A Mixed Bag in Mexican Remittance Growth
Mexico is showing stronger growth, projected at 2.5% in 2026, compared with the year before (-3.9%). However, the recovery is narrower than it appears. Most
Yifang Wang
September 2, 2026
Mexico is showing stronger growth, projected at 2.5% in 2026, compared with the year before (-3.9%). However, the recovery is narrower than it appears. Most
Last month, the U.S. Treasury provided much-needed regulatory relief for financial institutions supporting Venezuela’s economic recovery and reconstruction after the recent devastating earthquakes. Together with
A combination of factors led to an almost 5 percent decrease in remittances from the United States to Mexico in 2025; this decline, worth more than US$3 billion, affected close to half a million households.
Business, politics, and the economy are defined by both change and continuity, and the money transfer industry is not insulated from these trends. Although the fundamentals of growth are more or less the same—changing needs or behavior of senders and recipients, competition among financial intermediaries, policies and regulations, use of innovation and technology—there are several key developments within those that will shape this year’s performance at an estimated 2 percent growth.
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Many challenges have confronted companies and migrant senders this year, including the proposed tax on remittances, deportations, and a decline in migration.
This blog outlines how the flow of money to Latin America and the Caribbean in 2026 will likely increase slightly, driven by diminishing annual changes in transactions.
This briefing offers an overview of the money transfer industry in the US-Latin America and Caribbean landscape, followed by a review of some of the challenges in 2025.
This briefing note offers insights as to whether cryptocurrency is an active form of currency transaction for family remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean.
This briefing offers a descriptive perspective regarding remittance transfer growth in 2024. We point out that, this year, flows will experience less than six percent growth. The memo highlights some insight on migration, historic growth, competition in the marketplace, and what growth can be expected for 2024.
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