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Cryptocurrency-Based Remittance Statistics 2025: Adoption, Costs, and Innovations
Latin America’s Digital Payment Revenue to Triple by 2027, Reaching a Projected $0.3 Trillion. Latin America’s digital payments market is...

Jaime González Gasque
3 hours ago8 min read


The State of the Remittance Industry and an Outlook for 2025
Money transfers to Latin America and the Caribbean exemplify global economic integration through financial payment rails. In 2024, nearly...

Jaime González Gasque
Oct 34 min read


The Stablecoins door opens: How tokenized cash enables next-gen payments
Stablecoins are transforming payments globally, and tailwinds may cause a material shift across the payments industry in 2025 for which...

Jaime González Gasque
Sep 294 min read


TymeBank and Deel are rewriting Africa’s EWA playbook
TymeBank’s earned wage access partnership with Deel Local Payroll is a live case study on how competitive dynamics can be rewritten in an...

Jaime González Gasque
Sep 194 min read


They create a "supermarket" of WhatsApp tools: It's now an operating system
WhatsApp Market lists hundreds of tools that operate like apps, but within the messaging app. When WhatsApp goes down, Latin America...

Jaime González Gasque
Sep 123 min read


Diaspora remittances to Africa: A $100 billion opportunity
New data reveals shifting dynamics in Africa’s $100B remittance market in 2024; Egypt leads while Ghana emerges as the continent’s...

Jaime González Gasque
Sep 52 min read


Bridging the digital divide: Consumer engagement with remittances payment apps in emerging economies
The digital divide remains a formidable challenge in emerging economies, highlighting disparities in technology access and utilisation....

Jaime González Gasque
Aug 2912 min read


Poverty Alleviation and the Role of Remittances
Poverty remains one of the most pressing global challenges, affecting billions of people worldwide. Governments, international...

Jaime González Gasque
Aug 223 min read


Love, loyalty, and responsibility: Why Nigerians in diaspora send billions home each year
It’s no secret that Nigeria ranks among the top recipients of remittances globally. Every year, millions of Nigerians living abroad send...

Jaime González Gasque
Aug 156 min read


10 African countries benefiting most from diaspora remittances
Remittances from Africans abroad continue to play a pivotal role in supporting national economies and households across the continent....

Jaime González Gasque
Aug 82 min read


Meet Reimagination Technologies
Reimagination Technologies is a California-based fintech startup redefining how people move money across borders. At the heart of its...

Jaime González Gasque
Jul 306 min read


Global Remittance Market is Expected to Grow by $200 Billion by 2026
The value of the global money transfer market reached over $700 billion in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic did not cause as much of a...

Jaime González Gasque
Jul 184 min read


Exporting talent, importing money: Nepal, youth migration, and remittances
Labor migration from Nepal to various countries has reached historically high levels in recent years, generating huge flows of foreign...

Jaime González Gasque
Jul 112 min read


They give in and reduce the tax on remittances to 1%.
Republicans are hoping the tax will be passed before July 4th, at a much lower rate than the 5% the House of Representatives approved in...

Jaime González Gasque
Jul 42 min read


“Money Travels”: Digital applications drive the future of remittances in Mexico
Visa has released its fourth annual report, "Money Travels: Adoption of Digital Remittances 2025," which highlights the growing role that...

Jaime González Gasque
Jun 272 min read


They would limit the tax on cash remittances.
José Díaz Briseño / Agency Reforma News Republicans in the U.S. Senate proposed significantly limiting the range of remittances that...

Jaime González Gasque
Jun 201 min read


US remittance tax: What could it mean for the money transfers industry?
The US’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ includes a planned 3.5% tax to remittances from non-US citizens. In this report, we explore the...

Jaime González Gasque
Jun 133 min read


Remittances under pressure: fintech and crypto alternatives to cushion Trump's tax
Despite the benefits, these solutions are not without significant challenges. Last year, Latin America received a record US$161 billion...

Jaime González Gasque
Jun 61 min read


Understanding the Impact of Remittances on Mexico’s Economy and Safeguarding Their Future
Beyond providing supplemental income for Mexican households, remittances—funds sent by migrants to friends and families in their home...

Jaime González Gasque
May 3019 min read


Cross-border payments are an engine for economic growth. Here's why
Cross-border payments grow the global economy by facilitating trade, commerce, and travel, and by connecting consumers and merchants....

Jaime González Gasque
May 94 min read
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