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What remittance means when your business moves money across borders<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Remittance is the transfer of money from one party to another, usually across borders. In plain terms, it’s sending money overseas. That could be a worker sending wages home, or a company paying an overseas supplier. For a business, remittance almost always means an outward international payment<\/strong>: settling an invoice, paying a contractor, or funding an overseas team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The word shows up everywhere once money leaves the country. On a bank form it’s “outward remittance”, on an invoice it’s “remittance advice”, and in your accounts it’s a line someone has to reconcile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This guide covers what remittance means, the main types, how it actually works, and what it costs a Singapore company to send money abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Remittance Quick Answers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Question<\/strong><\/th>Quick answer<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
What is remittance?<\/td>Sending money from one party to another, usually across borders.<\/td><\/tr>
Remittance vs bank transfer?<\/td>Every remittance is a transfer, but “remittance” specifically means a cross-border one.<\/td><\/tr>
Main types?<\/td>Inward vs outward, plus different channels: bank wires, remittance operators, and digital business accounts.<\/td><\/tr>
Is remittance advice a payment?<\/td>No. It’s a note telling the recipient a payment has been sent and what it covers.<\/td><\/tr>
What does it cost a business?<\/td>Usually a small transfer fee plus a hidden 2.5\u20133.5% FX markup<\/strong> in the exchange rate.<\/td><\/tr>
Cheapest way to send from Singapore?<\/td>A multi-currency business account at the wholesale rate, with 0% FX fees.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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For most companies, the real cost of remittance isn’t the transfer fee. It’s the FX markup baked into the exchange rate<\/strong>, often 2.5\u20133.5%. On a larger invoice, that quietly runs into the hundreds of dollars before a single transfer fee is counted. It’s why 10,000+ finance teams in Singapore now run their cross-border payments through YouBiz, for wholesale rates and 0% FX fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Table of Contents<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. What Is Remittance? Meaning and Example<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Is Remittance the Same as a Bank Transfer?<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Types of Remittance<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. What Is Remittance Advice?<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. How Does Remittance Work, Step by Step?<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. What Does Remittance Cost a Business?<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Sending Business Remittance from Singapore<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. FAQs<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    What Is Remittance? Meaning and Example<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    Remittance means sending money from one person or business to another, typically to a recipient in another country. The word “remit” simply means to send or transfer, so remit is the act and a remittance is the money itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Globally, the term is most associated with migrant workers sending wages back to their families. Those flows are huge: the World Bank estimates<\/a> remittances to low- and middle-income countries reached about 685 billion USD in 2024, larger than foreign direct investment and official aid combined. But the same word covers something far more everyday for a company: paying anyone abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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