At the micro level, remittances may not seem like much. The average migrant struggles to send $200 a month back home – often irregularly – to support family and friends. However, although this flow may seem relatively small, a macro perspective…
Today, we’re releasing the next major iteration of our website! We’re calling it Cypress after the lovely IKEA tree in our office at RAINBOW LAB. Cypress changes the way users view and interact with search results. We’ve tried to make…
Understanding international money transfers in cash If you’re looking for a quick transfer of a relatively small amount of money, especially if you or your recipient don’t have a bank account, an international money transfer where the recipient receive cash…
Understanding money transfer to a mobile wallet Mobile money is a simple and easy solution to access financial services using mobile phones. Indeed, a mobile wallet is like a bank account, but is accessed and managed via a mobile phone.…
Due to the increasingly large amounts sent each year by migrants to their families living in developing economies, the role played by remittances in the development of those countries has since a decade been at the center of a growing interest…
Billions in currency exchange fees are paid by migrants every year without noticing it. Learn here how to identify and avoid them. What is a currency exchange fee? Every time you exchange money from one currency to another, the bank…
No, there are no overall best way to send money abroad. It really depends! No service will always be the best way to send money abroad. First, only a few companies have a true global presence. Local money transfer services…
A World Bank report puts the global amount of remittances in 2014 at $582 billion and estimates that migrants paid an average of 7.9% in fees on these money transfers. A huge cut that could be reduced by $28 billion…
A World Bank report puts the global amount of remittances in 2014 at $582 billion and estimates that migrants paid an average of 7.9% in fees on these money transfers. A huge cut that could be reduced by $28 billion…
TawiPay, a Swiss startup bringing transparency to the money transfer market, has been presented with the Social Impact Award at Impact Hub Zürich. The global and social impact praised by the jury TawiPay is a clear, transparent and easy-to-use money transfer…
As more and more Fintech start-ups are challenging traditional players leveraging emerging technologies and innovative business models, there is a need for a transparent source of information and a way to compare international money transfer services. Transferring money overseas can…
20th August 2013. After months of work and three intense weeks in Berlin, we had finally sent out our first email campaign to announce the launch of TawiPay.com. At this stage, our website was merely a rough prototype of the…
International remittances via mobile phones will exceed $10 billion for the first time this year, according to a new report from Juniper Research.
The World Bank just released her last estimates about remittances amount for the year 2013. The forsee a increase of 6.3 percent over 2012, for a total amount of $414 billion.
The Radio Television Suisse gave TawiPay its first television coverage (in french). Discover the reportage and the backstages pictures. TawiPay a fait sa première apparition à la télévision au télé-journal de la RTS ce dimanche. Découvrez le reportage les photos…
Watch Laurent (co-founder of TawiPay) on Dukascopy TV explaining why remittances are important, and how TawiPay aims to reduce their costs.
TawiPay is a comparison website for international money transfer services, targeting in particular remittances reaching the unbanked in the global south. TawiPay , a startup based in Switzerland, is tackling the excessive money transfer fees incurred by migrants sending money…
A look back over the journey taken by Tawipay.com, price comparison website for international money transfer services, from its beginnings at the Startup Weekend Lausanne to its launch today.Retour sur le trajet parcouru depuis les débuts de Tawipay, comparateur de…
