Editorial policy
This page sets out the standards we hold our guides to: how we research, why our numbers are illustrative, how we keep independent from the providers we cover, and how to flag something that's wrong. The aim is simple — give ordinary people sending and receiving money information they can act on, without spin.
We stay independent
RemitPath is funded by referral commissions, explained in full on our disclosure page. That funding never decides what we say. We don't accept payment to rank one provider above another, we don't take "sponsored" copy dressed up as a guide, and we don't soften a risk warning to keep a partner happy. When the cheapest option for you earns us nothing, we still tell you to use it. The one rule that runs through every guide — compare "how much the recipient finally receives," not the headline fee — exists because it serves you, even when it costs us a sign-up.
How we research
We build each guide from how these services actually work — the fee, the exchange-rate margin, the route the money travels, and the steps a real sender or recipient takes. Where useful, we cross-check the broad picture against public data such as the World Bank's "Remittance Prices Worldwide." Our examples use everyday corridors and currencies — sending pesos to the Philippines, naira to Nigeria, rupees to India, cedis to Ghana — so the guidance maps onto situations readers recognise.
Why our numbers are illustrative
We never print a rate or fee as if it were a live quote. Pricing shifts by provider, corridor, amount and the moment you send, so any figure in a table is an illustrative range, not a quote. We say repeatedly that the only number that counts is whatever the provider's page shows in real time, and we tell you exactly where to read it. You will not find a promise of a rate that stays the same indefinitely or a set percentage anywhere on this site.
How we write about risk
A warning is only useful if you can act on it. So instead of a vague "please be careful," we try to make every risk concrete: how to spot it, and when to stop. That's especially true for scams and for the stablecoin route, where we name the specific traps — a demand to "pay a release fee first," a look-alike domain, a stranger offering to "help" through your screen — and tell you to walk away. We do not give personalised investment or legal advice; whether a method is allowed is for you to judge by the law of your own country.
Updates and corrections
Every guide carries an update note with the date and what changed. When fees, routes or rules shift in a way that affects the advice, we revise the page rather than leave it stale. If you spot something out of date or inaccurate, write to [email protected] and we'll look into it. We'd rather correct a guide than defend a mistake.
RemitPath is an independent education site with no official tie to any provider. All fees, rates and offers are whatever each provider shows in real time, and nothing here is investment or legal advice.
Update note (18 Jun 2026): first version of the editorial policy.