November 2017
mHITs, the leading Australian FinTech mobile remittance pioneer, has announced that it has rebranded its Australian mHITs Remit mobile remittance service to Rocket Remit.
The rebranding reflects the company’s’ focus and commitment to being global leader in international mobile money transfer. The Rocket Remit rebranding also positions the company for continued growth and expansion and the potential for new services and markets in the future.
Rocket Remit specialises in international money transfer via mobile money. It is the world’s fastest and simplest method for sending money from Australia to emerging markets overseas. Money transfer is instantaneous with funds directly credited to the recipient’s mobile money account without requiring a transfer agent or bank. No other transfer method or technology including crypto currencies can achieve this level of transaction speed.
Rocket Remit provides senders with the worlds simplest way to send money requiring only the mobile number of the recipient to address the payment. Recipients receive funds instantly and automatically receive an SMS notification as funds are immediately credited to their mobile money account in their local currency. The recipient can access the funds instantly and securely from their mobile money account directly or depending upon their region, may also withdraw funds in cash via an agent or ATM.
Mobile money transfer also offers the lowest cost method for sending money to emerging markets where many recipients do not have a bank account but rely on money sent to them by relatives and friends from overseas.
For more information on the Rocket Remit service visit www.rocketremit.com.
about mobile international remittance
Remittance is the hidden force in global economics with over US$640 billion sent globally per year. By comparison, global foreign aid is approximately US$135 billion.
Banks and money transfer operators have traditionally dominated international remittance with most funds sent to developing countries. However, with the introduction of mobile phone technology and the introduction of mobile money systems in these same markets, a new alternative now exists for funds to be sent directly to a recipient via a mobile money system using their mobile number as an account number. Mobile money is simpler, more secure, more efficient, provides instantaneous transfer of funds, and because the transaction is independent of the banking system, is less than half the cost of traditional money transfer.
Mobile money systems also for the first time provide the ability for funds to be sent to regions of the world where previously money transfer was impossible because of the absence of banks or money transfer operators. Mobile technology significantly lowers the cost of remittances as it removes the need for physical points of presence.
The World Bank estimates that reducing remittance commission charges by 2-5% could increase the flow of formal remittances by 50-70%. The mHITs Rocket Remit mobile remittance service is helping to achieve this goal.
Reducing the cost of sending each individual remittance encourages the delivery of lower value remittances, at values far less than today’s average transfer of US$200. Lower sending costs also encourage use of mobile remittance over unregulated informal remittance services. The GSMA forecasts that the formal global remittance market could to over US$1 trillion in five years with the help of mobile communications.
For more information visit www.gsma.com.
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