Ria Money Transfer
American company specializing in money remittances
Ria Money Transfer (Ria) is an American financial services company which specializes in customer-to-customer international money transfers. It is a subsidiary of Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: EEFT) and operates as part of its Cross-Border payments segment.
History
Ria was founded in New York in 1987. In 2006, Ria was acquired by Euronet Worldwide, Inc., becoming part of its Cross-Border Payments segment together with Xe and Dandelion Payments.
Ria maintains partnerships with a number of postal organizations around the world, leveraging their extensive retail networks to expand access to financial services, including India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) in India, Bpost in Belgium, and Pos Indonesia.
In 2014, the company launched Walmart-2-Walmart Powered by Ria, a Walmart money transfer service within the US. Then in 2019, Ria and Walmart partnered with PayPal's Xoom to introduce domestic money transfer services. Xoom expanded to 60 countries in the deal with Ria.
In 2015, Ria acquired Malaysia-based money transfer provider IME. This was just the beginning of Ria’s expansion in the region. In the Philippines, Ria partner with GCash in 2025 allowing Filipinos in the U.S., Europe, Australia and Singapore to send money to their loved ones.
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