Philippines cash remittances up 3.7% in September to $3.1 billion

November 19, 2025 - 7:00 AM
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Customers receive money from families working abroad at a money remittance center in Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines, September 19, 2018. (Reuters/Eloisa Lopez/File Photo)

— Cash remittances rose 3.7% to $3.1 billion in September from a year ago, the Philippine central bank said on Monday.

The figure brought cash remittances through banks in the first nine months of the year to $26.03 billion, up 3.2% from the same period last year.

—Reporting by Mikhail Flores; Editing by Martin Petty