- 122 million people in Latin America were considered unbanked in 2021.
- Island Pay launched a digital wallet “CiNKO” and USDC is the main currency.
- CiNKO wallet is part of a plan to roll out stable coins and DeFi in Latin America.
Island Pay launched a digital wallet named CiNKO that will use USDC as the main currency across 30 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. The wallet permits users to transfer money, make peer-to-peer payments, and transact with merchants.
In 2021, the percentage of remittances in Latin America and the Caribbean increased to up to 26.5% and 11.3% in 2022 reaching $145 billion. Manuel Orozco, director of the Migration, Remittances, and Development Program said, “Sending money has a cost like anything else, and the percent cost relative to the amount ‘bought’ is often criticized without proper benchmarking.” In Latin America and the Caribbean, a cash remittance costs up to 6.2% while a digital remittance costs 5.09%.
Circle’s chief business officer Kash Razzaghi mentioned that technology could reduce the cost of remittances by 80%. It costs nothing to receive USDC when using CiNKO’s wallets, yet there is a gas …
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