Emerging Trends and Challenges
FTPartnersResearch-GlobalMoneyTransferTrends
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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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