Esta semana un vocero de la Casa Blanca dio a conocer que a partir del ocho de noviembre se podrá ingresar al País cumpliendo las recomendaciones establecidas por los Centros de Control y Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC), de esta manera se aceptan los viajes no esenciales, dando oportunidad a la reapertura del turismo. Las medidas…
DetailsEn esta edición, la conferencia de IMTC WORLD 2021 se celebrará, como cada año, en la ciudad de Miami de forma presencial y estará presente en el fabuloso Hard Rock Hotel & Casino durante cuatro días, donde se podrá disfrutar de cursos de compliance, talleres de trading, ponencias, mesas redondas y amplio espacio para el Networking entre ejecutivos del sector y compañías de todo el mundo. Proveedores de servicios de remesas (RSP), empresas de transferencias de…
DetailsRead my blog inspired by the article written in Medium by fintech author John Biggs about his life during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York which he named “Racing in the Dark”. He referenced other authors and books to remind us that, as humans, we once spent whole seasons confined, hibernating, overwintering. The article let…
DetailsThe March 19 announcement by the United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Antonio Guterres, has called for global solidarity in response to the coronavirus crisis. In response to this dire scenario, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), through its Financing Facility for Remittances (FFR) is convening the Remittance Community Task Force to address the challenges…
Details“Crap!” Aamer quickly covers his mouth and apologizes for swearing. My New York ears were shocked. To be sure, Aamer Abedi, Chief Marketing Officer of RemitONE is a good guy. This transfers over to his passion for remittances and the people the money impacts. This, in particular, is true for the case with money transfer…
DetailsIndustry In attempting to determine future trends in the payments industry, a good question to ask is, “What are customer expectations?”. I believe we can all agree that customers want the payments they send and receive to be realized in real-time with minimum fees. They also want the option of which payment service provider they choose to…
DetailsNigerians can be found in most countries of the world. Nigerians are numerous in the United States and the UK, followed by South Africa, UAE and other European countries such as Italy & Spain. As a US survey showed, Nigerians in the US are one of the highest educated migration groups. Due to the ever-growing…
DetailsThis article was conceived after discussing with colleagues in the industry why the payments world has been driven into the Cash vs. Digital dichotomy. My research on cash has been inspired by analyzing the penalization of cash-based industries, such as the money transfer industry by the banking sector, which has resulted in the derisking phenomenon…
DetailsLast week, May 2-5, myself, Hugo Cuevas-Mohr and Olivia Chow, from Yokip Consulting, our partner in the RemTech Awards and The Blockchain Series Coordinator, were in Manila in a round of visits with local authorities, money transfer companies, banks and associations. The main objective was to prepare the program for our coming IMTC ASIA 2018…
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