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BRIDGE // Remittance / UAE → PK

UAE to
Pakistan.

The UAE is the single largest remittance source for Pakistan. Build a corridor that settles in seconds through a compliant path — sender in the UAE, beneficiary on a Pakistani bank or Raast-connected wallet.

The corridor at a glance

UAE to Pakistan is a mature, high-volume corridor dominated by exchange houses and informal networks. The opportunity is not to replace it — it is to make the regulated leg faster and cheaper than the informal one.

$6B+
Annual Corridor Volume

The UAE consistently ranks as the largest remittance corridor to Pakistan, ahead of Saudi Arabia and the UK.

4–6%
Average Traditional Fee

Traditional bank and hawala channels typically charge 4–6% on small and mid-sized transfers.

< 30s
Bridge Settlement Time

Bridge corridor finality from UAE sender to Pakistani Raast-linked beneficiary.

Why Bridge for this corridor

Building a UAE–Pakistan remittance corridor means stitching together sender-side licensing, beneficiary banking, compliance on both ends, and a settlement path that isn't correspondent banking. Bridge provides the technology layer for all of it.

Plug into any UAE-licensed exchange house or payments firm with a single integration
Travel Rule and FATF-aligned compliance built into the message path
Settle final leg via Raast or traditional Pakistani banks
NADRA-based beneficiary verification in Pakistan
Transparent corridor reporting for both regulators

Regulators on both ends

Every cross-border leg touches at least two regulators. Bridge's compliance stack is built with these authorities in mind.

Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE)

Licenses UAE exchange houses, banks, and payment service providers. Enforces AML and counter-terrorist financing rules on outbound remittance.

State Bank of Pakistan (SBP)

Regulates inbound remittance, approves Home Remittance Booster Scheme participants, and supervises Raast settlement of the final leg.

Building the UAE–PK corridor?

Talk to our Pakistan team about building a compliant, fast, and cost-efficient corridor from UAE to Pakistan.