Cross-border remittances at all-time high for third consecutive year

Workers from South and East Asia, Pacific drive increase, World Bank says

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A Filipino at a remittance center in the Metro Manila city of Makati receives pesos sent by a relative working abroad. © Reuters

SHIGERU SENO, Nikkei senior staff writer

TOKYO -- International remittances increased by an estimated 3% over the previous year to about $860 billion in 2023, an all-time high for the third year in a row, according to the World Bank.

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