Chilean pesos for someone in Santiago
The people sending from Johannesburg and Cape Town to Chile tend to know exactly what the recipient needs in Chilean pesos. A rate that moves between send and settlement breaks that.
Grey fixes the USD to CLP rate when you confirm and pays into Banco de Chile, BancoEstado, Santander Chile, BCI or any Chilean bank. A rare corridor: scholarship students, mining professionals and importers of Chilean wine and fruit.
How sending to Chile works

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The cost of a transfer to Santiago

What you agree is what arrives

The rate you accept in Johannesburg is the rate applied. Movements in either currency afterwards don't touch what arrives at Banco de Chile, BancoEstado, Santander Chile, BCI.
Ask a bank to send Chilean pesos and you'll usually be told to send dollars and let the recipient sort it out. That pushes the cost onto the person in Santiago.


What South African senders put up with before
What your recipient sees in Santiago

Banco de Chile and the rest

Domestic credit

Confirmation in Johannesburg
Funding from South Africa, in practice
Income arrives
Balance waits
Transfer goes
Who this route is for
Trade
Students
Freelancers and contractors
Family
Grey on South Africa to Chile, in three points
If you send to Santiago regularly from Johannesburg, the difference between a good rate and a bad one isn't felt on one transfer. It's felt at the end of the year.


