How to Send Cash Online With a Debit Card

If you want to send money to someone in a far-off place or if you just need to transfer cash to your spouse or children across town, sending cash online with a debit card is a handy way to accomplish your task. Methods to transfer money online with a debit card allow you to send the money to another person in virtually any location on the planet. You can send cash online with a debit card as long as you have some basic information about the recipient.

Things You'll Need

• Debit card
• Recipient's name
• Recipient's city and state

Instructions

1. Log on to your account with a money transfer service like the one in the Resources Section. If you do not have an account, once on the site of the money transfer service you would like to use, click Register, enter information about yourself like your name and your email address, wait for the system to send you a verification email, click on the link in the verification email and enter a password that you would like to use. Enter additional personal information about yourself like your date of birth and Social Security number; this information is used to combat fraud and verify that you are who you say you are when you need assistance with your account.

2. Click Send Money Online on the money transfer service that you want to use. Enter the amount of cash you want to send with your debit card and click Send Money. A new screen appears with information about the fee you will be charged for sending cash through the system. Click Next.

3. Enter the name of the recipient of the cash, the name of the state or province and country where he is right now and how quickly you would like the cash sent. The major money transfer services offer immediate and next day cash transfer services. Enter your debit card information, including your name, the billing address associated with your debit card, your phone number, the expiration date on the card and the three- or four-digit security code found on the signature line on the back of your card. Click Next.

4. Read your debit card information and information about the recipient of your cash and verify that it is listed accurately. If you need to make any changes, click Edit and correct any fields that are inaccurate. Once every field regarding your transfer looks correct, click Send Money Now.

5. Write down the confirmation number that appears on the next screen that verifies your transaction. Call the recipient of your cash, tell her the name of the money transfer service through which you sent the cash, the amount sent and the full confirmation number. Tell her that she may retrieve the cash at any location in her area that offers a cash pick-up service for the money transfer service that you utilized.

References

• Moneygram: Send Online

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish
• Western Union: Send Money