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Whish Money · Launched 2019
Lebanese mobile wallet that became core payments infrastructure after the 2019 banking collapse. Holds USD and LBP balances, settles peer-to-peer instantly, receives international remittances, and cashes in and out through a dense agent network, reaching people the banking system stopped serving.
Representative of this rail in this market. Directionally useful, but not a quotable rate, confirm with the provider. Source: Market estimate for merchant QR acceptance, no public merchant rate card.Official site ↗
Online · percentage component
Rates are step functions: each level holds until it is replaced.
Online pricing across every country where this method is available, with the cost on a $100.00 payment for comparison.
| 1% |
| $1.00 |
| 1% |
| 27 Mar 2025 |
| Estimate |
| Syria | 1% | $1.00 | 1% | 3 Dec 2021 | Estimate |
Every recorded change, newest first, with the movement from the rate it replaced.
In Syria, on the online channel: 1%, in force since 3 Dec 2021 (estimate). Fees differ by market and channel, and the table above lists each one.
It is priced in 3 markets here: Iraq, Lebanon, Syria. A market missing from the list has not been recorded yet, which does not mean Whish Money is unavailable there.
It is recorded as instant. Actual timing can depend on cut-off times and on the receiving account.
Not through a chargeback: it has no chargeback process, so a payment is hard to reverse once sent. Check who you are paying before you confirm.
Yes. It is a payment method businesses accept, and the fees shown are what a merchant pays to be paid through it.
Iraq
Lebanon