Fintech Potential for Remittance Transfers : A Central America Perspective /

This paper analyzes the potential for fintech to facilitate cheaper and more efficient remittances, and to enhance financial inclusion in Central America. Digital remittances remain nascent in the region, primarily reflecting behavioral inertia, small cost advantages of digital over traditional chan...

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मुख्य लेखक: Bersch, Julia
अन्य लेखक: Francois Clevy, Jean, Muhammad, Naseem, Perez Ruiz, Esther
स्वरूप: पत्रिका
भाषा:English
प्रकाशित: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2021.
श्रृंखला:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2021/175
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ऑनलाइन पहुंच:Full text available on IMF
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