Personal Finances
"LajanCash": Haiti National Credit Bank incorporates mobile banking
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- Created on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 6:52 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The National Credit Bank (BNC) launched on Friday, May 24, 2013, at the Royal Oasis, a new product in the banking market, the electronic wallet, "LajanCash." This product will allow any user of a mobile phone to easily and safely make online purchases, receive wages, transfer money, make deposits and withdrawals through ATM machines in the BNC.
Las Pajas and the Lucky Haitians
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- Created on Thursday, May 09, 2013 11:02 PM
LAS PAJAS, Dominican Republic (defend.ht/ReedYoung) - Yoni moved from Haiti to Las Pajas four years ago. His cousin helped him become a citizen after 2 years. If someone asks him if he is Haitian or Dominican, Yoni responds, “Soy legal” (I’m legal). He cuts sugar cane, earning about 300 pesos ($8) every two days. Yoni is also the proud new father of a two-month-old son.
Haiti Mobile Money Reaches 5 Million Transactions
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- Created on Wednesday, July 11, 2012 6:02 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Digicel/Voila reached five million mobile money transactions summing up to $52 million and was rewarded by the Haiti Mobile Money Initiative of USAID and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation at the Karibe Hotel on Tuesday.
Senate President Leads Delegation to Haiti Business, Investment Expo & Conference, Washington, DC
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- Created on Monday, June 25, 2012 12:59 PM
WASHINGTON, D.C. (defend.ht/HRA) - Simon Dieuseul Desras, President of the Haitian Senate, will lead a delegation of senators to the 3rd Annual Haiti Business, Investment Expo & Conference next week in Washington, D.C.
Haiti: First Money Transfers by Mobile Phone
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- Created on Saturday, March 03, 2012 4:32 PM
NEW-YORK, USA (defend.ht )- This week, Haitian households affected by the earthquake began receiving cash payments through the first mechanism to transfer money via mobile phones to support housing reconstruction after the disaster, said the United Nations Development Programme in a press release.
Digicel Extends Double Credits for Prepaid Phones in Haiti
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- Created on Tuesday, July 05, 2011 1:57 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica - A promotion from telecommunications leader in the Caribbean, Digicel, aims to double the credit for customers in Haiti through the summer months of 2011.
Implementing Tax for National Education Harming Some Citizens
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- Created on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 1:31 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The $1.50 tariff on international money transfers imposed by the Head of State to fund a national education program, began on June 15, with many nations now assessing the fee on each transaction, others have yet to establish a system for the tariff. This is causing serious harm to some Haitian citizens.
Education Tax in Effect as $2 Calling Cards Drop from 22 Minutes to 6 Minutes
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- Created on Friday, June 17, 2011 6:31 PM
By Jonel Juste
MIAMI, USA - Taxes on international calls and transfers of money came into force Thursday and are already affecting the diaspora community. "This tax is illegal and Martelly is a robber", reacted many compatriots
Bank of the Republic Announces Surcharge to International Transfers
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- Created on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 8:30 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Before the increase in international calls sanctioned under the pretext of funding education, the Bank of the Republic of Haiti will introduce a fee on all incoming and outgoing international transfers.
With TPS, Going to Haiti Cost an Arm and a Leg
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- Created on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 9:30 AM
Foreigners have one feeling in common; when we miss home, it is like we have to do number 2; we gotta go, we gotta, we gotta go and we care less how much the airfare will cost.
IRS Grants Tax Relief to Americans in Haiti
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- Created on Saturday, February 26, 2011 10:38 AM
The Internal Revenue Service is allowing U.S. citizens and residents who live in Haiti to exclude their foreign earned income and housing costs from their 2010 gross income even if they don’t meet the normal eligibility requirements.
