Eko Launches Indo-Nepal Remittance Services

Service to benefit 50 Lakh Indo Nepal Migrants.

Eko’s 1st Product for International Remittance Services.

 

Gurgaon, India / Nepal, 19 January, 2016: Eko, a leading mobile-based fintech company, today announced having launched Indo-Nepal remittance (money transfer) services in partnership with Nepal’s Prabhu Money Group. This is Eko’s first international tie-up for remittance services. Through this product launch, Eko agents are able to initiate remittances to Nepal. The service will benefit 50 Lakh Nepali migrants living across India.

 

The service enables Indian and Nepali citizens living in India to send money to their dear ones in Nepal, and the recipient can avail the cash “instantly”. Citizens of both the countries can use the remittance service in the form of cash to cash, cash to bank account, cash to co-operative bank account and through top-up remittance cards. Eko has an India-wide network of retail agent outlets that provide various financial services to customers. For using the Indo-Nepal service, users need to provide their KYC to an Eko retail agent. The remitter needs to provide his Indian or Nepali identity proof, while the recipient needs to show his identity proof in Nepal to receive the cash (in case of cash to cash transfer).

 

A remitter can do transactions of ₹ 50,000 per day and is allowed up to 12 transactions in a year. A fee of ₹ 150 is charged for remitting up to ₹ 30,000 and ₹ 200 for remitting up to ₹ 50,000.

 

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Abhishek Sinha, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Eko India Financial Services Private Limited said, “This product launch is another big achievement for Eko. Millions of Nepali citizens move to India for better career opportunities and to earn their livelihood. Sending money to their families in Nepal has always been a major challenge for them. This service will help Indo–Nepal migrants remit money to their loved ones in a faster, easier and secure way, and will also add to the revenue opportunity for Eko agents and distribution partners. This is yet another milestone in our journey towards bettering lives through technology.”

 

“Indo-Nepal remittance business is estimated to grow to ₹ 30,000 Crore per annum and we look forward to capture the opportunity, with our expertise in remittance business, our India-wide network of Eko retail agents and now a Nepal-wide network of remittance disbursal agents, branches and ATMs through this partnership with Prabhu Money Group”, Abhishek further added.

 

Commenting on the partnership, Ms. Kusum Lama, Chief Executive Officer, Prabhu Money Transfer Private Limited said, “We are delighted to partner with Eko for international remittance service. Eko has been a pioneer in the remittance business in India since 2007, has excellent technology and an India-wide network of retail agents. This will make our Indo-Nepal remittance service a lot more accessible and customer-friendly compared to at bank branches. I am sure that this partnership with Eko will help us bring smiles on millions of faces. We look forward to working with Eko to provide unmatched solutions to our customers.”

 

Recently, Eko had also launched its Prepaid Wallet, authorized by the Reserve Bank of India. Eko processes over ₹ 200 Crore a month in domestic remittances, and aims to grow this business to ₹ 1000 Crore a month by March 2016 with the help of the Wallet and Indo-Nepal remittance product.

 

Till now, Eko platform has securely processed more than ₹ 15,000 Crore over 34 million transactions, serving over 10 million customers.

 

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Sachin Murdeshwar
Sachin Murdeshwar is a Sr.Journalist and Columnist in several Mainline Newspapers and Portals.He is an ardent traveller and likes to explore destinations to the core.