The Urban Partnership on the Inclusion of Migrants and Refugees

Submitted by Mr. Camille Saadé on

In 2016, under the Dutch Presidency of the Council of the EU, the ‘Urban Agenda for the EU’ was launched to give European cities a greater say in shaping EU legislation, funding, and instruments for knowledge exchange. The initiative brought together cities, Member States and EU policymakers around 12 priority areas key to cities’ future—each area covered by a dedicated Partnership.

IME Pay (Nepal)

Submitted by Mr. Camille Saadé on

IME Pay links services including remittances, bank account, mobile wallet, bill payments and insurance. The free, fast way to receive remittance money from 200+ countries & send across Nepal. 

 

Rise (UAE)

Submitted by Mr. Camille Saadé on

Rise links services including migrant remittances, bank account, investment, insurance and shopping. Rise is Re-imagining banking for migrants, bringing essential financial services from their home and host country on one platform.


 

Now Money (UAE)

Submitted by Mr. Camille Saadé on

Now Money offers digital payroll, account and remittance service for low-income workers, migrants and the unbanked.

Migrant workers make up 88% of the population of the UAE, yet many don’t meet the minimum salary requirements for a traditional bank account. Without access to banking services, workers are put at a distinct disadvantage as much more time, effort, cost and risk is involved in managing their money. Now Money is UAE’s first digital payroll and banking service for migrant workers – with no minimum salary requirement.

Saver Asia

Submitted by Mr. Camille Saadé on

Saver Asia offers comparison of fees and foreign exchange rates for remittances within South East Asian countries. It compares costs and services for sending money home.


 

RemitSCOPE

Submitted by Mr. Camille Saadé on

RemitSCOPE is a centralised, global repository of remittance and remittance-related data and market intelligence. It informs business and policy decision making through interactive dashboards and remittance country profiles.


Building Inclusive Digital Economies for Migrants

Submitted by Mr. Camille Saadé on

The governments of Switzerland and Sweden, in partnership with UNCDF, are supporting the ‘Building Inclusive Digital Economies for Migrants’ programme to bring digital financial services to un- or underserved migrants, to establish digital wage payment solutions, to innovate the remittances market by driving the development of digital transfer solutions and to develop remittance-linked finance products, such as .health insurance, school and education payment plans, savings, investments and loans; pension funds and social security schemes.

Subscribe to Objective 20: Promote faster, safer and cheaper transfer of remittances and foster financial inclusion of migrants