Remittances Gateway
East Africa’s economic giant, Kenya, has seen an 8.4 per cent surge in diaspora remittances.
Diaspora remittances to Kenya rose to 1.54 billion US dollars in 2015 up from 1.43 billion US dollars in 2014.
Central bankers and senior finance officials from the Commonwealth are set to discuss bitcoin and digital currencies within the context of global remittances during a meeting tomorrow.
The event is part of a two-day gathering of officials from the intergovernmental organization on 6th and 7th October.
Mexican remittances were $1.87 billion in July compared with $1.91 billion in the same month last year, the central bank said today on its website.
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