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Global Money Transfer<br />

Industry <strong>Trends</strong> – Evolution of “Consumer Remittance Providers”<br />

The Consumer<br />

Remittance<br />

industry is facing<br />

competition from<br />

new entrants …<br />

… which is leading<br />

established<br />

players to enhance<br />

their consumer<br />

offerings <strong>and</strong> to<br />

look outside of<br />

traditional<br />

consumer<br />

remittances for<br />

new growth<br />

opportunities<br />

Key Points<br />

• The Consumer Remittance industry has grown over<br />

the past 100+ years by providing consumers with a<br />

better offering than what has been available through<br />

banks; after initially catering to domestic transfers, the<br />

industry entered a new growth phase by focusing on<br />

international transfers, primarily by migrant workers<br />

sending money home<br />

• After a multi-decade buildup, the Consumer<br />

Remittance industry is relatively mature, consolidated<br />

<strong>and</strong> concentrated among Western Union,<br />

MoneyGram, <strong>and</strong> to a lesser extent Ria (owned by<br />

Euronet), Sigue <strong>and</strong> Intermex / others<br />

• The Consumer Remittance industry is now under<br />

threat by a number of new entrants that are<br />

leading with lower pricing <strong>and</strong> online / mobilebased<br />

models, but established players are striking<br />

back by building out their own online / mobile<br />

capabilities <strong>and</strong> additionally looking to diversify into<br />

the International Payment Specialists segment<br />

• Following the success of the Xoom IPO, a number of<br />

early stage companies have received financing in the<br />

space; investment activity in the sector is expected to<br />

continue as other firms attempt to leverage technology<br />

to compete with established, traditional players<br />

Established<br />

Selected Players<br />

<strong>Emerging</strong><br />

Recent Notable Transactions<br />

Date Amount Company Investor / Acquirer (s)<br />

04/26/16 $39 Remitly Stripes Group<br />

07/01/15 890 Xoom PayPal<br />

06/15/15 20 Azimo Frog Capital<br />

03/19/15 13 Remitly<br />

02/18/15 100 WorldRemit<br />

01/25/15 58 TransferWise<br />

06/09/14 25 TransferWise<br />

DFJ, QED, DN Capital,<br />

Trilogy Equity Partners<br />

Technology Crossover<br />

Ventures; Accel Partners<br />

IA Ventures; Andreessen<br />

Horowitz; Seedcamp;<br />

Valar Ventures; Index<br />

Ventures<br />

Led by Valar Ventures;<br />

Richard Branson<br />

03/12/14 40 WorldRemit Accel Partners<br />

03/11/14 10 Azimo<br />

Led by Greycroft<br />

Partners<br />

02/15/13 101 Xoom IPO - Public<br />

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