USPS offers “Dinero Seguro,” Money Orders
The U.S. Postal Service offers Dinero Seguro (usps.com/money/suremoney) and Postal Money Orders for those customers, providing them with a safe, affordable, convenient method of transferring money internationally and domestically.
Dinero Seguro enables customers to send up to USD 2,000 per transaction per day and is available at 2,800 participating Post Offices across the United States. Identification is required for transfers exceeding USD 1,000.
The system uses secure, electronic wire transfers between the Postal Service and thousands of participating bank branch offices in destinating countries. The recipient’s funds are available within 15 minutes, guaranteed, and without hidden, or additional fees.
Personal identification also is required for the recipients of funds in the participating countries. Recipients do not need bank accounts and pay no additional fees in their countries.
“Dinero Seguro provides a secure, electronic way to send money internationally that also reduces the time it takes to receive the funds from days to minutes,” said Paul Vogel, senior vice president and managing director of Global Business.
Dinero Seguro is provided in partnership with Bancomer Transfer Services Inc. of Houston. Participating locations are:
Argentina – BBVA Banco Frances
Colombia – Banco Davivienda, BBVA Colombia, Banco Granahorrar
Dominican Republic – Banco del Progresso
Ecuador – Banco de Guayaquil, Banco del Austro, Banco Internacional
El Salvador – Banco Salvadoreno, Banco Uno, Agricola
Guatemala – Banco Industrial, Banco Uno, Banco de Desarrollo Rural
Honduras – Banco Uno, Banco Mercantil
Mexico – BBVA Bancomer
Nicaragua – Banco Uno, Banpro
Peru – Interbank, BBVA Banco Continental
For more information on Dinero Seguro and to find a participating Post Office, customers are asked to call toll free 888-368-4669.
Customers wishing to send money gifts within the United States can purchase Postal Money Orders, a safe, convenient and economical alternative to sending cash through the mail. Money orders can be purchased from any Post Office in the United States as well as from rural letter carriers in denominations up to USD 1,000. A current government- or state-issued identification is required for multiple money order purchases totaling USD 3,000 in a single day.
Unlike private business checks or other money orders, Postal Money Orders are regarded as one of the more difficult financial documents to counterfeit because of their watermarks, security threads and a rainbow of inked patterns and tones.
Postal Money Orders can be purchased with cash, debit card or traveler’s checks and are valid for an unlimited period of time. There is a USD 1.05 processing fee for money orders up to USD 500 and a USD 1.50 fee for money orders above USD 500.
