The Correspondent Banking Retreat: De-Risking and Financial Exclusion — TGB Intelligence Report Q2 2025
TGB Archive12 June 202519 min readBy TGB Editorial Team
Coverage: Q2 2025 · Information to 12 June 2025
TGB Quarterly Thematic Intelligence Report · 12 June 2025
Correspondent banking relationships fell by about 30% between 2011 and 2022 while transaction volumes rose by 61%, consolidating cross-border payments into fewer, higher-volume corridors and leaving small Pacific and Caribbean economies, and the households that rely on remittances, most exposed.
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