The news came this past weekend. Our friend and colleague Emilio Garofalo Filho has passed away. My friend and IMTC Advisory Board Member Daniel Trias told me the sad news. Daniel was shaken. He had just had lunch with Emilio two weeks ago where they both discussed IMTC BRASIL 2016, the Conference to take place…
The MSBA trade association is announced in the US, uniting non-bank money services like transmitters and crypto exchanges to navigate complex payments.
MTRA holds its 25th Annual Conference in Kansas City, gathering state regulators and money transmitter compliance experts to discuss industry trends.
The GFRD 2015 in Milan hosts the first International Day of Family Remittances, bringing public and private sectors together to discuss global dynamics.
Faisal Khan compiles the Periodic Table of Remittances, mapping 160 items across regulators, fintech platforms, software, and Bitcoin money transfers.
Will Western Union buy MoneyGram? Explore the market debate on potential synergies, regulatory hurdles, and digital disruption from mobile startups.
Hugo Cuevas-Mohr reviews 2014 top money transfer stories, analyzing surging global remittance volumes, strict compliance rules, and digital disruption.
While the G20 pushes to lower remittance costs, rising bank discontinuance in Australia and new proposals to tax money transfers threaten migrants.
Hugo Cuevas-Mohr discusses how mobile wallets from telcos, strict bank compliance, and regulatory shifts are reshaping the global remittance ecosystem.
Manuel Orozco analyzes 2013 remittance flows to Latin America, highlighting a $60B total volume and the impacts of immigration controls on growth.
Industry experts analyze why 2013 LATAM remittances stagnated, blaming strict US migration policies, compliance rules, and banks exiting the market.
Do you know that Linkedin has 259 million users and growing by about 38% per year? Do you know that 40% of members check in daily and 38% do it from their phones? Do you know that it had a 35% growth in traffic in the past year? And that it is responsible for 64% of all visits from social media channels to corporate websites?Do you know we have a great IMTC Linked in Group?
The third Adyen Mobile Payments Index covering the period September to December 2013 was announced Friday, January 30th. The Index shows mobile payments accounted for 19.5% of all transactions worldwide in December, a growth of 55% year-over-year, up from 12.6% December 2012. The data shows tablets to be the preferred device for higher value transactions…
Hugo Cuevas-Mohr reviews the top 10 news stories of 2013 for the money transfer industry, analyzing key shifts, compliance trends, and market updates.
Listen to an exclusive podcast on the remittance market, highlighting the strategic shift to digital channels and the importance of cross-border alliances.
Explore IMTC’s infographic showing global remittance growth, featuring key volume increases in major markets like India, the Philippines, and Egypt.
La revista TENDENCIAS presenta “El gran negocio de las remesas” en México, analizando los foros de negocio, las redes y cursos de Compliance de la IMTC.
We are enclosing trends and predictions for the Payment Industry from Professor Arun Sharma who will be a keynote speaker at the IMTC USA 2013 Conference and Trade Fair in Los Angeles from April 3rd to the 5th, 2013. This brief summary will be complemented in his presentation in the conference on Friday, April 5th, 2013.
Dr. Arun Sharma is Executive Director of the JAE Leadership Institute and Professor in the Marketing Department at the School of Business Administration, University of Miami. Arun has extensive knowledge of the Money Transfer Industry through his experience in consulting and conducting seminars. He is has worked for about two decades in this industry and he has conducted studies for multiple firms in the payment services industry.
Explore the battle between traditional cash-in agents and digital apps, analyzing compliance risks and how white-label tech can empower local stores.
Update on the Remittance Community Task Force – RCTF: The Private Sector – As you should know by now, especially if you read our first article on the Remittance Community Task Force (RCTF), this is an initiative created by IFAD from a UN mandate, to get all the stakeholders in the money transfer sector to bring…
Read 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…
The 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…
El anuncio del 19 de marzo del Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas, Sr. Antonio Guterres, ha pedido la solidaridad global en respuesta a la crisis del coronavirus. En respuesta a este grave escenario, el Fondo Internacional para el Desarrollo Agrícola (IFAD), a través de su Facilidad de Financiamiento para Remesas (FFR) está convocando un…
Coinciding with the celebration of the 10 year anniversary of IMTC conferences we are faced with one of the most exciting and challenging organizational shifts: The Platinum Network (PNET). Bringing these conferences to life over the past 10 years implied a lot of work in the sense that it took time, energy, and creativity and…
LaBITconf, the Latin American Bitcoin and Blockchain conference is probably one of the conferences that I enjoy the most every year. And this time, in its 7th edition in Montevideo, Dec 12-14, it was quite an event again. LaBITconf is so full of life, creativity, originality, where you can feel the desire for change, a…
This past November in Miami, we celebrated 10 years of IMTC, with an event that we all are very proud of, IMTC WORLD 2019. This year it marked a record in the number of participants and sponsors, but most of all we had a great diversity in companies & institutions that keep on opening our…
Global payment and remittance companies constantly search for a competitive advantage: service enhancements, promotions, industry segments and target customers to name a few. As the world gets smaller and more connected technologically and in communications, those breakthroughs are harder to find, or at least more difficult to differentiate unique features vs. the available options. Enter…
Migrant Services Providers, from Travel & Foreign Exchange, to Remittances, airtime (top-ups), bill payment and now courier services, keep agents afloat while digital services continue their growth Download PDF Money Transfer Agents are a common feature in all migrant neighborhoods in cities across all the 5 continents. Full of services for migrants, they normally serve…
Both social and economic trends in Latin American and Caribbean countries are increasingly shaped by migration and its intersection with development and economic growth. Therefore, understanding future of migration and how its affect the region can offer cues as to the direction countries will take. An outlook of migration in Latin America and the Caribbean…
Nigerians 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…
