Migrant Money

Migrant Money

Making Remittances Count

We build a stronger case for the role of remittances towards improved foreign exchange, private sector investment, and as a gateway for financial inclusion of migrants towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Empowering Migrants to Maximize Impact

We go beyond making recommendations—and implement market-based interventions towards enabling regulatory changes, strengthening open digital payment ecosystems, and financing migrant-centric and gender-responsive innovations.

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Solutions from
Real-world Experts

We are a global team of economists, regulators, data scientists, gender specialists, and payments and banking professionals. The intersection of migrants and finance is our unique expertise.

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Our Latest Resources

Our comprehensive library of actionable research and insights is updated regularly, offering resources to a broad constituency of our partners who are interested in deepening their understanding of remittance markets and migrants’ financial needs, constraints, and aspirations.

Partner Spotlight

We don't simply make recommendations for improvement – we work directly with partners to implement solutions, developing products and services that strengthen the financial resilience of migrants and their families.

Private Sector

SympliFi

Working In: UK

Key Topic: Inclusive Innovation

SimplyFi is a digital lending platform that provides migrants with the possibility to guarantee loans in their home country for themselves or family. Its mission is to empower migrants to improve the livelihood of their families back home, beyond just sending remittances.

With support from UNCDF, SympliFi is implementing the digital migrant-backed loan project that allows migrants based in the UK and EU to help their relatives back home access credit locally for income generating uses, instead of sending remittances. They serve as guarantors by providing a cash collateral on the loan so that their relatives can access affordable credit from a Microfinance Institution (MFI) in their home country.

Our Events

Members of our team regularly share learnings and experiences from regional contexts at global platforms to reinforce best practices that are considerate of local challenges.

There are currently no upcoming UNCDF Migrant Money events. Explore our archive of past events for recordings, presentations, and other resources from our team of remittance experts — and check back to find out where we'll be next.