Remittances

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Palawan, AltPayNet widen remittance access for Filipino families

Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) remain an important financial lifeline for households at home, increasing the need for remittance providers to make cross-border transfers accessible through both digital and physical channels.

16 Sep 2026

3:23PM

GoTyme Bank makes remittances easier, brings families closer

GoTyme Bank is strengthening its international remittance business with a holiday campaign offering overseas Filipinos and their families a chance to win round-trip flights to the Philippines.

3 Sep 2026

11:06AM

Western Union, JuanPay widen remittance access in PH

Western Union is expanding its physical remittance network in the Philippines through a partnership with financial services provider JuanPay, with international money transfers initially set to become available at about 1,400 locations nationwide.

2 May 2026

8:42AM

Visa, BPI roll out real-time overseas transfers

Visa has partnered with Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) to launch Visa Direct, a real-time push-payment service that enables faster and more transparent cross-border money transfers.

11 Mar 2026

8:21AM

Palawan campaign highlights fast, reliable OFW remittances

For millions of Filipino families, remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are more than financial transfers. They are lifelines that sustain daily needs, fund education, and support long-term goals.

4 Dec 2025

12:14PM

Palawan group expands global reach with Pera Padala Abroad

The Palawan Group of Companies is widening its global footprint with the rollout of Pera Padala Abroad, a new outbound remittance service that enables Filipinos to send money to recipients in over 200 countries.

25 Nov 2025

6:44AM

BPI–SingX deal drives fast, secure remittances for OFWs

Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) has partnered with SingX Singapore Pte. Ltd., a leading digital payment services provider in Asia, to give Overseas Filipinos in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Australia a smarter, faster, and more secure way to send money home — instantly and around the clock.

31 Oct 2025

9:34AM

Palawan Express cuts domestic remittance fees to 1% this Christmas

Sending love through padala just got more affordable this holiday season. The Palawan Group of Companies has launched a nationwide promo cutting domestic remittance fees to just 1 percent per transaction from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, 2025.

23 Oct 2025

8:31AM

Rising remittance costs weigh on SMEs, Payoneer offers relief

The average cost of sending money overseas climbed to 6.49 percent in the first quarter of 2025, up from 6.26 percent in the previous quarter, according to the World Bank’s Remittance Prices Worldwide (RPW) 2025 Report.