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remittance

[ri-mit-ns] / rɪˈmɪt ns /












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The two sides have been developing a blockchain-based overseas remittance service that recently completed technical verification, according to Hana.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 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

"Remittances from India go to the poorest households in Nepal although per capita remittance is much lower than what migrants going to the Gulf or Southeast Asia sent," says Prof Sharma.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2025

But she also never clarified whether “mobilize” referred to organizing rallies, bolstering diplomatic pressure or some other strategy to help thwart the remittance tax.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2025

On the twenty-fifth of each month, the remittance reports arrived on his computer screen, and he scanned them for any upticks in delinquencies.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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

Total remittances and material goods to the island amounted to $3 billion last year, according to Emilio Morales of the Havana Consulting Group, a Miami-based market-intelligence firm.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

Indian businesses are facing cash-strapped consumers, reeling from shortages in cooking gases, and seeing sharp spikes in cost of living and lower remittances.

From Barron's May 30, 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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