Western Union money transfers

The bank offers fast and reliable money transfers all over the world via the Western Union payment system–without the need to open an account. You can receive your money in a few minutes after it is sent in more than 200 countries and territories of the world at any of 235 000 Western Union offices. It depends on the hours Western Union offices are opened and accounting for time zone differences.

The bank accepts and makes payments at the following offices:

ADDRESS REGIME
ZAO ICB BANK “EVROPEISKIY” Head office 39, Kutuzov St, Kaliningrad Mo/Fr 9:00-16:00
ZAO ICB BANK “EVROPEISKIY” Extra office «BBC» 40 Prospekt Moskovsky Kaliningrad Mo/Fr 9:00-16:00
ZAO IKB BANK “EVROPEISKIY” Extra office «Akropol» 34 Baranova St., Kaliningrad Mo/Fr 9:00-17:00
City Trade Centre, Stand-alone cash desk 171 à, Moskovsky Prospekt, Kaliningrad Mo/Su 9:15-20:45

Payments may be carried out only in USD or RUR. Money transfer operations performed by individuals must not be connected with their commercial activities. In compliance with the laws of the Russian Federation, individuals making money transfers must produce personal identification documents.

A resident individual may transfer money to foreign recipients, residents or non-residents of Russia, including transfers to his own or other resident's or non-residents' accounts opened with banks outside the Russian Federation, in amounts equivalent to no more than 5,000.00 USD per a day, according to the exchange rate established on the date of transfer by the Bank of Russia.

There is no need to produce documents identifying the origins of the foreign currency amounts being transferred. However, as is provided for in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Article 23 of the Federal Law No. 173 FZ, the bank as a currency control agent may require and receive documents and information pertaining to foreign currency operations.

Since 15 July, 2009 were imposed new rates for international money transfers, sent via Western Union system from Russia to the countries of near abroad, such as Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine.

The list of countries, where you can carry out money orders with the help of Western Union system from Russia (to Russia) in RUR

1) The list of countries where you can carry out money orders to Russia using Western Union System in RUR:

  • Belarus
  • Tajikistan.

2) The list of countries where you can carry out money orders from Russia using Western Union System in RUR: all countries of the world where it is possible the payment of money orders, sent via Western Union System from Russia.

RATES* of sending of money orders within Russia and from Russia to the countries, which are given in the Addendum (in RUR)


Into the near abroad countries**
Amount of transfer Payment
5,000.00 or less 150.00
5,000.01-10,000.00 300.00
10,000.01-15,000.00 450.00
15,000.01-20,000.00 550.00
20,000.01-25,000.00 600.00
25,000.01-50,000.00 1000.00
50,000.01-75,000.00 1500.00

Into Russia
Amount of transfer Payment
2,500.00 or less 150.00
2,500.01-5,000.00 250.00
5,000.01-10,000.00 350.00
10,000.01-15,000.00 500.00
15,000.01-20,000.00 650.00
20,000.01-25,000.00 800.00
25,000.01-30,000.00 1000.00
30,000.01-40,000.00 1250.00
40,000.01-50,000.00 1500.00
50,000.01-60,000.00 1750.00
60,000.01-75,000.00 2000.00

Into the far abroad countries ***
Amount of transfer Payment
2,500.00 or less 250.00
2,500.01-5,000.00 500.00
5,000.01-10,000.00 750.00
10,000.01-15,000.00 1000.00
15,000.01-20,000.00 1250.00
20,000.01-25,000.00 1500.00
25,000.01-30,000.00 1750.00
30,000.01-40,000.00 2000.00
40,000.01-50,000.00 2250.00
50,000.01-60,000.00 2500.00
60,000.01-75,000.00 3000.00

Into the near abroad countries**
Into People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Mongolia, Macau and Vietnam Payment
25,000.00 or less 250.00
25,000.01-50,000.00 500.00
50,000.01-75,000.00 750.00
75,000.01-125,000.00 1000.00
125,000.01-175,000.00 1250.00

Note 1: For amounts over RUR 75,000.00 sent within the CIS and inside Russia, RUR 500.00 is added to the sending fee for each subsequent amount of RUR 25,000.00. For amounts over RUR 75,000.00 sent to the foreign countries 300 RUR (Russia), 500 RUR (foreign countries) are added to the sending fee for each subsequent amount of RUR 15,000.00.

For amounts over RUR 175,000.00 sent to the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Mongolia, Macao and Vietnam RUR 500.00 is added to the sending fee for each subsequent amount of RUR 50,000.00.

*It has been working since the 15th of July, 2009
** The countries of near abroad according to given Addendum are Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine
*** The foreign countries according to given Addendum are all countries, except the ones indicated in the list of CIS, Russia, the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Mongolia, Macao and Vietnam.

RATES*
of sending money orders abroad
(in USD):

Into the near abroad countries**
Amount of transfer Payment
200.00 or less 6.00
200.01-400.00 12.00
400.01-600.00 18.00
600.01-800.00 22.00
800.01-1,000.00 24.00
1,000.01-2,000.00 40.00
2,000.01-3000,00 60.00

Into the far abroad countries ***
Amount of transfer Payment
100.00 or less 10.00
100.01-200.00 20.00
200.01-400.00 30.00
400.01-600.00 40.00
600.01-800.00 50.00
800.01-1,000.00 60.00
1,000.01-1,200.00 70.00
1,200.01-1,600.00 80.00
1,600.01-2,000.00 90.00
2,000.01-2,400.00 100.00
2,400.01-3,000.00 120.00

Into the near abroad countries**
Into People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan,
Mongolia, Macau and Vietnam
Payment
1,000.00 or less 10.00
1,000.01-2,000.00 20.00
2,000.01-3,000.00 30.00
3,000.01-5,000.00 40.00
5,000.01-7,000.00 50.00

Note 1: For amounts more over 3,000 USD to the countries of near abroad 20 USD are added to the sending fee for every 1,000.00 USD.

  • For amounts over 3,000.00 USD sent to the foreign countries, 20.00 USD are added to the sending fee for each subsequent amount of 600.00 USD.
  • For amounts over 7,000.00 USD sent to the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Mongolia, Macao and Vietnam, 20.00 USD is added to the sending fee for each subsequent amount of 2,000.00 USD.

*It has been working since the 15th of July, 2009.
**The countries of near abroad according to given Addendum are Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine.
***The foreign countries according to given Addendum are all countries, except the ones indicated in the list of CIS, Russia, the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Mongolia, Macao and Vietnam.