Remittances: The Evolving Competitive Environment

by Abhay Pareek, Sonal Agrawal, Akhand Tiwari, Puneet Chopra, Graham Wright, Nitin Garg, Ritesh Dhawan, Shayandeep and Swati Mehta
Mar 1, 2012
1 min

This Policy Brief examines the various facets of remittance product offerings, highlights some important aspects and issues around the different remittance models.

Consumer pull and economics have resulted in remittance products becoming a prime focus for an increasing number of business correspondence network managers (BCNMs) and agents. This Brief examines the various facets of remittance product offerings, highlights some important aspects and issues around the different remittance models, agent economics, client protection and the way forward including recommendations on steps needed to make the increasingly competitive market for remittances more customer (and agent) friendly.

Also, watch the videos (video 1 and video 2) where the business correspondent agents talk about the various service providers offering remittances and what is important for the agents as well as the customers.