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Himalayan Bank Ltd
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Hetauda, Banepa, Birgunj
Standard Chartered
At standard Chartered we believe in being the
right partner to our customers. Our home advantage scheme offers a wide
range of loans at very attractive rates
Siddhartha bank limited
Consumer
banking in Nepal. Offers US
dollar saving account with high return. Branches in Kathmandu,
Pokhara, Biratnagar, Birgunj
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Hama finance
Good deposit
schemes, 1 year fixed
7%, 3 year even 8%
National finance Co.
Standard Finance Limited
Capital Merchant Banking
& Finance
Ace finance company
Business Development
Finance Inst.
Nawa Kantipur
Everest finance
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News item 16-3-2008 |
The flow of remittances rose
by 18 per cent in Nepal,
during the first half of
current fiscal year and
touched the total amount to Rs 57 billion as of
mid-January. Nepal had
received Rs 48.26 billion
during the same period last
year. Similarly, the largest
remittance-recipient
developing country India’s
private current transfers
grew by 30 per cent in the
first half of 2007.
According to a report
-Remittance Trends 2007, the
flow of remittance globally
continues with a robust
growth with developing
countries taking lead as
major recipients. The growth
of remittances to developing
countries remains robust
because of strong growth in
Europe and Asia. The
worldwide flows of
remittances are expected to
reach $318 billion in 2007.
Of the total amount,
remittances sent home by
migrants from developing
countries are expected to
exceed $240 billion in 2007,
up from $221 billion in 2006
and more than double the
level reached in 2002. This
amount reflects only
officially recorded
transfers-the actual amount
including unrecorded flows
through formal and informal
channels is believed to be
significantly larger, states
the report. Money sent in
home by millions of migrant
workers worldwide has
already outstripped the
global development aid and
for many countries,
remittances are larger than
foreign direct investment (FDI),
and in some cases, larger
even than official
development aid. The report
further states that the
recorded remittances are
more than twice as large as
official aid and nearly
two-third of FDI flows to
developing countries.
Remittances are the largest
source of external financing
in many poor countries. Also
remittances have been less
volatile than other sources
of foreign exchange earnings
in developing countries.
The remittance flows to
Europe and Central Asia have
registered the highest
growth rate among six
developing regions, mostly
due to upward revision of
data in some countries. As a
share of GDP, remittances
are the highest in the
Middle East and North Africa
region. The remittance flows
to Sub-Saharan Africa are
grossly underestimated, with
wide gaps in data reporting
in many countries. In 2007,
India, Mexico and China are
top three recipients of
remittances, accounting for
nearly one-third of
remittances received by the
developing countries
Read more about the
remittance increase
Other investment news and
articles:
5
years International Money
Express (14-6-2007)
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