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Remittance Partners REMITTANCE PARTNERS KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA BANK ALBILAD – ENJAZ REMITTANCE RIYAD BANK Al Malaz Steen St., PO Box 140, P.O. Box 22622 Riyadh 11416, Riyadh 11411,Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Tel No : +966-1-479-8844 Tel No : +966-011-401-3030 Fax No : +966-1-291-9874 Website : www.riyadbank.com Email : [email protected] Website : enjaz.bankalbilad.com BANK ALJAZIRA (FAWRI) Nahda District, Malik Road, P.O. Box 6277 Jeddah 21442, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Tel No +966 11 5623464 ext. 8 Email [email protected] Website www.baj.com.sa UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UAE EXCHANGE AL ANSARI EXCHANGE COMPANY P.O. Box 170, Level 02, Al Sayegh Centre P.O. Box 325, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Sh. Hamdan Street, Abu Dhabi, UAE Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Tel No : +971-2 6105555 Tel No : +971-2 6227888 Fax No : +971-2 6321767/6212068 Fax No : +971-2 6224421/6227204 Email : [email protected] Email : [email protected] Website : www.uaeexchange.com Website : www.alansariexchange.com AL DAHAB EXCHANGE GLOBAL EXCHANGE P.O. Box 43886 Dubai P.O. Box 29040, Opposite Naif Park, Naif Road, United Arab Emirates Deira, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Website : www.aldahabexchange.ae Tel No : +971-4-27298000 Fax No : +971-4-2719994 AL NEEL EXCHANGE AL FARDAN EXCHANGE Shop No. 10, Al Ghurair Bldg., Sabkha Street, P.O. Box 498, Abu Dhabi Deira, Dubai, UAE ; P.O. Box: 22949, Sharjah United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Tel No : +971-2-6223222 Tel. No. : +971 4 2501119/8 Fax No : +971-2-6223312 Tel. No. : +971 6 553393, 5533935, 5533950 Email : [email protected] Fax No. : +971 6 5539388 Website : www.alfardanexchange.com Email : [email protected] Website : alneelexchange.com INDEX EXCHANGE CO. LLC AL GHURAIR EXCHANGE Hamdan Street, P.O. Box. No. 2370, Abu Dhabi Office No. 212 Twin Towers, P.O. Box 5530 United Arab Emirates Deira, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Tel No : +971-2-6272656 Tel No : +971-4 2222955 Fax No : +971-2-6272684 Fax No : +971-4 2270839 Email : [email protected] Email : [email protected] Website : www.indexexchange.ae Website : www.alghurairexchange.com AL ROSTAMANI INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE AL AHALIA MONEY EXCHANGE BUREAU P.O. Box 10072, Dubai, P.O. Box 2419, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Tel No : +971-4-6098100 Tel No : +971-2-6270004 Fax No : +971-4-3964233 Fax No : +971-2-268758 Email : [email protected] Email : [email protected] Website : www.alrostamaniexchange.com Website : www.ahaliaexchange.com LARI EXCHANGE P.O. 988, Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Website : www.lariexchange.com QATAR CAMBODIA AL DAR FOR EXCHANGE WORKS ADVANCED BANK OF ASIA, LTD. P.O. Box 24048, Doha No. 148, Preah Sihanouk Blvd, Qatar Phnom Penh, Cambodia Tel No : +974 4550455 Tel No : +855-98-203 252 / 630 632 Fax No : +974 4550888 Fax No : +855-23-216 333 Website : www.aldarexchange.com Email : [email protected] Website : www.ababank.com AUSTRALIA SINGAPORE DBP AUSSIE PADALA Online Remittance Service IREMIT SINGAPORE Remit online from ANY bank in Australia to ANY 304 Orchard Rd, #03-69 Lucky Plaza bank in the Philippines Singapore 238863 Tel No : +61-410-022-609 Tel No. : +65 6235 8600 Email : [email protected] Email : [email protected] Email : [email protected] Website : iremitx.com Website : aorp.devbnkphl.com HONG KONG MACAU WILMON HK LTD. ICBC (MACAU) S.A.R. Shop 216, 2nd Floor Worldwide House SML (Largo de Senado) Branch No. 19 Des Voeux Road, Central, Hong Kong Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro, # 257-263 Macau Tel No : +852-2522-9757 Tel No : +853 8398 7113 Fax No : +852-2522-8627 Fax No : +853 2838 9202 E-mail : [email protected] Website : www.icbc.com.cn GOLDEN