*The Dominican Republic’s central bank (BCRD) has released new figures which show remittances to the country totalled US$917m in February, up 9.7% compared with February 2024. In the first two months of 2025, remittances totalled US$1.85bn, up 8.3% on the same period in 2024. According to the BCRD, 83.6% of remittances sent in February were from the US, followed by Spain (6.3%).
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