The Journey of a Remittance in the US-Mexico Corridor: From My Salary to My Family

Batiz-Lazo, Bernardo and González-Correa, Ignacio (2022): The Journey of a Remittance in the US-Mexico Corridor: From My Salary to My Family.

Abstract

We describe cross border payments between families in the US-Mexico corridor including a map of the technological infrastructure.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: remittances, fintech, Mexico, USA
• Subjects: E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E4 - Money and Interest Rates > E42 - Monetary Systems ; Standards ; Regimes ; Government and the Monetary System ; Payment Systems; L - Industrial Organization > L8 - Industry Studies: Services > L81 - Retail and Wholesale Trade ; e-Commerce; N - Economic History > N2 - Financial Markets and Institutions; N - Economic History > N8 - Micro-Business History

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