation in the app.
Bank delivery
SAR to Al Rajhi and any other bank in Saudi Arabia.
Repeat recipients
Store a recipient once. Every future payment is three taps.
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Getting money onto Grey in the Philippines
Senders in Manila don't fund Grey from a local bank. Filipino freelancers and BPO contractors receive dollar pay into Grey. That balance sends onward without a peso conversion.
Dollar salary
Give your Grey USD details to the employer. Done.
Client invoices
Bill in USD, EUR or GBP to Grey and pay Riyadh from the proceeds.
Standing dollars
Hold USD and convert to SAR at the moment you choose.
Sending to Al Rajhi for the first time? Check the account details twice. After that, Grey remembers them.
The people behind the Philippines to Saudi Arabia transfers
Business
Paying Saudi contractors, suppliers and partners in riyals.
Umrah and Hajj
Payments to Saudi-based agents, hotels in Makkah and Madinah, and transport providers.
Students
Living costs for students at Islamic University of Madinah, KFUPM and King Saud.
Newly arrived workers
Setup money before the first Saudi salary lands.
Southeast Asian pilgrims and workers send to Saudi Arabia, and Asian firms pay Saudi contractors. What they share, from Manila to Jeddah, is a payment that repeats and a recipient who needs an exact SAR figure.
What you get on the Saudi Arabia route
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