Sending Money from Canada to Ukraine — Any Fast Options?

[NightHawk]

I need to send some money from Canada to relatives in Ukraine and would like to find a service that doesn’t involve a long wait. Speed is pretty important in my case, and I’d also like the recipient to have a convenient way to access the funds. What services are people using for Canada-to-Ukraine transfers?

 

[MacroMind]

I need to send some money from Canada to relatives in Ukraine and would like to find a service that doesn’t involve a long wait. Speed is pretty important in my case, and I’d also like the recipient to have a convenient way to access the funds. What services are people using for Canada-to-Ukraine transfers?

You can check out Meest’s money transfer service. They offer transfers from Canada to Ukraine with an option to send money to PrivatBank in US dollars. The funds are scheduled to become available in the recipient’s account on the next business day.

What makes it convenient is that the recipient has a couple of ways to get the money: they can receive it through the Privat24 app or collect the transfer at a PrivatBank branch anywhere in Ukraine. Meest also states that the transfer can remain available at the bank for up to 30 business days, so there’s some flexibility if the recipient can’t deal with it immediately.

I’d recommend looking through the service page before making the transfer because it also includes answers to common customer questions and explains the main details of the service: www.ca.meest.com/services/service/sending-money-to-ukraine/