English guide
Sending money to bKash from abroad: what you need to know
bKash is a mobile account in Bangladesh. Some money-transfer providers can pay into one. Many cannot, and support depends on the country you send from. Naming bKash here is not a partnership, and it is not a list of providers.
Related Bangla guide, not a translation: বিদেশ থেকে বিকাশে রেমিট্যান্স.
A valid bKash account, through an authorized route
bKash’s remittance page, checked on 26 September 2026, says an international remittance can be received into a valid bKash account when it is sent through authorized or enlisted foreign banks and money-transfer organizations. That is a specific route. It is not a bank deposit and not cash at a counter.
Which of those institutions serve your country is a separate question. bKash does not make every provider, or every origin country, a bKash payout. If the provider’s form does not offer bKash for the amount and country you are sending from, the transfer cannot be redirected onto bKash from outside that form.
What has to match
- A valid bKash account. The number the provider asks for is usually the mobile number registered to that account.
- The recipient’s name, as the provider and bKash expect it. A mismatch is a common reason a payout fails or is delayed.
- That this transfer is an international remittance on a channel bKash accepts. A local bKash balance and an inbound remittance are not the same product.
The incentive and the cash-out charge
bKash states that a remittance sent through a government-authorized, legal channel receives a 2.5% government incentive. That is not a promise that every payment into bKash qualifies. bKash also states that the 2.5% government incentive does not apply to Payoneer transfers.
Separately, bKash currently advertises cash-out of remittance money at Tk 7 per thousand, through specified ATMs it supports. That charge is not the provider’s transfer fee, and it is not the price of taking money out at every agent. The headline exchange rate still leaves out the fee, whether the incentive is already inside the quoted taka, and this cash-out charge if the recipient withdraws.
What this page will not do
It does not rank providers, invent an exchange rate, or say that every origin country can reach bKash. TakaCompare is still pre-launch and does not show live payout options. The provider’s own screen, for your amount and payout, is the figure that counts.
Related reading
Sources
Last verified: 26 September 2026. The figures below are bKash’s published remittance terms on that date, paraphrased here and not a TakaCompare rate.
- bKash, Remittance. Official page. Checked 26 September 2026 for receipt into a valid bKash account through authorized or enlisted foreign banks and money-transfer organizations, the 2.5% government incentive on qualifying legal-channel remittances, the Payoneer exclusion, and remittance cash-out at Tk 7 per thousand at specified supported ATMs.