SBI’S MONEY TRANSFER SERVICES

SBI offers remittances to India through multiple channels. You can select the mode of remittance based on the time within which you need to remit to India. SBI’s new-age remittance schemes are most user friendly and have back up of excellent service support. SBI has the best reach with 84 offices in abroad and over 14,000 branches in India under Core Banking network.

SBI EXPRESS RUPEE (From Gulf)

Tie ups with 16 major exchange companies and banks located in Middle East for rupee remittances. NRIs can approach these companies/banks for same day/next day transfer to a beneficiary account in India under “SBI Express”.

Rupee remittance on electronic platform through Exchange Companies/ Banks from Middle East countries to beneficiaries across India in a quick and cost effective manner. Online credits through Direct Credit to 16000 plus SBI branches and through NEFT (electronic) credit to 45000 branches of other banks in India. Beneficiary will be credited within 1 day and SMS to beneficiary/ Remitter mobile number sent.

Remitters need to walk into the Exchange Co/ Bank to give remittance instruction or use their ATM/ Phone Banking/ online Banking Facility (if available at that Bank/ Exchange Company). Charges may vary at different Exchange Companies/Banks: Normally most competitive.

SBI Express Rupee is available at the following Exchange Companies/ Banks in Middle East: -

i)       Kuwait: (a) Kuwait India International Exchange Co.WLL (b) Al Mulla International Exchange Co.WLL (c) Al Muzaini Exchange Co.

ii)      Saudi Arabia: Arab National Bank

iii)      UAE: (a) Emirates India International Exchange Co. (b) UAE Exchange Centre LLC  (c) Al-Rostamani International Exchange Co. (d) City Exchange LLC (e) Wall Street Exchange Centre LLC (f) Al Ansari Exchange Co.

iv)     Bahrain: (a) Bahrain India International Exchange Co. (b) Bahrain Finance Co.

v)      Oman: (a) Mustafa Sultan Exchange Co. LLC (b) Oman & UAE Exchange Co. LLC

vi)     Qatar: (a) Doha Bank (b) Trust Exchange Co.WLL, Doha

Complete details of such tie up and how it works are available on www.onlinesbi.com/glsrupee

SBI INSTANT TRANSFER (From SBI Branches in 18 Countries)

Fastest way to send remittance. Transfer of money in just 3 minutes in any of over 16000 branches of SBI and SBI Associate Banks in India.

No limit on the amount that can be remitted. Attractive Exchange Rates and low remittance charges.

Remitter need not be an account holder of SBI’s foreign office/ branch. Remittance through foreign office “Walk In” or “Telephone Banking” or through “Internet Banking Facility” as available at that office.

Available at the Foreign Office/ Branch of SBI in 18 countries - Australia: Sydney, Belgium: Antwerp, Canada: Toronto and 6 other Branches, China: Shanghai, France: Paris, Israel: Tel Aviv, Japan: Tokyo and Osaka, Maldives: Male, Nepal: Kathmandu, South Africa: Johannesburg, UK: London and 5 other branches, USA: NY and 8 other branches, Oman, Singapore, Bahrain, Mauritius, Hong Kong & Bahamas

For more information, please visit http://www.onlinesbi.com/nri

SBI EXPRESS REMIT US (From USA)

NRIs can use “SBI Express Remit” for money transfer from USA to India. On an online request by them on the website SBI arranges for auto debit of their US Bank Account with any bank in USA and credit the beneficiary account in India in Indian Rupees within 3 business days.

A user-friendly web based product to send remittances from USA to India by Non Resident Indians and others.

Completely online product. One-time Registration. Online tracking of remittance request through every stage of the transaction. Also SMS to beneficiary mobile number.

On receipt of online request from Remitter, his / her account in USA with any US Bank is debited by SBI through US Automated Clearinghouse (ACH) mechanism.

Beneficiary account credited within 3 business days. Online credits through direct credit to 16000 plus SBI branches and through NEFT credit to 30000 branches of other banks in India. Nominal/NIL charges and Best Exchange Rates.

More information at - http://www.onlinesbi.com/glsus

SBI EXPRESS Rapid Remittance (From USA)

Remitters are required to approach their bank in USA for credit to a SBI Account by a domestic wire transfer and the money gets credited in Indian Rupees to beneficiary account in India on the next business day itself.

One-time Registration on GLS website. Available to all SBI Express Remit customers.

Initiate transaction for remittance to beneficiary on GLS website and generate a Transaction Reference Number. Remitter then needs to transfer funds from his bank in USA through Domestic Wire/ Internet Banking transfer to a designated bank account of SBI in USA quoting Transaction Reference Number.

Other features same as SBI Express Remit US.

More information at - http://www.onlinesbi.com/rr

Free Rupee Remittance (From USA)

No charges for remittance to India.

You have to become a Registered User with SBI New York by filling in the AUR form. Your signature on that form has to be notarized.

