• A British Guiana One-Cent Magenta stamp, estimated to be worth $20 million, is displayed for photographs at the premises of Sotheby's auction house in London. AP
    A British Guiana One-Cent Magenta stamp, estimated to be worth $20 million, is displayed for photographs at the premises of Sotheby's auction house in London. AP
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    A helicopter drops water taken from a nearby reservoir onto flames after a resurgence of the fire on Marsden Moor, near Huddersfield, northern England. AFP
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    A vendor arranges traditional vermicelli noodles at a factory in Lahore, Pakistan. AP
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    A young surfer rides an artificial wave in the "Alaia Bay" surf wavepool in Sion, Switzerland. EPA
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    People visit the Rome Quadrennial exposition at the Palace of Expositions in Rome, Italy. EPA
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    Paolo Felizarta, wearing a Spiderman costume, distributes free food items to citizens affected by Covid-19 quarantine measures along a street in Las Pinas, south of Manila, Philippines. EPA
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    A woman rides a bike loaded with dogs in a street in Hanoi, Vietnam. EPA
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    Ultra-Orthodox Jews harvest wheat in a field near the Kibbutz Sha'alvim, Israel. EPA
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    A supporter of the FreeBritney movement reads while resting on a couch during the rally in support of musician Britney Spears following a conservatorship court hearing in Los Angeles, California. AFP
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    Fishermen pull out a sheatfish from the waters of the Dordogne river, near Mauzac-et-Grand-Castang, France. AFP
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    Retirees gather to sing Red Army revolutionary songs, in Zunyi, in southwestern China's Guizhou province. AP
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    Protesters make the three-finger salute during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon's Sanchaung township in Myanmar. AFP
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    A member of a historical association wears a vintage military outfit and a Covid-19 protection mask decorated with a mustache during an event before the national Veterans' Day at the National Military Circle in Bucharest, Romania. AP

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April 28, 2021

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Why it pays to compare

A comparison of sending Dh20,000 from the UAE using two different routes at the same time - the first direct from a UAE bank to a bank in Germany, and the second from the same UAE bank via an online platform to Germany - found key differences in cost and speed. The transfers were both initiated on January 30.

Route 1: bank transfer

The UAE bank charged Dh152.25 for the Dh20,000 transfer. On top of that, their exchange rate margin added a difference of around Dh415, compared with the mid-market rate.

Total cost: Dh567.25 - around 2.9 per cent of the total amount

Total received: €4,670.30 

Route 2: online platform

The UAE bank’s charge for sending Dh20,000 to a UK dirham-denominated account was Dh2.10. The exchange rate margin cost was Dh60, plus a Dh12 fee.

Total cost: Dh74.10, around 0.4 per cent of the transaction

Total received: €4,756

The UAE bank transfer was far quicker – around two to three working days, while the online platform took around four to five days, but was considerably cheaper. In the online platform transfer, the funds were also exposed to currency risk during the period it took for them to arrive.

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