The Central Bank of Cuba (BCC) announced this week how money transfers from abroad to the island will be made. Between the productive inefficiency of Government and the turmoil of the national tourism industry, the regime continues to look for ways to access dollars to sustain themselves. Although, as always, he prefers to blame the “blockade.”
According to information from the BCC, published in the Official Gazette Granma, The banks that will be able to receive these “family remittances from abroad” are the Metropolitan Bank, the Popular Savings Bank and the Bank of Credit and Commerce (BANDEC).
The agency also recalled that “there are no pre-set limits” for the amounts to be deposited on USD cards, backed by what the regime says Freely Convertible Currency (MLC).
The BCC regretted that no money transfers could be made to Cuba from the US, according to the note, because the U.S. government intends to “irritate Cuban families” and, as the Cuban Foreign Minister has said on other occasions, to prevent emigrants from helping their relatives.
The note clarified which international banks may be correspondents of the Metropolitan Bank to make these transfers currently: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, Banco de Sabadell SA, Caixabank SA, National Bank of Canada, Nordea Bank Sweden AB and Havin Bank Limited.
The banks that maintain relations with Banco Popular d’Estalvi are: CaixaBank, BBVA, Sabadell, CECA, Intense de SanPaolo, National Bank of Canada, Banco do Brasil and Havin Bank Limited.
Those that maintain relations with BANDEC are: Banco do Brasil, National Bank of Canada, NCG Banco Corporació Bancària SA, Banco de Sabadell SA, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, Caixabank SA, CECABANK, intense SanPaolo, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Seina SPA, Havin Bank Limited, Nordea Bank AB and Active Yatirin Bankasi.