Philippines remittances up 3% to $2.67 billion in March

MANILA— Cash remittances sent home by overseas Filipinos rose 3% to $2.67 billion in March from a year earlier, the Philippine central bank said on Monday.

Cash remittances sent through banks in the first quarter totaled $8 billion, up 3% from a year earlier, it said in a statement.

—Reporting by Neil Jerome Morales; Editing by Martin Petty