MoneyGram vs Ria Money Transfer

Both are compared on 65 of the same corridors on this site, sending from the USA, the UK, Canada and Australia. This page sets the two side by side on every one of them — what each pays out to, how fast, and where a like-for-like amount was checked, which one actually delivered more.

There is no score here and no overall winner. Every line is read from the corridor page it came from, where the row was checked against the provider's own page for that route. Nothing on this page was written by hand, which is why none of it can go quietly out of date: when the research behind a figure lapses, the figure disappears rather than ageing in place.

At a glance

Corridors on this site
109
Shared with Ria Money Transfer
65
Routes the other has no row on
44
Pays out to, across shared routes
Bank · Cash · Wallet · Card
Documented as not serving a route
9
Corridors on this site
131
Shared with MoneyGram
65
Routes the other has no row on
66
Pays out to, across shared routes
Bank · Cash · Wallet · Card · Doorstep
Documented as not serving a route
37

The last row of each card is the one most easily misread. A longer list of documented absences is not a worse provider — it records how thoroughly that provider's own coverage has been swept here. A provider whose destination list has been checked route by route accumulates absences in writing; one that has not been swept simply has fewer written down. Read each line as a fact about that route, never the two totals against each other.

Where both were priced at the same amount

No corridor here currently carries a checked recipient amount for both MoneyGram and Ria Money Transfer at the same moment, so this page states no measured difference between them. That is the honest position rather than a gap: the quotes feed prices a limited set of providers, and a figure older than thirty days is dropped rather than shown stale. The comparison below is each provider's published terms, which is what the research holds for these two.

From the USA — 50 shared corridors

DestinationMoneyGramRia Money Transfer
Pays out toSpeedGets per $1,000Pays out toSpeedGets per $1,000
AlbaniaBank · Cash · WalletMinutesNot checkedBank · CashMinutes to daysNot checked
AlgeriaBank · CashVariesNot checkedBank · CashMinutes to daysNot checked
ArgentinaBank · CashVariesNot checkedBank · CashVariesNot checked
ArmeniaBank · Cash · CardMinutesNot checkedBank · CardMinutes to daysNot checked
AustriaBank · CardVariesNot checkedBank · CashMinutes to daysNot checked
BangladeshBank · Cash · WalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · Wallet · CardMinutesNot checked
BeninBank · Cash · CardVariesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysNot checked
Burkina FasoBankVariesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysNot checked
CanadaBank · CashMinutesNot checkedBank · CashMinutes to daysNot checked
ComorosBankVariesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysNot checked
Costa RicaBank · CardVariesNot checkedBank · CashVariesNot checked
Democratic Republic of the CongoCash · WalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutesNot checked
FranceBank · CashVariesNot checkedBank · CashVariesNot checked
GabonNot recordedVariesNot checkedBank · CashMinutes to daysNot checked
GermanyBank · CashVariesNot checkedBank · CashVariesNot checked
GreeceBank · Cash · CardMinutesNot checkedBank · CashVariesNot checked
GuineaBankVariesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysNot checked
Guinea-BissauBankVariesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysNot checked
Hong KongCashVariesNot checkedBankVariesNot checked
IndiaBank · Cash · CardVariesNot checkedBank · CashMinutesNot checked
IrelandBank · CashMinutesNot checkedBank · CashMinutes to daysNot checked
LaosBank · CashVariesNot checkedBank · CashVariesNot checked
LebanonBank · CashVariesNot checkedCash · WalletMinutes to daysNot checked
LesothoNot recordedVariesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysNot checked
LiberiaBank · CashWithin hoursNot checkedBank · CashVariesNot checked
MadagascarBankVariesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysNot checked
MauritaniaNot recordedVariesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysNot checked
NamibiaNot recordedVariesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysNot checked
NepalBank · CashVariesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysNot checked
New ZealandBank · Cash · CardMinutesNot checkedBank · CashMinutes to daysNot checked
NigerBank · CashVariesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutesNot checked
PakistanBank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutesNot checked
PanamaBank · CardVariesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysNot checked
PolandCashVariesNot checkedBank · CashMinutes to daysNot checked
PortugalBank · Cash · CardMinutesNot checkedBank · CashMinutesNot checked
RomaniaBank · CashVariesNot checkedBank · CashMinutes to daysNot checked
SerbiaBank · CashVariesNot checkedBank · CashMinutes to daysNot checked
Sierra LeoneBank · WalletWithin hoursNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutesNot checked
SlovakiaNot recordedVariesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysNot checked
SloveniaNot recordedVariesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysNot checked
Sri LankaBank · CashVariesNot checkedBank · CashVariesNot checked
SwedenBank · Cash · CardVariesNot checkedBank · CashMinutes to daysNot checked
SwitzerlandBank · Cash · CardMinutesNot checkedBank · CashMinutes to daysNot checked
ThailandBank · CashVariesNot checkedBank · CashVariesNot checked
TogoBank · WalletMinutes to daysNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletVariesNot checked
TunisiaBank · CashVariesNot checkedBank · CashVariesNot checked
United Arab EmiratesBank · Cash · WalletSame dayNot checkedBank · CashVariesNot checked
United KingdomBank · CashMinutesNot checkedBank · CashMinutes to daysNot checked
VenezuelaBank · CashVariesNot checkedBank · CashMinutes to daysNot checked
ZimbabweBank · CashVariesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysNot checked

