The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said on Monday, December 16, that personal remittances or transfers in cash or in kind grew by 7.7% to $2.97 billion in October, the highest in 10 months since remittances came at $3.16 billion in December 2018. Year-to-date, personal remittances are up by 4.3% at $27.6 billion.