Send Money from Austria to Romania

There is no single cheapest provider on this corridor — it depends on how much you send and how your recipient is paid. Compare the total amount received in Romanian leus rather than the advertised fee, since the exchange rate margin is usually the larger cost. Bank deposit is typically cheaper than cash pickup.

Most transfers on this corridor arrive within one to three business days. Paying by debit card is generally faster than a bank transfer, and transfers initiated outside banking hours may not begin processing until the next working day.

Across the providers we compare, the available payout methods are bank deposit, cash pickup and card payout. The most widely used options in Romania are bank deposit to a mature banking network, plus cash pickup including the post office. Romania is in the EU but not the eurozone — sending euros instead of lei usually triggers a second conversion at the recipient's bank. Not every provider supports every method, so check the table above before you commit.

No. Remitly and Western Union offer cash pickup in Romania, so your recipient can collect the funds with valid photo ID and the transfer reference number. That said, bank deposit to a mature banking network, plus cash pickup including the post office generally cost less than cash collection.

Providers rarely give you the mid-market rate — the reference rate you see on Google or Reuters. Instead they add a margin, typically between 0.4% and 4%, and keep the difference. That margin is often larger than the visible transfer fee, which is why a "no fee" service can still be more expensive overall. For EUR to RON, compare the quoted rate against the mid-market rate to see the real spread you are paying.

Yes, provided you use a licensed provider. Every service listed on this page is regulated in Austria under the Austrian Financial Market Authority, which requires safeguarding of customer funds and identity verification. Send only to people you know personally, keep your transfer reference private, and be sceptical of anyone pressuring you to send money urgently to someone you have not met.

Yes. Each provider sets its own transfer limits, which vary by how much identity verification you have completed and how you pay. Larger transfers may require additional documentation such as proof of source of funds. For transfers above roughly €10,000, a specialist foreign-exchange broker will often beat an app on rate.

This corridor's Wise figures are identical, to the cent, to the same provider's Irish and Italian pages for the same destination — and on this one the match extends to both card rows as well, 14.10 by debit and 40.34 by credit. Wise prices a euro transfer by the currency route, not by which euro country you are sitting in. All seven of Wise's funding rows held identical across two independent reads here, so all seven are published. On three of the five corridors in this hub at least one card row moved and is withheld there. Wise's Austrian pages offer an open-banking payment option that its American, Singaporean and Swiss pages do not. At 6.26 EUR it sits below the ordinary bank transfer at 8.10 EUR, for the same money leaving the same account. Western Union lists Klarna among its Austrian payment methods. Klarna is deferred payment: choosing it means borrowing to send the money and repaying later, and late or missed repayment carries its own charges that sit entirely outside any transfer fee on this page and outside every price comparison, including this one. Funding straight from a bank account costs nothing extra and creates no debt. Both Austria and Romania are in the EU but Romania is outside the euro, so this is a currency conversion and not a SEPA transfer. A bank quoting no fee is still converting your euro into lei at a rate of its choosing.