Women Highest Receivers Of Inward Remittances

Women are the highest contribu­tor to mobile money – an elec­tronic wallet service – in Fiji.

Saturday 22 April 2023 | 13:27

Lorraine Seeto at the National Economic Summit at the Grand Pacific Hotel in Suva on April 20, 2023.  Photo: Leon Lord

Lorraine Seeto at the National Economic Summit at the Grand Pacific Hotel in Suva on April 20, 2023. Photo: Leon Lord

Women are the highest contribu­tor to mobile money – an elec­tronic wallet service – in Fiji.

Renu Chand, a partner at KPMG made the comment during a panel discussion about leadership at the National Econom­ic Summit.

She said women were also the highest receiver of inward remittances and the highest recipients of inward mobile mon­ey.

Ms Chand said women had the potential to grow the economy.

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandem­ic, women led the digital wallet space for the country, she said.

“This is a game changer,” Ms Chand said.

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Story by: josefa.babitu@fijisun.com.fj