remittances

Report: Hanging Up The Phone On Mobile Remittance Fraud
Report: Hanging Up The Phone On Mobile Remittance Fraud
September 22, 2020  |  Smarter Payments

Cross-border remittances are a lifeline for many households who depend on family members working abroad to send funds home. These international money flows reached $689...

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ECS Fin To Test Apifiny’s Blockchain Program
ECS Fin To Test Apifiny’s Blockchain Program
September 20, 2020  |  B2B Payments

ECS Fin, which works in transaction processing optimization, will launch a pilot program to test the integration of blockchain services of Apifiny‘s Roxe network to...

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WorldRemit Debuts App That Tracks Money Transfers
WorldRemit Debuts App That Tracks Money Transfers
September 15, 2020  |  Mobile Applications

Global digital payment company WorldRemit has launched the WorldRemit Transfer Tracker mobile app to help recipients track their remittances, according to a press release. The...

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Today In Payments Around The World: Visa’s Click To Pay Launches In Canada, Lonestar Cell Joins Forces With WordRemit For Mobile Remittances
Today In Payments Around The World: Visa’s Click To Pay Launches In Canada, Lonestar Cell...
September 15, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news in payments around the world, Visa Canada has launched Click to Pay in Canada, and Change Financial has agreed to buy...

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Liberia’s Lonestar Cell, WorldRemit Team On Cross-Border Remittances
Liberia’s Lonestar Cell, WorldRemit Team On Cross-Border Remittances
September 14, 2020  |  Cross-border Payments

Liberia-based mobile financial services firm Lonestar Cell is partnering with WorldRemit to offer customers mobile remittances straight to their Lonestar Cell MTN Mobile Money (MoMo)...

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Disrupting The Remittance Market One Corridor At A Time
Disrupting The Remittance Market One Corridor At A Time
September 14, 2020  |  Cross-border Payments

The pandemic, and the international trail of economic chaos it has wrought, has thrown the growing importance and relevance of readily available digital remittance products...

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Mexico Receives $3.53B In Remittances In July, Third Highest On Record
Mexico Receives $3.53B In Remittances In July, Third Highest On Record
September 01, 2020  |  Cross-border Payments

Mexico obtained $3.53 billion in remittances in July to reach the third-highest point recorded, marking a rise of over 7 percent from $3.29 billion in...

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WorldRemit To Buy Sendwave Amid Remittance Surge
WorldRemit To Buy Sendwave Amid Remittance Surge
August 25, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

WorldRemit, a digital cross-border payments company, has agreed to purchase Sendwave, a company specializing in remittances, according to a press release. The transaction is based...

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Pakistan Cites New Transfer Rules In Remittances Boost
Pakistan Cites New Transfer Rules In Remittances Boost
August 17, 2020  |  International

In a rare instance of COVID-19 helping a country’ s economy, Pakistan saw a significant uptick in remittances from nationals working overseas in July. “More...

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