Transparency in Price of Remittances

A website will allow senders to compare the costs of their remittances from the U.S. to Central America, encouraging competition between providers of such services.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

The Center for Latin American Monetary Studies (CEMLA), the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), a member of the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) and World Bank today (Thursday 2 February) launched enviacentroamerica.org, a free online tool that can be used to compare and make transparent the costs of remittances from the United States to six Central American countries and the Dominican Republic.

A press release from the IDB states that:
"The website provides detailed information, which is and updated monthly, on how much it cost to send money from the U.S. to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama and the Dominican Republic. Costs are calculated based on amounts of $200 and $500.

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