From the UK — 10 shared corridors

DestinationMoneyGramRia Money Transfer
Pays out toSpeedGets per £1,000Pays out toSpeedGets per £1,000
BangladeshBank · Cash · WalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · Wallet · CardMinutesNot checked
FranceBank · CashVariesEUR 1,171Bank · CashVariesNot checked
GermanyBank · CashVariesEUR 1,171Bank · CashVariesNot checked
GhanaBank · CashVariesNot checkedBank · WalletVariesNot checked
IndiaCashVariesNot checkedBank · CashMinutesNot checked
JamaicaBank · Cash · CardVariesNot checkedBank · CardVariesNot checked
NigeriaBank · CashVariesNot checkedBank · CashSame dayNot checked
PakistanCashMinutesPKR 371,595Bank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysNot checked
Sri LankaBank · CashVariesNot checkedBank · CashMinutes to daysNot checked
ZimbabweBank · CashVariesUSD 1,324Bank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysNot checked

From Canada — 3 shared corridors

DestinationMoneyGramRia Money Transfer
Pays out toSpeedGets per C$1,000Pays out toSpeedGets per C$1,000
HaitiCashMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutesNot checked
IndiaBank · CashMinutesNot checkedBank · CashMinutesNot checked
PhilippinesBank · Cash · Wallet · CardMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · Wallet · DoorstepMinutesNot checked

From Australia — 2 shared corridors

DestinationMoneyGramRia Money Transfer
Pays out toSpeedGets per A$1,000Pays out toSpeedGets per A$1,000
IndiaNot recordedVariesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutesNot checked
PhilippinesNot recordedVariesNot checkedBank · Cash · Wallet · DoorstepMinutesNot checked

Where only one of them is compared

Where each was checked and found not to serve the route

No provider publishes this about itself. Each line is a route where the provider was checked against its own pages and recorded as not serving it, with the reason found at the time. The counts are not comparable between the two: they measure how much of each provider's coverage has been swept, not how many gaps each one has.

