Cost of diaspora remittances high as tech improves

The cost of sending money from UK to Africa is almost 10 per cent, compared to global average of just over seven per cent. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Sending money from the United Kingdom (UK) to Africa is more expensive than to anywhere else in the world despite new technologies that should make money remittances cheaper.

A new report to be released on Thursday during the Global Remittance Conference in New York, US, argues that existing technologies like regional automated clearing houses, remittance payment processing hubs should make sending money from UK to Africa very economical.

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