Cross-border

Payment Corridors and Remittance Economics

Specific country pairs, corridor pricing, liquidity, trapped capital, how funds actually flow end to end

22 questions · 10 topics
Is prefunding considered trapped capital?May 23, 2023PrefundingWhat are remittances and how do they contribute to the economy of the developing world?Jan 2, 2023Remittance EconomicsHow can governments influence remittance inflows and outflows?Mar 3, 2021Remittance EconomicsWhich countries receive the highest volume of remittances globally?Mar 2, 2021Remittance DataHow can Remitly send money to a customer’s bank account in India within minutes?Jul 9, 2019PrefundingWhy did remittances to low- and middle-income countries peak in 2018?Apr 12, 2019Remittance EconomicsWhat factors cause foreign remittances to rise or fall?Mar 12, 2019Remittance EconomicsWhat kinds of profit margins do remittance companies typically earn?May 12, 2016Remittance EconomicsWhat can be done to significantly increase remittance inflows into Pakistan?Dec 8, 2015Remittance EconomicsWill remittance fees ever realistically fall to zero?Sep 11, 2015Remittance EconomicsDo P2P remittance firms like TransferWise require large amounts of capital to sustain their very low pricing?Aug 6, 2015Remittance EconomicsWhat are the latest U.S. and global statistics for consumer-to-consumer wire transfers?May 9, 2015Remittance DataCan TransferWise’s P2P matching model work only in two-way corridors, or can it also work in one-way remittance corridors from developed to developing countries?Feb 12, 2015Remittance CorridorsWhat is the best dataset available on global remittance flows and average remittance costs?Feb 6, 2015Remittance DataWhy are international remittance fees so expensive?Jan 4, 2015Remittance PricingHow could Facebook payments influence global remittances for businesses?Oct 6, 2014Remittance EconomicsWhere can I obtain detailed data on incoming remittances to countries such as India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh?Oct 4, 2014Remittance DataWhat trends will shape the future of worker remittances from the Middle East to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, and the Philippines?Oct 4, 2014Remittance EconomicsWhy is there no seamless, unified money-transfer method between Canada and the U.S.?Jun 8, 2014Payment CorridorsWhere can I obtain data on the total volume of money moving through international remittance pathways?Apr 6, 2014Remittance DataHow does international remittance operate step-by-step, such as sending money from the U.S. to Europe?Apr 10, 2013Remittance CorridorsHow much remittance revenue is sent to Africa annually?Jan 9, 2013Remittance Data