For faster money transfers, my husband suggested that I create a XOOM account. He’s been using XOOM for receiving money from his clients abroad. If you don’t a PayPal account to receive payments from around the globe, here’s an alternative.

XOOM offers fast, reliable money transfers worldwide. Here in the Philippines, you can either choose Cash Pickup or Home Delivery. There are 133 locations here in the Philippines where you can receive your cash.

Sign up here: www.xoom.com

PESO transactions may be picked up at these establishments:

• M. Lhuillier
• Banco de Oro
• BDO Financial (BDO On-site)
• SM Forex (Shoemart)
• Cebuana Lhuillier
• One Network Bank
• Globe GCASH REMIT

U.S. Dollar transactions may be picked up at these establishments:

• M. Lhuillier
• Banco de Oro
• BDO Financial (BDO On-site)
• SM Forex (Shoemart)

We were very disappointed with SM Forex – SM North EDSA for having us wait for almost 2 hours to get our money. They only have one counter for remittances and there was a long line of people waiting. They were also very strict with valid IDs. Make sure you present non-expired IDs or else you will be wasting your time for nothing.

Here’s a link for specific pickup locations using XOOM:
https://www.xoom.com/sendmoneynow/xoom-locations?receiveCountryCode=PH

Published: 2010-04-03 11:20:00