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The United States–Mexico corridor is the world's highest-volume bilateral remittance lane, with over USD 65 billion flowing annually per Banco de México data. USD wires sent by US banks reach Mexico via Fedwire, where a correspondent bank converts and routes to SPEI — Mexico's domestic real-time gross settlement system. Under SWIFT GPI most payments credit within 4–12 hours. However, transfers arriving after Mexico's SPEI cut-off at 16:45 CST queue to the next business day. The beneficiary bank applies the Tipo de Cambio FIX (Banxico's daily reference rate) for MXN conversion. OFAC screening at the US end and Banxico's anti-money-laundering checks are the dominant hold causes. For amounts exceeding MXN 50,000 equivalent, the receiving bank may require a stated purpose code. Track your payment live by UETR on Ohmyfin.
Settlement path: Fedwire → SPEI (Banco de México). Currency pair: USD → MXN.
The three most common causes of delay on this corridor are: (1) OFAC/FinCEN sanctions screening on beneficiary name, (2) Arrival after Banco de México SPEI cut-off (16:45 CST), and (3) Missing purpose-of-payment code required by Mexican AML rules.
If the payment has not arrived within 3 business days, ask your sending bank to file an MT199 payment enquiry citing the UETR and the holding bank's BIC shown on the Ohmyfin GPI tracker.
Most SWIFT transfers on the United States–Mexico corridor credit the beneficiary within 12 hours. In 95% of cases the payment arrives within 3 business days. The most common delay is ofac/fincen sanctions screening on beneficiary name.
The three most common delay causes are: OFAC/FinCEN sanctions screening on beneficiary name; Arrival after Banco de México SPEI cut-off (16:45 CST); Missing purpose-of-payment code required by Mexican AML rules.
Track the UETR on Ohmyfin — the GPI status shows exactly which bank is holding the payment. If delayed beyond 3 business days, ask your sending bank to file an MT199 payment enquiry citing the UETR and the holding bank's BIC.
The dominant settlement path is Fedwire → SPEI (Banco de México). The currency pair is USD → MXN.
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