Money sent home by overseas Filipinos (OFs) fell to $2.71 billion in May, dropping to its lowest level in a year and signaling that growth may be losing steam amid renewed deployment risks stemming from the Middle East conflict. The latest Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) data released on...
From left: Jose Luis Reyes, VP - Head of Enterprise & Public Sector, GCash; Winsley Bangit, Chief Customer Officer, GCash; Ambassador Philippe Jones Lhuillier, Chairman and Founder, Cebuana Lhuillier; Filemon Cabungcal, Chief Financial Officer, Cebuana Lhuillier; and Stephen Yap, Head of...
Bank-transferred remittances for the first month of 2021 was down to $2.603 billion or 1.7 percent lower from same period last year of $2.648 billion. The January cash remittances was also lower compared to December 2020’s $2.890 billion or by 9.9 percent, based on Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas...
Cash remittances sent by overseas Filipinos via the banking system declined to $19.285 billion as of end-August, 2.6 percent lower than same period last year of $19.808 billion, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported Thursday. For the month of August only, bank-channeled remittances were...
Cash remittances sent by overseas Filipinos (OF) via the banking networks increased by 7.8 percent in July but January-July data still show a decline of 2.4 percent to $16.802 billion because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2.4 percent year-to-date (YTD) decline is recorded both for the cash and...