This is a conversation with the national leader of Mexico’s financial agency Financiera para el Bienestar (Finabien) about the progress on her efforts to promote the sending and receiving of remittances from Mexicans in the US at a lower cost.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
PROGRAM #10495 12:00 PM PT

Mexico Edition.

This is a conversation with the national leader of Mexico’s financial agency Financiera para el Bienestar (Finabien) about the progress on her efforts to promote the sending and receiving of remittances from Mexicans in the US at a lower cost. After a year of releasing the Finabien Card, tens of thousands of card-holders have been able to send millions of dollars. What’s the latest about this money transfer service? What are the challenges?

Guest: Rocío Mejía, General Director, Finabien, Mexico City,MX; excerpts from recent statements by Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico’s next Secretary of Economy.

Photo: Finabien/Facebook

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