MoneyGram — 9 recorded

  • the UK → Afghanistan — its UK-to-Afghanistan page could not be freshly verified this session — two independent attempts returned a server error rather than a clean 404, so its status is unresolved rather than confirmed absent Source
  • the UAE → Nepal — its UAE presence is agent-based and its UAE pages name no destination countries and publish no fee schedule, so there is nothing corridor-specific to point a reader at Source
  • Qatar → Bangladesh — MoneyGram has no Qatari consumer site. Its Qatari address redirects to the United States home page. It still carries Qatari money: Ooredoo Money names MoneyGram as one of the partners behind its own app, so the network is reachable in Qatar only through somebody else's shopfront. Source
  • Qatar → Egypt — MoneyGram has no Qatari consumer site. Its Qatari address redirects to the United States home page. It still carries Qatari money: Ooredoo Money names MoneyGram as one of the partners behind its own app, so the network is reachable in Qatar only through somebody else's shopfront. Source
  • Qatar → India — MoneyGram has no Qatari consumer site. Its Qatari address redirects to the United States home page. It still carries Qatari money: Ooredoo Money names MoneyGram as one of the partners behind its own app, so the network is reachable in Qatar only through somebody else's shopfront. Source
  • Qatar → Nepal — MoneyGram has no Qatari consumer site. Its Qatari address redirects to the United States home page. It still carries Qatari money: Ooredoo Money names MoneyGram as one of the partners behind its own app, so the network is reachable in Qatar only through somebody else's shopfront. Source
  • Qatar → Pakistan — MoneyGram has no Qatari consumer site. Its Qatari address redirects to the United States home page. It still carries Qatari money: Ooredoo Money names MoneyGram as one of the partners behind its own app, so the network is reachable in Qatar only through somebody else's shopfront. Source
  • Qatar → Philippines — MoneyGram has no Qatari consumer site. Its Qatari address redirects to the United States home page. It still carries Qatari money: Ooredoo Money names MoneyGram as one of the partners behind its own app, so the network is reachable in Qatar only through somebody else's shopfront. Source
  • Qatar → Sri Lanka — MoneyGram has no Qatari consumer site. Its Qatari address redirects to the United States home page. It still carries Qatari money: Ooredoo Money names MoneyGram as one of the partners behind its own app, so the network is reachable in Qatar only through somebody else's shopfront. Source

