According to an analysis of remittances in South Korea in 2018, nearly 80 percent of all remittances were foreigners working in Korea sending their wages home. Private unilateral transfers and remittances to students or trainees abroad together made up another fourteen percent. As the number of foreign workers in Korea continues to increase every year, competition between wire transfer services is expected to intensify.
Distribution of total number of remittances by private individuals in South Korea in 2018, by reason
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Hana Bank. (July 5, 2019). Distribution of total number of remittances by private individuals in South Korea in 2018, by reason [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1079461/south-korea-share-of-number-of-remittances-by-private-individuals-by-reason/
Hana Bank. "Distribution of total number of remittances by private individuals in South Korea in 2018, by reason." Chart. July 5, 2019. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1079461/south-korea-share-of-number-of-remittances-by-private-individuals-by-reason/
Hana Bank. (2019). Distribution of total number of remittances by private individuals in South Korea in 2018, by reason. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1079461/south-korea-share-of-number-of-remittances-by-private-individuals-by-reason/
Hana Bank. "Distribution of Total Number of Remittances by Private Individuals in South Korea in 2018, by Reason." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Jul 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1079461/south-korea-share-of-number-of-remittances-by-private-individuals-by-reason/
Hana Bank, Distribution of total number of remittances by private individuals in South Korea in 2018, by reason Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1079461/south-korea-share-of-number-of-remittances-by-private-individuals-by-reason/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Distribution of total number of remittances by private individuals in South Korea in 2018, by reason [Graph], Hana Bank, July 5, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1079461/south-korea-share-of-number-of-remittances-by-private-individuals-by-reason/