Bank Account Closures & Family Remittances
It has become increasingly difficult for remittance companies to access banking services. This memo analyzes current trends in bank account closures and discusses their implications for family remittances.
Analysis
Remittances Scorecard: 2016
In its fourth edition, the Remittances Scorecard ranks 30 companies working in 11 Latin American and Caribbean countries. It evaluates them across 12 indicators to assess their performance and competition in the money transfer industry.
From the Remittance Industry Observatory: Nigeria Country Profile and Libra
The September 2019 Newsletter of the Remittance Industry Observatory looks at Nigeria, a country with a complex history of migration and some of the largest remittance flows in Africa and presents a summary of a recent Congressional Hearing on Facebook’s proposed mobile wallet, Calibra.
Future Trends in Migration, Remittances, Markets and Development: Latin America and the Caribbean
Manuel Orozco, director of the Migration, Remittances & Development program at the Inter-American Dialogue, presented at the International Money Transfer and Payments Conference.
Venezuela: Remittances as a Source of Foreign Exchange and Economic Survival
The following presentation from the Migration, Remittances, and Development Program’s Remittance Industry Observatory (RIO) features new data on remittances in Venezuela.
Video
Centroamérica dinámicas migratorias – CAP 2022-2023, Sesión 13
El 10 de Mayo, el director del Programa de Migración, Remesas y Desarollo, Manuel Orozco ofreció su análisis al programa Ciclos CAP sobre la última alza en remesas hacia México.
Family Remittances from Latin America and the Caribbean 2023: Outbound Transfers
On November 1, 2023, the Inter-American Dialogue released the presentation “Family Remittances from Latin America and the Caribbean 2023: Outbound Transfers” that contains research from Manuel Orozco, director of the Migration, Remittances, and Development program.