Ria Money Transfer — 37 recorded

  • the USA → Bahamas — Ria publishes no the Bahamas corridor page. The address matching every other Ria corridor on this site returns the provider's own page-not-found screen, so no fee, rate, rail or limit can be sourced from the provider. This records what the provider publishes, not a finding that the service does not exist — Ria's agent network may still reach the Bahamas. Source
  • the USA → Barbados — Ria has no Barbados corridor page; the URL returns 404. Source
  • the USA → Belize — Belize is absent from Ria's published list of destinations reachable from the United States. Source
  • the USA → Brunei — Brunei is absent from Ria's alphabetical list of 200+ supported destination countries on its US site Source
  • the USA → Burundi — No dedicated US-to-Burundi corridor page found on Ria's site Source
  • the USA → Cape Verde — Ria has no Cape Verde corridor page; the URL returns 404. Source
  • the USA → Cyprus — Cyprus is absent from Ria's alphabetical list of 200+ supported destination countries on its US site Source
  • the USA → Mali — Ria has no Mali corridor page; the URL returns 404. Xoom does pay cash through Ria's Malian network, so Ria's agents are reachable indirectly. Source
  • the USA → Netherlands — Ria publishes no US to Netherlands destination page; both /us/en/send-money-to-netherlands and /en-us/send-money-to-netherlands/ return 404. The row previously here cited riamoneytransfer.com/en-nl/, which is Ria's Dutch site for sending FROM the Netherlands. Source
  • the USA → Saint Lucia — Ria has no Saint Lucia corridor page; both its US URL patterns return 404. Source
  • the USA → Solomon Islands — Ria's dedicated Solomon Islands corridor page (riamoneytransfer.com/en-us/send-money-to-solomon-islands/) returns a 404. Source
  • the USA → Somalia — Somalia does not appear among the 38 African destinations listed on Ria's US send-to-Africa page, though Ria does serve the corridor from the UK. Source
  • the USA → Suriname — Suriname is absent from Ria's published list of destinations reachable from the United States. Source
  • the USA → Taiwan — Taiwan is absent from Ria's published destination list. Source
  • the USA → Tajikistan — Ria's dedicated Tajikistan corridor page (riamoneytransfer.com/en-us/send-money-to-tajikistan/) returns a 404. Source
  • the USA → Timor-Leste — Ria's dedicated Timor-Leste corridor page (riamoneytransfer.com/en-us/send-money-to-timor-leste/) returns a 404. Source
  • the USA → Trinidad and Tobago — Ria publishes no Trinidad and Tobago corridor page. The address matching every other Ria corridor on this site returns the provider's own page-not-found screen, so no fee, rate, rail or limit can be sourced from the provider. This records what the provider publishes, not a finding that the service does not exist — Ria's agent network may still reach Trinidad and Tobago. Source
  • the USA → Turkmenistan — Ria's dedicated Turkmenistan corridor page (riamoneytransfer.com/en-us/send-money-to-turkmenistan/) returns a 404. Source
  • the USA → Vanuatu — Ria's dedicated Vanuatu corridor page (riamoneytransfer.com/en-us/send-money-to-vanuatu/) returns a 404. Source
  • the UK → Canada — its UK-to-Canada page could not be freshly verified this session — two independent attempts returned a server error rather than a clean 404, so its status is unresolved rather than confirmed absent Source
  • the UK → Greece — its UK-to-Greece page could not be freshly verified this session — two independent attempts returned a server error rather than a clean 404, so its status is unresolved rather than confirmed absent Source
  • the UK → Netherlands — its UK-to-the Netherlands page could not be freshly verified this session — two independent attempts returned a server error rather than a clean 404, so its status is unresolved rather than confirmed absent Source
  • the UK → Portugal — its UK-to-Portugal page could not be freshly verified this session — two independent attempts returned a server error rather than a clean 404, so its status is unresolved rather than confirmed absent Source
  • the UK → United Arab Emirates — its UK-to-the UAE page could not be freshly verified this session — two independent attempts returned a server error rather than a clean 404, so its status is unresolved rather than confirmed absent Source
  • the UK → United States — its UK-to-the United States page could not be freshly verified this session — two independent attempts returned a server error rather than a clean 404, so its status is unresolved rather than confirmed absent Source
  • Canada → Afghanistan — its Canada-to-Afghanistan page could not be freshly verified this session — two independent attempts returned a server error rather than a clean 404, so its status is unresolved rather than confirmed absent Source
  • France → Algeria — its French site serves destination pages for Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal but returns nothing for Algeria Source
  • France → Democratic Republic of the Congo — its French site publishes country pages for Côte d'Ivoire, Mali and Cameroon but none for DR Congo Source
  • Germany → India — its German-market site publishes no India destination page Source
  • Germany → Romania — its German-market site publishes no Romania destination page Source
  • Qatar → Bangladesh — Ria publishes no Qatari site. Its Qatari address returns the provider's own page-not-found screen. Source
  • Qatar → Egypt — Ria publishes no Qatari site. Its Qatari address returns the provider's own page-not-found screen. Source
  • Qatar → India — Ria publishes no Qatari site. Its Qatari address returns the provider's own page-not-found screen. Source
  • Qatar → Nepal — Ria publishes no Qatari site. Its Qatari address returns the provider's own page-not-found screen. Source
  • Qatar → Pakistan — Ria publishes no Qatari site. Its Qatari address returns the provider's own page-not-found screen. Source
  • Qatar → Philippines — Ria publishes no Qatari site. Its Qatari address returns the provider's own page-not-found screen. Source
  • Qatar → Sri Lanka — Ria publishes no Qatari site. Its Qatari address returns the provider's own page-not-found screen. Source

Payout methods and delivery speeds are each provider's published terms as read on the corridor pages; recipient amounts are like-for-like quotes checked in October 2026 for a bank transfer at $1,000. Fees and rates change without notice — confirm the final quote with the provider before sending. Full pages: MoneyGram · Ria Money Transfer · how this site compares providers · all comparisons