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remittance

[ri-mit-ns] / rɪˈmɪt ns /












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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

In some households, remittance money is “spent on something without any benefit for the family,” said Castillo Villegas.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 26, 2024

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

They’ve also caught on as a low-cost alternative for remittances and as an easy way for consumers in countries with high inflation to protect their spending power.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

Kenya relies heavily on remittances from workers abroad.

From Barron's Jun. 22, 2026

In Miami or Madrid, they became industrious exiles, sending remittances back to their families in Cuba.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 2026

"Kerala continued to rely heavily on remittances from abroad, which have wavered, creating mounting fiscal pressures and inadequate employment generation, especially among youth," says Ruparelia.

From BBC May 26, 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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