Mexico City /
The Federal Consumer Attorney’s Office (Profeco) stated that the worst option Mexicans have who live in the United States and send dollars to their families in Mexico in early 2021 is Western Union, this is because the commission they charge is the highest that companies that handle money shipments have.
The head of the body, Ricardo Sheffield Padilla, recalled that on average, $ 350 is shipped from the US to Mexico, Where the best option in 2020 and early 2021 to make deposit and cash transactions are ulink and Ria Money Transfer.
“The remittances which were the worst of last year, So that the countrymen take it into account, so that they do not send it by this means is that less weights arrive by their dollars, the worst option in deposit on account are MoneyGram and Xoom; instead for cash, the worst option is Western Union and Xoom, “he said.
He recalled that in 2018 a total of $ 33,677 million was received; while in 2019 it amounted to 36 billion 439 million dollars and in 2020 the figure and record of 40 billion 607 million dollars; “That’s a 21 percent increase relative to 2018., and an 11 percent increase relative to 2019.”
“To receive the money Telecom has the most branches one thousand 217, Covering more municipalities; Oxxo has the best schedule, it opens from 6 am to 10 pm, and 19 thousand 146 branches, in one thousand 040 municipalities; Elektra, Walmart and Caixa Popular Mexicana, provide theft insurance as an additional benefit, ”he noted.
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