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The Japan Times<p>British fintech firm Wise has won approval for direct access to Japan's bank payment clearing network, becoming the first foreign financial company to do so <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/10/17/wise-payment-clearing-first-foreign-firm/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/business/2024</span><span class="invisible">/10/17/wise-payment-clearing-first-foreign-firm/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wise</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/remittances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>remittances</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/banks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>banks</span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p>Interesting discussion unfolding among many diaspora Africans about what they call the 'black tax' - <a href="https://journa.host/tags/remittances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>remittances</span></a> sent back home. A sort of ethical dilemma between <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ubuntu</span></a> and individual success<br><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg509dp9mjo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg509</span><span class="invisible">dp9mjo</span></a></p>
Matt Willemsen<p>Ranked: The Countries Receiving the Most Remittances From Abroad<br><a href="https://www.visualcapitalist.com/countries-receiving-remittances-abroad/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">visualcapitalist.com/countries</span><span class="invisible">-receiving-remittances-abroad/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/infographic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infographic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/countries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>countries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/remittances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>remittances</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/emigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emigration</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@Bam" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Bam</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@jawarajabbi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jawarajabbi</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hamas</span></a> needs <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> as much as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Netanyahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Netanyahu</span></a> needs Hamas...</p><ul><li>Without the opposite side being their percieved enemy, both would cease to either exist or at least not he in charge anymore.</li></ul><p>That's why <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/O7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>O7</span></a> was allowed to happen and why <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> is still existing on maps...</p><ul><li>Neither side <em>wants</em> to win!</li></ul><p>Similarly: <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/112523418308165145" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hamas wants and needs the suffering of Gazans</a> because in a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FailedState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FailedState</span></a> ruled by them with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/racketeering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racketeering</span></a> schemes, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RentSeeking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RentSeeking</span></a> on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/donations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>donations</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/remittances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>remittances</span></a> is their only income as a <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Government</span></a>"</em>!</p>
Kriszta Satori<p>Another fallout from the horrific <a href="https://journa.host/tags/CrocusCityHall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrocusCityHall</span></a> attack in <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Moscow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moscow</span></a>: just in the first two days following g it, Human Rights defenders have received more than 2000 reports of abuses against Central Asians in <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>. <br>Millions are working there, earning a living for their families back home. <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Remittances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Remittances</span></a> account for a staggering 50.9% of the GDP of <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Tajikistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tajikistan</span></a></p>
Al Jazeera (unofficial)Money sent home by Pakistani workers in Europe is helping to build homes in the province of Punjab.The sinking of a migrant boat off Greece last month, and t...<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXewlmrAwKg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pakistan economy: Migrant remittances building 'mini-Norway'</a>
acemaxx<p><a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> was the biggest recipient of <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/remittances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>remittances</span></a> last year, marking a 12% rise to more than $100bn, acc. to London-based mobile payments provider @TerraPay - chart @business <a href="https://cutt.ly/45uHn1m" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">cutt.ly/45uHn1m</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
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