Full guide
The best way to send money to Haiti in 2026
There is no single best provider — it depends on how your family can actually collect the money, and how much you are sending. Here is the honest version.
The three delivery methods
MonCash mobile wallet
✓ Arrives fast, no branch trip, ideal for regular support payments
⚠ Recipient needs an active Digicel MonCash account; wallet and cash-out limits apply
Cash pickup
✓ Works without a phone or bank account; good for larger one-off amounts
⚠ Means travelling to a branch and carrying cash home — a real risk in some areas
Bank deposit
✓ Suits recipients who already bank with Unibank or similar
⚠ Slowest option, and only useful if your recipient actually has an account
The fee everyone forgets
Haiti's central bank applies a fixed tax of about $1.50 to every inbound international transfer, on top of whatever the provider charges. Because it is flat rather than proportional, it quietly punishes small transfers: on $50 it is roughly 3% before the provider has charged a cent.
If your circumstances allow it, sending a larger amount less often is usually cheaper per dollar delivered than sending small amounts weekly.
How to choose without overpaying
- 1.Start from how your recipient can realistically collect — wallet, cash or bank. That rules out most of the field before price enters into it.
- 2.Compare the total cost, not the headline fee. Our comparator adds the BRH tax so you are looking at the real number.
- 3.Check the exchange rate the provider is offering, not just the fee. A low fee paired with a poor USD/HTG rate can easily cost more than the reverse.
- 4.Confirm the provider is still serving Haiti before you rely on it. Availability in this corridor changes with the security and banking situation more often than in most.
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