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Taptap Send vs Western Union

Both are compared on 65 of the same corridors on this site, sending from the USA, the UK, Canada, Australia, the UAE, Spain and France. 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 Nothing on this page was written by hand, which is why none of it can go quietly out of date: when the research behind a figure lapses, the figure disappears rather than ageing in place.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

Taptap Send
Corridors on this site
77
Shared with Western Union
65
Routes the other has no row on
12
Pays out to, across shared routes
Bank · Cash · Wallet · Card · Doorstep
Documented as not serving a route
32
Western Union
Corridors on this site
490
Shared with Taptap Send
65
Routes the other has no row on
425
Pays out to, across shared routes
Bank · Cash · Wallet · Card · Doorstep
Documented as not serving a route
5

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 Taptap Send and Western Union 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 — 39 shared corridors

DestinationTaptap SendWestern Union
Pays out toSpeedGets per $1,000Pays out toSpeedGets per $1,000
BangladeshBank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletVariesBDT 121,798
BeninNot recordedVariesNot checkedBank · Cash · Wallet · CardMinutesXOF 568,356
BrazilWalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletVariesBRL 4,947
Burkina FasoWalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · Wallet · CardMinutesXOF 568,356
ColombiaBank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysNot checkedBank · Cash · Wallet · CardVariesCOP 3,110,287
ComorosWalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · Wallet · CardMinutesNot checked
Côte d'IvoireWalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · Wallet · CardVariesXOF 568,356
Democratic Republic of the CongoWalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutesNot checked
Dominican RepublicBank · Cash · Card · DoorstepMinutes to daysNot checkedBank · Cash · DoorstepMinutesDOP 59,669
EgyptBank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysNot checkedBank · Cash · Wallet · CardMinutesEGP 52,507
El SalvadorBank · Cash · CardMinutes to daysNot checkedBank · Cash · Wallet · CardMinutes to daysNot checked
Equatorial GuineaWalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · Wallet · CardMinutesNot checked
FijiWalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · Wallet · CardMinutesFJD 2,178
GabonWalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · Wallet · CardMinutesNot checked
GhanaBank · WalletMinutes to daysNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletVariesGHS 10,748
GuatemalaBank · CashMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · CardVariesGTQ 7,535
Guinea-BissauWalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · Wallet · CardMinutesXOF 568,356
HaitiBank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutesNot checked
HondurasBank · Cash · CardMinutes to daysNot checkedBank · Cash · CardMinutesHNL 26,814
IndiaBank · WalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysINR 94,415
IndonesiaBank · WalletMinutes to daysNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutesIDR 17,641,058
JamaicaBank · Cash · CardMinutes to daysNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletVariesJMD 153,917
KenyaBank · WalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutesKES 126,951
LiberiaWalletMinutesNot checkedBank · CashVariesNot checked
MadagascarWalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · Wallet · CardMinutesNot checked
MalawiBank · WalletMinutes to daysNot checkedBank · Cash · Wallet · CardMinutesNot checked
MaliWalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · Wallet · CardMinutesXOF 568,356
MexicoBank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysMXN 18,224
MoroccoBank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletVariesMAD 9,644
MozambiqueWalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · Wallet · CardMinutesNot checked
NigeriaBankMinutes to daysNot checkedBank · CashVariesNGN 1,341,231
PakistanBank · Cash · WalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutesPKR 276,514
PeruBank · WalletVariesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutesPEN 3,335
PhilippinesBank · Cash · WalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · Wallet · CardMinutes to daysPHP 61,166
SenegalNot recordedVariesNot checkedBank · CashVariesXOF 568,332
TanzaniaBank · WalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletVariesTZS 2,579,784
TogoWalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutesXOF 568,356
VietnamBank · Wallet · DoorstepMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · Wallet · DoorstepMinutesVND 25,484,537
ZambiaWalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · Wallet · CardMinutesNot checked

From the UK — 9 shared corridors

DestinationTaptap SendWestern Union
Pays out toSpeedGets per £1,000Pays out toSpeedGets per £1,000
BangladeshBank · Cash · WalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysBDT 161,495
ChinaBank · Cash · WalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · Wallet · CardMinutesCNY 8,621
GhanaNot recordedVariesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletVariesGHS 15,310
IndiaBank · WalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysINR 124,787
JamaicaNot recordedVariesNot checkedBank · CashMinutesJMD 204,284
NigeriaBankMinutesNot checkedBank · CashMinutes to daysNGN 1,751,142
PakistanBank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysPKR 365,419
PhilippinesBank · Cash · WalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutesPHP 82,590
SenegalWalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · Wallet · CardMinutesXOF 762,870

From Canada — 1 shared corridor

DestinationTaptap SendWestern Union
Pays out toSpeedGets per C$1,000Pays out toSpeedGets per C$1,000
PhilippinesBank · Cash · WalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutesPHP 44,175

From Australia — 2 shared corridors

DestinationTaptap SendWestern Union
Pays out toSpeedGets per A$1,000Pays out toSpeedGets per A$1,000
IndiaBank · WalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutesINR 64,979
PhilippinesBank · Cash · Wallet · CardMinutes to daysNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutesPHP 42,984

From the UAE — 5 shared corridors

DestinationTaptap SendWestern Union
Pays out toSpeedGets per AED 1,000Pays out toSpeedGets per AED 1,000
BangladeshBank · Cash · WalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutesNot checked
EgyptBank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysNot checkedBank · CashMinutesNot checked
LebanonCash · WalletMinutesNot checkedCash · WalletMinutesNot checked
PakistanBank · Cash · WalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutesNot checked
PhilippinesBank · Cash · WalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutesNot checked

