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KATHMANDU: IME, a leading remittance service provider to Nepal, has inked an agreement to send funds and promote digital remittance services in Nepal through Botim Ultra app promoted by Astra Tech, which is operating in 155 countries including the Middle East.
According to the agreement, both the parties will cooperate to promote digital remittance by sending money directly to IME's digital wallet IME Pay through the popular Botim Ultra app licensed by the Central Bank of the UAE, according to a press release.
Since its inception, IME has been committed to bringing remittance services to the reach of every Nepali by covering the urban and rural areas of Nepal with 225 IME centres as well as about 12,000 subagents and branches of various banks and institutions in 77 districts.
A version of this article appears in the print on October 19, 2023, of The Himalayan Times