You can easily receive money from abroad with the service ‘A Nequi away’, which allows you to accept remittances from anywhere in the world sent by your friends, family or acquaintances through the specialized company RIA Money Transfer.
«A remittance is the international shipment of silver that a family member or friend who is abroad is made through the network of a Nequi allied remittance company and delivery in favor of a person in Colombia who has Nequi ”, details the financial platform on its website.
In other words, remittances are money that your family or friends send you from abroad, through Nequi’s allied remittance network, in charge of delivering the amount to the person in Colombia.
How to receive your money from abroad?
The first thing you should do is enter Nequi. Immediately afterwards, you will have to go to the notification area (the bell that is in the upper right corner). If a remittance has been sent to you, you will find the notification there. we can accept it.
If this is the first time you have received a remittance, you must sign up for the automatic payment, which will be made only once.
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To find out how to register your automatic subscription, follow the steps below:
1. Enter your Nequi.
2. Go to the notification bell, which is located in the upper right corner of the application.
3. Find the sent message of the remittance and accept.
4. Fill in the information requested by the application. As Nequi explains on his website, they are related to location, occupation and ID.
5. When you’re done, click done, and agree to the terms and conditions.
6. Finally, choose a changerio numeral that is associated with the reason for which the money from the remittance is sent to you. It is very important, since Nequi is in charge of making the declarations of change in his name.
Remember that this only needs to be done once. The next time they send you a remittance in Nequi, you don’t have to fill in anything, the application will notify you when the money arrives with a text message.
From anywhere in the world you can make your transactions with a few steps.
How to send remittances from abroad?
The person who is abroad must look for a RIA Money Transfer office or can do it from its official page https://app.riamoneytransfer.com/es-us/.
Currently, the app is not available on Google Play for the region, but from other countries you can download the app without any problem.
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How much can I receive in my Nequi?
The amount of money you can receive from your Nequi. If your account has caps, it resulted from the balance you have. In the event that there are no limits, the amount of those applicable by law that the reference platform must comply with for foreign money.
“If you receive a remittance and you cannot receive it due to the caps, you will receive a notification and you can break them to receive one in your Nequi. If after 14 days, you still can’t receive it due to caps, the remittance will be rejected and you must ask your friend to send you the money again,» explains Nequi.
The person sending you the remittance will know the exchange rate when you make the move.
What are the rates and fees?
Nequi does not charge you for receiving remittances, the exchange rate with which the remittance arrives can be consulted in the detail of the movement. Remember that this rate is not exactly the same as the TRM (Representative Market Rate), but it is a rate agreed internally by allied remittance companies.
The person who will have the remittance will know the exchange rate when making the movement and it is equivalent to the amount in Colombian pesos that they will receive in Nequi.
All the benefits of remittances
According to Nequi, remittances have many benefits, which makes them one of the fastest and easiest options. Here are some of its advantages.
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-Everything is digital, you don’t need to leave your house, nor do you need to do paperwork.
-There are no additional costs.
Your money will be safe.
-After registering for the automatic subscription, you will not have to fill in the data again.
-The application will notify you when the money has arrived in your account.
-The application will let you check the exchange rate with which the remittance arrives and the -details of the movement.
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