WorldRemit, an online money transfer service, has announced that it will introduce a new app features to make it easier for remittance recipients in several countries, including Cameroon, to manage funds sent from overseas
The company stated that the new app features are free of charge and give full control to WorldRemit money transfer recipients over when and how to withdraw their remittances.
Andrew Stewart, managing director for the Middle East and Africa at WorldRemit, said, “Cameroon is one of our top ten remittance receiving countries globally, so we are delighted to make it even easier for money transfer recipients in the country to manage their funds.
Remittance receivers in several countries, including Cameroon, can now create and access a remote WorldRemit account to:
-Receive money instantly to their phones from more than 50 countries worldwide in multiple currencies including USD and XAF.
-Store their funds in the app in multiple currencies including USD and XAF.
Withdraw their money at any time using WorldRemit’s pay-out options, including cash pickup at more than 1,500 locations, bank transfer and mobile money transfer.
-Send money to other WorldRemit customers living in the same country who have the new app feature.
-Request money from friends and family abroad by building a transfer (including amount and currency) in the WorldRemit app and sharing the request with their sender via Whatsapp, SMS or email.
WorldRemit first launched its online money transfer service to Cameroon in 2012, and transfers to the country have grown by more than 90 per cent y-o-y. Using the WorldRemit app or website, the community can send money from their phone without having to pay expensive fees to a money transfer agent.
“Previously, only senders of WorldRemit transfers could select whether their money was received by bank deposit, collection as cash or mobile money transfer. The new service gives receivers with or without a bank account full control over how they manage their remittances, enabling them to store funds in a remote account in multiple currencies, send money to other WorldRemit users in the same country, or withdraw their funds at any time via any of our convenient pay-out methods,” Stewart concluded.
