A sum of US$ 101.4 million was transferred to Moldovans through licensed banks this November, a decrease of 2.1% compared with last November. Transfers from the EU represented 50.3%, from the CIS - 19.7%, while from the rest of the countries – 30%, IPN reports, quoting the National Bank of Moldova.

Transfers from Russia constituted 18.6%, down 4.7 percentage points on November 2018, from Israel – 18.4%, from Italy – 11.6%, from Germany – 9%, from the UK – 8.3%, from the U.S. – 6.7%, from France – 6.3%.

Transfers in euro represented 58.4%, a decrease of 6.7 percentage points compared with November 2018. These are followed by the transfers in dollars, with 37.9%, down 4.4 percentage points. The transfers in Russian rubles constituted 3.7%, down 2.3 percentage points.

According to the National Bank of Moldova, bank transfers to Moldovans in January – November 2019 came to US$ 1.114,79 billion, a 4.8% decrease compared with the corresponding period last year.

The transfers made to private individuals through banks consist not only of the remittances of Moldovans working abroad, but also of local transfers, including salary ones in favor of resident persons from non-resident representative offices.