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remittance

[ri-mit-ns] / rɪˈmɪt ns /












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Treasury officials also suspended several general licenses for remittance payments and provided more sanctions-risk guidance to those who comply with Iran’s demands in the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Some Filipinos who had been working in the Middle East are returning home because of the fighting, meaning the loss of remittance money for their families.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026

On one hand, PayPal’s assets, which also include Venmo, Braintree and remittance products, “are deeply synergistic,” wrote Bernstein analyst Harshita Rawat.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 4, 2026

The remittance tax could squeeze Indian household budgets, dampen consumption and investment, and undermine one of India's steadiest sources of foreign exchange, warns a brief by the Delhi-based Centre for WTO Studies.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2025

That the panic inside Wall Street firms had begun before June 25 suggested to Michael Burry mainly that the Wall Street firms might be working with inside information about the remittance data.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Faux explained that, theoretically, yes, there are many ways that Bitcoin could serve the marginalized and oppressed: It could be used in international remittances; it could protect wealth against irresponsible governments.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

Ending TPS would be a shock to El Salvador’s economy, where remittances from Salvadorans in the U.S. make up nearly a quarter of the nation’s GDP — nearly $10 billion last year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

Originally built around low-fee, foreign-currency transactions, Revolut is widely used by international travelers and migrants sending remittances home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

They are also suspected of receiving remittances from "foreign political organisations", police said, adding that officers had seized seditious books and documents from their shop and residence.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

It was a belated admission that tens of thousands of famine-stricken North Koreans had already gone to China and that the country was increasingly dependent on their remittances.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden


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