Travelex, iREMIT partnership to help Filipino community

MUSCAT: Travelex, the world’s leading foreign exchange company, recently partnered with authorized Philippines-based remittance agency iREMIT to offer the best in money transfer solutions to its Filipino customers in Oman.

The launch event was held in Muscat on Friday, the 8th of February, with VIPs from the Philippines embassy and community in attendance.

The new service will grant Filipino customers the ease to send and receive money seamlessly and will be accessible at all Travelex branches across the Sultanate including Goubra, Sohar City Centre, Mabela, Muscat International Airport, and soon in Qurum City Center.

iREMIT is a name that resonates amongst overseas Filipino workers as a secure and trusted means of transferring money to the Philippines through its network of 22,500 cash pick up locations, as well as credit to any bank in the Philippines.

This latest partnership comes as part of Travelex’s efforts to increase strategic market alliances and initiatives in order to offer a wider variety of remittance options to its customers. Since the launch of its first store in 2003, Travelex Oman has solidified its rapid growth in the Sultanate through its line-up of innovative product offerings.

“We are delighted to introduce this new remittance solution to our customers in Oman, in particular to the Filipino community. Together with iRemit, we aim to provide Filipino expatriates a more convenient, seamless experience to transfer money back home to their families in the Philippines,” commented Tom Fane, Managing Director of Travelex, Middle East and Turkey. “iREMIT’s brilliant network of pay-out locations across the Philippines and same day service will enhance the remittance experience for Oman’s growing Filipino community,” he added.

For his part, Harris Jacildo, President of iREMIT, expressed great pleasure in the newly minted association with Travelex. He remarked, “Over the course of 16 years, we have emerged as a preferred provider of top-quality worldwide remittance, expanding to reach a large segment of the population. We anticipate the synergy created by this partnership in further facilitating remittances for the community.”