From Spain — 2 shared corridors

DestinationTaptap SendWestern Union
Pays out toSpeedGets per €1,000Pays out toSpeedGets per €1,000
MoroccoBank · CashMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · Wallet · CardMinutes to daysMAD 10,729
SenegalWalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · Wallet · CardMinutes to daysXOF 655,370

From France — 7 shared corridors

DestinationTaptap SendWestern Union
Pays out toSpeedGets per €1,000Pays out toSpeedGets per €1,000
Côte d'IvoireWalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysXOF 655,370
Democratic Republic of the CongoWalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysNot checked
MadagascarWalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysNot checked
MaliWalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysXOF 655,370
MoroccoBank · CashMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · WalletMinutes to daysMAD 10,729
SenegalWalletMinutesNot checkedBank · Cash · Wallet · Card · DoorstepMinutes to daysXOF 655,370
TunisiaBank · CashMinutes to daysNot checkedBank · CashMinutesTND 3,291

Where only one of them is compared

12 routes where only Taptap Send is compared

Western Union carries no row on these corridors — which means this site holds no researched entry for it there, not that it does not operate. Documented non-coverage is the section below this one.

425 routes where only Western Union is compared

Taptap Send carries no row on these corridors — which means this site holds no researched entry for it there, not that it does not operate. Documented non-coverage is the section below this one.

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.

Taptap Send — 32 recorded

  • the USA → Afghanistan — Afghanistan is not among Taptap Send's supported destinations. Source
  • the USA → Armenia — Armenia is not listed among Taptap Send's roughly 70+ send destinations. Source
  • the USA → Barbados — Taptap Send's published receiving-country list does not include this country. Source
  • the USA → Bolivia — Taptap Send's own destination list for US senders does not include this country, and it publishes no corridor page for it. Source
  • the USA → Bosnia and Herzegovina — Taptap Send's published receiving-country list does not include this country. Source
  • the USA → Botswana — Taptap Send's published receiving-country list does not include Botswana. Source
  • the USA → Canada — Canada is a Taptap Send sending market; its roughly 70 destinations concentrate in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean and do not include Canada. Source
  • the USA → Cape Verde — Taptap Send's published receiving-country list does not include Cape Verde. Source
  • the USA → Czechia — Taptap Send's published receiving-country list does not include this country. Source
  • the USA → Ecuador — Taptap Send's own enumerated destination-country list (support.taptapsend.com) does not include Ecuador, and no Ecuador corridor page exists on taptapsend.com. Re-confirmed via multiple searches of Taptap's country list and support docs. Source
  • the USA → Greece — Greece, a developed EU market, is not among Taptap Send's roughly 72 mostly Africa/Asia/Latin America destinations.
  • the USA → Ireland — Taptap Send's roughly 70 destinations concentrate in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean and do not include Ireland. Source
  • the USA → Israel — Taptap Send's published receiving-country list does not include this country. Source
  • the USA → Kosovo — Taptap Send's published receiving-country list does not include this country. Source
  • the USA → Moldova — Taptap Send's published receiving-country list does not include this country. Source
  • the USA → Myanmar — Myanmar is not among Taptap Send's supported destinations. Source
  • the USA → Netherlands — Taptap Send's roughly 70 destinations concentrate in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean and do not include the Netherlands. Source
  • the USA → New Zealand — New Zealand, a developed market, is not among Taptap Send's roughly 72 mostly Africa/Asia/Latin America destinations.
  • the USA → Paraguay — Taptap Send's own destination list for US senders does not include this country, and it publishes no corridor page for it. Source
  • the USA → Portugal — Portugal, a developed EU market, is not among Taptap Send's roughly 72 mostly Africa/Asia/Latin America destinations.
  • the USA → Saint Lucia — Taptap Send's published receiving-country list does not include this country. Source
  • the USA → Samoa — Taptap Send's published receiving-country list does not include this country. Source
  • the USA → Somalia — Somalia is absent from Taptap Send's published destination list. Source
  • the USA → Switzerland — Switzerland, a developed non-EU market, is not among Taptap Send's roughly 72 mostly Africa/Asia/Latin America destinations.
  • the USA → Tonga — Taptap Send's published receiving-country list does not include this country. Source
  • the USA → United Kingdom — The UK is a Taptap Send sending market; its roughly 70 destinations concentrate in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean and do not include the UK. Source
  • the USA → Venezuela — No Venezuela corridor page is published on Taptap Send's site; Venezuela does not appear in searches of its destination list Source
  • the UK → Australia — Australia does not appear among Taptap Send's supported destinations. Source
  • the UK → Ethiopia — its dedicated Ethiopia destination page 404s and its general sending-countries help page names no fixed list, so this corridor could not be confirmed as offered Source
  • the UAE → Ethiopia — its dedicated Ethiopia destination page 404s and its general sending-countries help page names no fixed list, so this corridor could not be confirmed as offered Source
  • the UAE → Indonesia — its dedicated Indonesia destination page 404s and its general sending-countries help page names no fixed list, so this corridor could not be confirmed as offered Source
  • France → Algeria — Algeria is absent from its published list of destination countries, which does include Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal Source

Western Union — 5 recorded

  • 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
  • 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 — it operates in Algeria and its France sitemap links an Algeria page, but that page publishes no payout method, currency, speed or fee, so there is nothing corridor-specific to point a reader at Source
  • New Zealand → South Africa — Two independent attempts to read Western Union's New Zealand page for this corridor both returned a server error (403), not a 404. That is treated as unresolved rather than confirmed absent, consistent with how this site has handled Western Union and Ria failures on every other hub this session. Source
  • New Zealand → South Korea — Two independent attempts to read Western Union's New Zealand page for this corridor both returned a server error (403), not a 404. Treated as unresolved rather than confirmed absent. 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: Taptap Send · Western Union · how this site compares providers · all comparisons