How To Send Money From Malaysia To Indonesia – Malaysia is one of the destination countries for Indonesian workers, from the salary earned, of course it is set aside to be sent to Indonesia, both to meet the needs of family life and be used as business capital when returning to Indonesia later.
Sending money between domestic banks is something that most people do, but sending money from Malaysia to Indonesia is a new thing for some people, especially for the first time.
The requirements for sending money from Malaysia to Indonesia are as follows, have an ID card, password and the amount of money you want to send. Therefore, in this article, we will review several ways to send money from Malaysia to Indonesia, as follows:
1. Via Money Transfer Agents In Malaysia
Remittances through agents are carried out if the sender does not have a bank account in Malaysia and the recipient does not have a bank account number in Indonesia. You can send it through money transfer agents such as Western union, Merchant Trade, Valyou, Cash speed or other money transfer agents available in Malaysia.
This article only focuses on discussing how to send money from Malaysia to Indonesia via Western Union, because the method is almost the same as sending money using other shipping agents.
How To Send Money From Malaysia To Indonesia Via Western Union.
- Ready KTP, Passport and the amount of money you want to send.
- Find the nearest Western Union location by using Google Map.
- Visit the nearest Western Union location, when you get there, tell them that you want to send money to Indonesia, the western union officer will give you a money transfer form.
- Fill in the form and sign it, then submit along with your identity and the amount of money you want to send.
- If the delivery process has been completed, the officer will provide proof of delivery containing the Money Transfer Control Number/MTCN Code.
- The Money Transfer Control Number/MTCN code can be used to track the money you have sent.
- If in tracking, that the money has arrived, inform the MTCN code to the recipient in Indonesia to withdraw money at the nearest western union, Pegadaian, Postal and Bank Agent.
- To make sure again whether the money you sent has actually arrived, you can contact the recipient.
2. Through Banks In Malaysia
This second method is a fast way to send money from Bank Malaysia to Indonesia, this method is done if the sender does not have a bank account number in Malaysia while the recipient in Indonesia has a bank account number such as a BNI Account, BRI Account, Account, Mandiri Account, Maybank Account and Account Other banks in Indonesia.
How To Send Money From Malaysia To Indonesia Via Bank
This article only discusses specifically how to transfer money from Malaysia to BRI bank, because the method is almost the same as transferring using other banks, the only difference being inputting the SWIFT Code and Bank Branch Codes in Indonesia.
Follow the steps below.
- Find the closest bank location to your location by using Google Map.
- After you find the location of the bank you want, please visit the bank with some money, ID and passport.
- Tell security that you want to transfer money to Indonesia, security will direct you to fill out a transfer slip.
On the slip please fill in:
- BRI bank SWIFT code (BRINIDJA).
- Bank BRI Branch Office code (4 digital numbers from the account number, namely 1814).
- Name of Destination Bank (Bank Rakyat Indonesia).
- Beneficiary Account Number (181401110504566).
- Name of Recipient (Arif).
- Please wait for your Teller queue number to be called, if there is no queue other than you, you can directly visit the Teller counter.
- Submit, transfer slip, identification, and the amount of money you want to send. After being processed by the Teller, you will be given a proof of transfer.
The sending process has been completed, of course the recipient in Indonesia will ask, How long does it take to send money from Malaysia to BRI bank? Usually it takes 2 days to 7 days to arrive, considering the process of converting Ringgit currency to rupiah currency takes time.
3. Via Online Application
The third method is the latest way to send money from Malaysia to Indonesia via online, namely, by using the True Money Application. Let’s see the steps below.
How To Send Money From Malaysia To Indonesia Via True Money
- Please download the True Money application available on the play store, then install it until it’s finished.
- Please register yourself by clicking the True Money application which is available on the android smartphone homepage.
- On the True Money Page Click Register.
- Fill in your identity correctly.
- Create a PIN with a combination of numbers and letters.
- Please verify the token number, the token number will be sent by True Money via SMS after you complete the registration process. To enter the token number, please reopen the True Money application and enter the token number.
- Top up your True Money balance at several money transfer agents available in Malaysia, such as Valyou, Merchant Trade, Western Union and Cash advance.
Now you have an available balance in the True Money application, therefore you can send money from Malaysia to Indonesia according to the amount you want without the need to go back and forth to shipping agents.
