SEND MONEY TO EL SALVADOR

Message MAJORITY on WhatsApp with nothing to download, or open the MAJORITY app and select Money transfers. A guided chat or the app takes you through it: choose El Salvador, enter your amount, add your recipient’s details, and pick a bank deposit or cash pickup. Because El Salvador uses US dollars, there is no currency to convert, so you see exactly what your family receives along with the $3.00 fee before you confirm.

Every transfer to El Salvador costs $3.00, whether you send on WhatsApp or in the MAJORITY app, and whether or not you have a membership. El Salvador is one of a few destinations where the fee is the same on every path, so a membership does not lower it. What the membership adds is your MAJORITY account and the rest of the app. The $3.00 is added to the amount you send rather than taken out of it, so your family receives every dollar. You see the exact fee before you confirm. Additional fees may apply if cash-pickup is selected, or the receiving country imposes additional taxes or fees.

Either works, and the fee is $3.00 both ways. WhatsApp starts in a chat: there is nothing to download and no ID to upload, so it suits a one-off transfer. The app gives you your full MAJORITY account, saved recipients, and your transfer history in one place. In both cases you see the amount your family receives and the fee before you confirm.

Yes. You send through MAJORITY, an authorized money transfer service, not a person-to-person payment to a stranger. Transfers are encrypted and handled by licensed partners, and you confirm the amount and the fee before the money is sent. Money transfer services are not FDIC insured.

No Social Security Number is required. You open your MAJORITY account with a passport or other approved government-issued ID and proof of US residence. On WhatsApp you upload no ID at all: you confirm a few personal details and we verify your identity as you send. Additional onboarding questions may apply for customers with no SSN.

It depends on the method. Bank deposits usually arrive within the hour, and almost always within a day. Cash pickup takes longer and varies by pickup point. You see the delivery estimate for your chosen method before you confirm.

Two ways. A bank deposit to their account at Banco Agrícola, Banco Cuscatlán, Banco de América Central (BAC), Davivienda El Salvador, Banco Promerica, Banco Hipotecario de El Salvador, Banco de Fomento Agropecuario, or Banco Atlántida El Salvador. Or cash pickup at a Banco Agrícola, FEDECRÉDITO, FEDECACES, Davivienda El Salvador, or Banco Promerica location. Bank deposit and cash pickup are the only two options in El Salvador today, and both pay out in US dollars. Confirm your recipient’s bank or pickup point in the app before you send, because available options can change.

For a bank deposit: their full name as it appears on their ID, their bank, their account number, and their 9-digit DUI, the Documento Único de Identidad. A passport number works in place of a DUI. For cash pickup: their full name as it appears on their ID and their phone number. They collect with a valid government-issued photo ID.

No. El Salvador’s official currency is the US dollar, so a transfer from the United States to El Salvador is dollars to dollars. There is no conversion, no exchange rate, and no rate margin. Send $200 and your family receives $200. The $3.00 fee is added to the amount you send rather than taken out of it, and you see the total before you confirm.

Your limit appears in the app or the WhatsApp chat before you send, and it depends on your account, how long you have been with MAJORITY, and the details you have verified. Transfer limits apply and vary per user.