Documents required along with this are: - 1) Copy of US Driving License (with current address), 2) Copy of the latest Pay Slip (These two documents need not be Notarized)

On the day of sending money to India you need to fill in RMT-1 form and courier/mail to SBI New York along with the Cheque (Personal or Cashier’s Cheque) drawn in favor of State Bank of India New York.

For further details please visit www.statebank.com/remittance.htm

SBI EXPRESS REMIT UK (From UK)

Remittances from UK by account holders of any bank there can be affected within 2 business days using the internet banking transfer facility of Remitters’ UK bank for affording an online credit to SBI designated account in London.

Completely online. One-time Registration. For sending money to India initiate a transaction on GLS website and generate a Transaction Reference Number.

Remitter to transfer funds from his bank in UK through Internet Banking to a designated bank account of SBI in UK quoting Transaction Reference Number

Credit to beneficiary within one business day of receipt of funds in the account of SBI in UK. Online credits through Direct Credits to 16000 plus SBI branches and through NEFT electronic credit to 45000 branches of other banks in India.

Online tracking of remittance request through every stage of the transaction and also SMS to beneficiary mobile number. Nominal /NIL charges and Best Exchange Rates. Beneficiary account can be with any bank in India

More information at - http://www.onlinesbi.com/glsuk

SWIFT / Wire Transfer/TT:

NRIs can send remittances to India using SBI's foreign branches or a vast network of 600 correspondent banks across the globe. The remittance can be sent to the beneficiary's branch directly. If SWIFT code is not available for your branch, you can select a SWIFT code of any SBI branch (eg – Swift code of SBI Spl NRI Branch, Lucknow is SBININBB763), which will handle the SWIFT transaction and transfer the funds to your beneficiary's account. 1 to 3 days. Country specific instructions –

Currency	SBI Branch/Corrsp & Swift Code
US Dollar	SBI Newyork, SBINUS33 ABA routing -0260-0914-0, chips 034282,
Pound/Euro	Pound - SBI London,SBINGB2L, Sort Code 600159; Euro - SBI Frankfurt, SBINDEFF,
AED	National Bank of Abu Dhabi, NBADAEAAVOS

Draft / Cashier's Cheque / Foreign Currency Cheque

If a remittance is sent as a demand draft/Cheque, the beneficiary can deposit it at his SBI branch. The draft/Cheque will be sent collection. After collection, the proceeds will be deposited in the account. DDs issued by Exchange companies in Gulf are immediately credited. Also Currency notes accepted. Drafts in foreign currency/ Rupee can also be sent to SBI Branch by post for credit of fixed deposit account or SB a/c in Rupees.

SBI RAPID REMITTANCE PROCESS

For online fund transfer one can use this process where ACH is not available

SBI rapid remittance is to be done with following 2 step processes.

STEP 1: Register yourself at our online fund transfer website https://remit.onlinesbi.com/glsus/ (Commonly known as SBI Express) and Initiate a remittance request in our said site and generate a transaction ref. no. (This should be done by you).

STEP 2: You are required to FUND this remittance request. i.e. you have to transfer the remittance amount from your US Bank account to SBI GLS's account with Bank of America, New York by means of a WIRE TRANSFER, either through login to your US Bank account website (if the facility is available) or you have to visit your US bank and do the same. The details of our US account / process is available in our website under RR.

ONLINE PROCESS FOR RAPID REMITTANCE FUNDING INITIATED BY A BOA CUSTOMER

Step 1: Go to the SBI GLS website and schedule X amount of dollars as transfer, making a note of transaction reference number RR00000000XXXXX. Best to take a printout of all the instructions as the details are all mentioned there.

Step 2: Login into BOA Net Banking and go to the Transfers tab (Note: For wire transfers, greater than 1000$, the Safe Pass feature of BOA needs to be activated on the website)

Step 3: Select "Outside the bank" and Domestic + Business (Checking account) and add the account using the Routing Number option (available at your GLS Transaction slip). It will give you a warning that you are adding a BOA account as an "Outside the bank" account but the user needs to ignore this warning as he is using this account for wire transfer hence it must be classified as "Outside the bank"

Step 4: Fill in all the details of the address of the BOA receiving bank branch (available at your GLS Transaction slip). Business name may be put as "State Bank of India - GLS" and nick-name as "SBI-GLS". The e-mail ID must be: ach.gls@sbi.co.in IMPORTANT: The Notes must mention the transaction reference number and ONLY THE TRANSACTION NUMBER, E.g.:- RR00000000XXXXX

Step 5: Click "Add Account" and it should show up in your "Outside the Bank" tab from now on to enable easy access for wire transfers. Do mention the RR00000000XXXXX number wherever possible including the message being sent by BOA on your behalf to the SBI business checking account.

Step 6: Now transfer the funds from your BOA account to said added account (mention Ref no.)

I suggest for the first time transfer, please remit small amount and confirm the credits in your NRE account by verifying balance of your NRE account after 48 hours

This system takes 24-48 hours to credit in your NRE Account