Remittances Reach Well Beyond Major Cities as Older Users Send Money More Frequently

Zapp’s 2026 Hispa ic Remitta ces Repo t eveals ew patte s i how, whe , a d whe e people i the U ited States se d mo ey to family membe s ac oss Mexico a d Ce t al Ame ica

MIAMI, Oct. 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Who se ds mo ey to family membe s f om the U ited States, how ofte , a d whe e does it go? The 2026 Hispa ic Remitta ces Repo t, p oduced by Zapp, a WhatsApp-based mo ey t a sfe se vice, exami es emitta ce patte s amo g U.S. Hispa ic se de s a d thei ole i household fi a ces ac oss Mexico a d Ce t al Ame ica.

Digital Remitta ces Fit the Way People Se d Mo ey

Mo e tha 61% of emitta ces se t to Lati Ame ica i 2026 we e i itiated digitally. Zapp’s data shows that 43.3% of t a sfe s occu ed outside the t aditio al 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. ba ki g wi dow, while 51.4% took place betwee F iday a d Su day.

Use s i Thei Fifties Se d Mo ey Mo e F eque tly

Zapp use s aged 50 to 59 made a ave age of 10.1 t a sfe s ove i e mo ths i 2026, compa ed with 6.3 amo g use s u de 25. F eque cy ge e ally peaks amo g use s i thei fifties befo e decli i g afte age 60.

“Digital adoptio is ot d ive exclusively by you ge ge e atio s. Ou data shows that digital se vices a e also gai i g t actio amo g people who have t aditio ally elied o cash. Age is ot ecessa ily the decidi g facto i adoptio . T ust is,” says José Luis O ozco, CEO of Zapp.

Remitta ces Reach Well Beyo d Majo Cities

Zapp eco ded t a sfe s to 3,923 desti atio s ac oss Mexico. The te desti atio s with the highest t a sfe volumes accou ted fo 17.2% of the total, while 48.8% we t to localities outside the top 100.

Methodology

The 2026 Hispa ic Remitta ces Repo t a alyzes Zapp use activity f om Ja ua y th ough Septembe 2026, alo gside official figu es f om ce t al ba ks a d i te atio al o ga izatio s a d fi di gs f om a Ap il 2026 su vey of Mexica use s i the U ited States.

About Zapp

Zapp is a WhatsApp-based mo ey t a sfe se vice that e ables use s to se d mo ey f om the U ited States to Mexico a d Ce t al Ame ica. It offe s a simple, secu e, a d co ve ie t way to se d emitta ces without visiti g a physical locatio o dow loadi g a sepa ate app. With competitive excha ge ates a d a use -ce t ic app oach, Zapp aims to t a sfo m the emitta ce i dust y to p ovide bette se vice to Lati Ame ica families.

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