Overseas travel spending by Indians falls to $1.09 billion in MarchIndians’ spending on overseas travel fell to USD 1.09 billion in March from USD 1.3 billion in February, according to RBI data on outward r...
24 May, 2026, 04.00 PM IST
Is your mutual fund SIP secretly crushing the Indian rupee? Jefferies explains the bitter side of the storyIndia's strong mutual fund SIP culture is helping foreign investors exit the equity market. This is putting pressure on the Indian Rupee. J...
21 May, 2026, 04.00 PM IST
Sending money to India? US Senate softens remittance tax to 1% from 3.5%The U.S. Senate's revised 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act' offers relief to NRIs by reducing the proposed remittance tax from 3.5% to 1%. Trans...
28 Jun, 2025, 05.33 PM IST
Outward remittances under LRS rise 8% in April 2025, led by travel spendingOutward remittances under LRS saw an 8% increase, reaching $2.5 billion in April 2025, driven by a surge in international travel spending, ...
26 Jun, 2025, 12.27 AM IST
One Big Beautiful Bull@$#!: Trump’s move challenges foundations of remittance flows, affecting India’s economy and diasporaDonald Trump's proposed 'One, Big, Beautiful Bill' introduces a 5% tax on remittances from the US, significantly impacting countries like I...
22 May, 2025, 10.59 PM IST
Indians spend $3.2 billion overseas in August, driven by travel and educationIn August 2024, Indians spent $3.2 billion abroad, majorly on travel and education, despite a new 20% tax on remittances. Travel expenses a...
22 Oct, 2024, 11.13 AM IST
Wise eyes more of India’s $32 billion in overseas remittancesWise Payments Ltd. is gearing up to resume signing up new customers in India for overseas remittances. The London-based fintech firm had pa...
12 Aug, 2024, 10.13 AM IST
Spend on the world like never beforeIndians drive outbound remittances, preferring foreign airlines due to underdeveloped domestic industry. Improving connectivity and tourism...
01 Jul, 2024, 11.15 PM IST
Progressive rethink on the TCS frontRBI has in place measures to raise inward remittances, and a similar tightening of rules for outflow should suffice. Caution over conservin...
29 Jun, 2023, 11.25 PM IST
Kotak Mahindra Bank announces launch of Kotak Remit on mobileFor the first time, Kotak customers can conveniently transfer money internationally to their beneficiaries straight from their mobile, Kota...
15 Feb, 2021, 03.09 PM IST
India was the top recipient of remittances worldwide in 2018India was the top recipient of remittances worldwide in 2018, data from the World Bank shows. The remittances were boosted in part by migra...
20 Jul, 2019, 11.00 PM IST
How the matrix of remittances is changing for IndiansIn 2017, Indians overseas sent $69 bn home, the largest remittance for any country in the world. Despite the trend, the remittance matrix i...
01 Jul, 2018, 02.49 PM IST
Indians sent record amount of money abroad in JanuaryOutbound remittances by individual residents touched a new high of $1.2 billion in January, according to Reserve Bank of India data.
26 Mar, 2018, 06.37 AM IST
Western Union sees opportunity in outbound remittancesIndia was one of the few countries that did not allow full-fledged money changers like WU to transfer money abroad. However, the central ba...
03 Mar, 2018, 07.52 AM IST
High outbound flows slow deposit growthIndians remit three times more in Apr-Feb '16 than the entire FY15 after the RBI doubles cap.
13 Apr, 2016, 12.22 PM IST
Outbound remittances triple between April & October, add to pressure on RupeeOutward remittances from India crossed $2 billion in the April-October period from $665 million a year earlier and about $1.4 billion in 20...
22 Jan, 2016, 04.42 AM IST
- ICICI to bank on overseas corp funding
ICICI Bank has said that it will increase the share of revenue from international business to 25% to its overall business in the next 18 mo...
22 Feb, 2007, 02.06 AM IST