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Send money online faster and more securely with Remitly, and discover our great exchange rates and low money transfer fees. - remitly.com
Depends. Buy Remitly for small, frequent personal remittances to supported corridors — it is licensed, widely used, and rates 4.8/5 from 1.66M Google Play reviewers. Skip it for large or business transfers, where fee hikes and exchange-rate markup make rate-focused rivals like Wise cheaper.
Medium. Based on ~25 public sources; snippets were truncated, so user quotes are verbatim thread titles and some tier details are marked as guesses.
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Economy
high
Advertised low fees may not persist — one user's $2.49 fee became $25.47
medium
Check the full delivered amount: exchange-rate markup hides cost beyond the fee
medium
Account suspensions happen; reactivation can require slow support back-and-forth
medium
Unverified user report claims ID and bank statements collected via email
Value for money: 3/5
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Licensed and regulated with a bug bounty; no breaches found; one unverified user claim about PII collection over email.
App-store users rate it highly (4.8/5 across 1.66M ratings), while Reddit and BBB threads surface fee hikes, transfer delays, and account suspensions.
“Avoid Remitly at all costs”
“Remitly Transfer Fee Increased from $2.49 to $25.47?”
“Is remitly legit and safe to use? I'm getting mixed thoughts”
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Legit, highly rated app for small personal remittances; fee hikes and FX markup push large transfers toward Wise.
Based on ~25 public sources; snippets were truncated, so user quotes are verbatim thread titles and some tier details are marked as guesses.
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