Send Money from Belgium 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.

Delivery ranges from minutes to a few business days depending on the provider and payout method. Western Union can deliver within minutes when you pay by debit card. Bank-funded and economy transfers typically take one to three business days but usually cost less. Transfers sent outside banking hours or over a weekend may not settle until the next working day.

Across the providers we compare, the available payout methods are Orange Money, bank deposit, cash pickup, mobile wallet 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 Belgium under the National Bank of Belgium, 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 page for the same destination — 5.71 from a balance, 8.10 by bank transfer, 6.26 by open banking and 20.10 by either wallet. Wise prices a euro transfer by the currency route, not by which euro country you are sitting in. Wise's debit and credit card figures are not quoted here. Two independent reads of the page on the same day returned 14.10 and 9.81 for the debit row and 40.34 and 20.10 for the credit row, while the other five rows came back identical both times. Western Union lists Klarna among its Belgian 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. Funding from a bank account through Bancontact costs nothing extra and creates no debt. Both Belgium 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. Bancontact, Belgium's domestic card and instant-payment rail, is accepted here and is the cheapest way into the transfer from a Belgian account.