UNION INVESTMENT (ASIA) LTD. ICBC (MACAU) S.A.R. Shop 16, Grounf Floor, Coronet Court, SML (Nova Commercio) Branch 321 King’s Road, North Point , Hong Kong 586 Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro, r/c Macau Tel No : +853 8398-2298 BTI COURIER EXPRESS, INC. Fax No : +853 2892 2440 39 Carnarvon Road, Kowloon Website : www.icbc.com.cn Hong Kong IREMIT HK ICBC (MACAU) S.A.R. - The Venetian Branch Shop 223, 2nd Floor Worldwide Plaza Shop No. 2126, The Grand Canal Shoppes No. 19 Des Voeux Road, Central, Hong Kong The Venetia Macao Resort Tel No : +852-2522-9757 Tel No : +853 2882-8212 Website : iremitx.com Fax No : +853 2882-8378 (Plus two other IREMIT branches in Admiralty Website : www.icbc.cn and Tsuen Wan, NT, Hong Kong) UAE EXCHANGE HONG KONG Shop 108, Worldwide Plaza No. 19 Des Voeux Road, Central, Hong Kong Tel No. : +852-2522-9757 Website : www.uaeexchange.com (Plus three other UAE EXCHANGE branches in Causeway Bay, Hankow Centre, and Castle Peak Road) JAPAN CANADA REMITWARE PAYMENTS CANADA, INC. DIGITAL WALLET CORPORATION 439 University Avenue, 5th Floor, Toronto 5th Floor 1-15-12 Kudankita, Chiyoda-Ku, ON M5G 1Y8, Canada Tokyo, Japan 102-0073 For latest promotions, click link below: Website : www.digitalwallet.co.jp http://insta.remitr.ca/phpjun17 Tel No : +1-437-836 3087 Fax No : +1-437-836 3101 SBI REMIT CO., LTD. Website : www.remitr.com 1-6-1 Roponggi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 106-6018, Japan Tel No. : 03 5652 6759 Website : www.remit.co.jp USA KOREA LUMOXCHANGE LLC. SBI COSMONEY CO. LTD. Little Rock, Arkansas 2015 Delaware Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea Tel no : 919-274-0990 Tel. No: +82-2-6951-0772 (loc. 1378) Email : [email protected] Fax No. +82-2-6951-0772 Website : www.LumoXchange.com OTHER COUNTRIES • Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, • Canada, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, United Singapore, Taiwan, Canada, Austria, Italy States of America, France, Australia, China, Singapore, Hong Kong IREMIT GLOBAL REMITTANCE FILREMIT 26th Floor, Discovery Suites, 2nd Floor YL Holdings Building, ADB Ave, Ortigas Center, #115 V.A. Rufino corner Salcedo Streets Pasig, 1605 Metro Manila Legaspi Village, Makati City. Tel No : +632 706-9999 and 706-2737 Tel No : +632 812 6021 Fax No : +632 706-2767 Fax No : +632 817 5154 Email : [email protected] Email : [email protected] Website : iremitx.com Website : filremit.com.ph • Present in more than 80 countries including African Countries, UE Countries, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Qatar, and Japan. HOME SEND SCRL Rue Des Colonies 56, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium Tel No. +32-2-5485103 E-mail [email protected] Website www.homesend.com LOCAL TIE UPS MLHUILLIER CEBUANA LHUILLIER 1782 Candelaria cor. Nicanor Garcia Street Valero Street Salcedo Village, Makati, 1208 Makati Tel No : Luzon - (02) 830-2011 Tel No (02) 779-9800 (PLDT) (02) 759-9800 (Globelines) : Visayas and Mindanao (032) 422-5539 GLOBE 0917-8122737 (032) 345-6476 SMART 0918-8122737 (032) 348-9400 to 09 *Text only. No voice calls. Email : [email protected] Email : [email protected] Website : www.mlhuillier.com Website : www.cebuanalhuillier.com SIGNED AND DELIVERED OPTIMUM EXCHANGE 43 Visayas Avenue, Vasra, Ground Floor, Worldwide Corporate Center Quezon City Shaw Blvd., Mandaluyong City Tel No. : (02) 927 1111 Tel No. : (02) 584 0222 Fax No. : (02) 441 5608 Fax No. : (02) 584 0618 Email : [email protected] Email : [email protected] PHILIPPINE POSTAL CORPORATION AL-AMANAH ISLAMIC INVESTMENT BANK OF THE 3rd Floor, Central Office Building, PHILIPPINES Liwasang Bonifacio, Manila DBP Building, Buendia corner Makati Avenue Tel No. : 527 0152 Makati City 527 0157 Tel No. : (062) 991-2846 527 0158 Fax No. : (02) 816-4259 Fax No. : 527 0045 Website : www.amanahbank.gov.ph Website : www.phlpost.gov.ph .
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