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Pay in Jamaica from abroad

Pay directly. Or send with purpose.

Pay a business in Jamaica yourself: a shop, school, clinic or pharmacy. Or send payments to someone you love: free to spend at any approved business, or set aside for the ones you’ve agreed on. They just need a phone, not a bank account.

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  • Ready to use in minutes
  • Every fee shown up front
  • Payments secured by Stripe
USD
Who are you paying?

They pay at the counter with a QR code from the Receiver app.

Where can they spend it?
Business not listed? Tell us and we’ll bring it on board.
They can spendJ$ 31,500
Can be spentAt the businesses you set it aside for
Exchange rate1 USD = J$ 157.50 (sample)
Our fee$4.24
ReadyIn minutes, on their phone
Continue — send $204.24

You’ll see the live rate and every fee before you pay.

AffirmKlarnaCash App PayGoogle PayApple PayVisaMastercardAmerican ExpressDiscover

Bigger costs, like school fees? Split it into 4 payments with Klarna or Afterpay. Ways to pay

The difference

A money transfer sends cash. Use MangoErrands to make or send payments.

Once a transfer is collected, it’s out of your hands. With MangoErrands you pay the business yourself, or you give someone a balance that only works where you allow. Money for medicine buys medicine.

A regular money transfer

How it arrives
Cash at a pickup counter, or a bank deposit
What it’s spent on
Whatever comes up first
What they need
A bank account, or a trip to an agent
What you can see
That it was collected

MangoErrands

How it’s paid
Straight to the business, by you or when they pay at the counter
What it’s spent on
Only where you allow: any approved business, or just the ones you pick
What they need
Just a phone. No bank account
What you can see
The balance and status of every payment

Two ways to pay

Pay the business yourself, or send it for them to spend.

You decide every time you pay.

1

Pay a business directly

Pick an approved business in Jamaica and pay it yourself: the pharmacy, the school, the grocer. The money goes straight to them. Nobody has to collect anything.

For example: pay your nephew’s school for this term’s books.

2

Send to a person, with a purpose

They pay at the counter with a QR code from the Receiver app. Choose how it can be spent:

Free to spend

Spend at any approved business.

e.g. $100 for Mom to use however she needs.

Set aside

For the businesses you’ve agreed on.

e.g. $80 set aside for Grandad’s pharmacy.

Who it’s for

For family, for business, for a cause back home.

Same two ways to pay. Whatever you’re supporting, the money does what it was sent to do.

For family

Groceries, medicine, school fees and the light bill, for the people you love.

  • Prescriptions paid at their pharmacy
  • School fees paid straight to the school
  • Everyday money, free to spend
See how it works →

For projects

Pay suppliers, contractors and services in Jamaica directly, and see every payment from abroad.

  • Finally finish the house that’s “nearly done”
  • Pay the hardware store for materials
  • Keep a shop or farm running from overseas
MangoErrands for projects →

For giving

Churches, alumni associations, nonprofits and community drives. Give back home, and know it got there.

  • A back-to-school drive for your old school
  • Supplies for a church feeding programme
  • Medication for a clinic or seniors’ home
MangoErrands for giving →

How it works

Paying, receiving or getting paid? Here’s your part.

Pick who you are. Each part takes three simple steps.

  1. 1

    Choose who to pay

    Pay an approved business in Jamaica directly, or send to a person. You see the live rate and every fee before you pay.

  2. 2

    Choose how it’s spent

    Sending to a person? Let it be free to spend at any approved business, or set it aside for the ones you’ve agreed on.

  3. 3

    Follow every dollar

    See the balance and status of every payment. Nothing expires without notice.

Get startedUses the Sender app

Safe by design

Your money only goes where you sent it.

79%of our users come back to send again

Payments secured by Stripe

Your card is handled by Stripe, the payment system used by millions of businesses.

ID checked at every purchase

The business confirms it’s really your person before the sale goes through.

Nothing hidden

See the live USD to JMD rate and every fee before you confirm.

No surprise expiry

Unspent money doesn’t vanish. Nothing expires without notice, and you can always see what’s left.

Pay your way

Pay the way you already do.

Every payment is processed securely by Stripe. You’ll see any fee for your chosen method before you confirm.

One tap

Apple PayGoogle PayCash App Pay

The fastest way to pay on your phone. No card numbers to type, and your card details are never shared with us or the business.

Debit and credit cards

VisaMastercardAmerican ExpressDiscover

Use the card you already have, from any US bank.

Pay over time

KlarnaAfterpay

Spread big, planned costs, like a term’s school fees or a load of building materials, into 4 smaller payments.

Subject to eligibility and approval. Payment options through Klarna and Afterpay.

In their words

The people who pay, receive and get paid.

Paid a business directly
“[Real quote from a sender abroad: why paying the pharmacy or school directly gave them peace of mind. One or two sentences.]”
[First name, last initial]Sender in [city, country]
Received with a purpose
“[Real quote from a receiver in Jamaica: what it’s like to pay at the counter with a QR code, without a bank account.]”
[First name, last initial]Receiver in [town], Jamaica
Business owner
“[Real quote from a business owner: getting paid by customers abroad, and payouts to their bank.]”
[Owner name][Business name], [town]

Where can they spend it?

Approved grocers, pharmacies, schools, clinics and everyday shops across Jamaica. Find the businesses near your people, then pay one directly or set money aside for it.

Their business isn’t on MangoErrands yet? Ask us to add it

Can’t find the business?

Tell us the business. We’ll bring it on board.

The pharmacy your mother trusts, the school down the road, the grocer they’ve used for years. If it isn’t listed yet, let us know. Our team in Jamaica is ready to get it set up.

  1. 1You tell us the business’s name and where it is.
  2. 2Our team contacts the business and gets them set up to accept MangoErrands.
  3. 3We let you know as soon as you can pay them.

Run the business yourself? Add your business instead.

Questions

New to MangoErrands? Start here.

Still stuck? Talk to us.

Our story

“I’m not sending it to just any woman. I’m sending it to my wife.”

Marlon’s grandfather, mailing his “pardner” draw home from England

It started with a simple form Marlon built to help Jamaicans in the US get things done back home. Then he realised his family had been sending home with purpose for generations.

Read the story
The team, together, in Jamaica or abroadLandscape, at least 1600 × 1000 px

For businesses in Jamaica

Get paid by Jamaicans abroad, through the families you already serve.

Get paid directly by customers abroad, or by their family in person. Scan a QR code with your phone, and the payout goes to your bank. No card terminal needed.

Add your businessHow businesses get paid
A business owner in Jamaica (a shopkeeper, pharmacist or school bursar) scanning a customer’s QR codeLandscape, at least 1600 × 900 px. Real storefront or counter, the owner’s phone in hand.

New customers

Get found by families sending from the US, UK, Canada and the Caribbean.

Prepaid orders

Senders can pay ahead for groceries or a doctor’s visit.

Verified buyers

Every payment comes with an ID-matched customer.

Promote your deals

We help feature your products, services and offers.

Pay for what matters in Jamaica. Directly.

Pay a business yourself, or send it with a purpose.

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