{"id":30647,"date":"2026-04-14T02:10:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T02:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/directory\/?p=30647"},"modified":"2026-04-14T02:10:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T02:10:14","slug":"cabo-verde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/directory\/cabo-verde-30647.html","title":{"rendered":"Cabo Verde"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n    Cabo Verde is an archipelagic nation off the coast of West Africa, celebrated for its unique blend of African and Portuguese cultures and its dramatic volcanic landscapes. Its capital, <strong>Praia<\/strong>, located on Santiago Island, is the political and financial center. With a population of approximately 600,000, the economy is primarily tourism-driven, supported by the &#8220;blue economy&#8221; and significant remittances from the vast Cabo Verdean diaspora. In 2026, the country was officially recognized as an upper-middle-income nation, with major exports including fish, fuel re-exports, and light manufactured goods.\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Money Transfer Locations<\/h3>\n<h4>Western Union<\/h4>\n<p><em>Western Union operates through a robust partnership with <strong>Caixa Econ\u00f3mica de Cabo Verde<\/strong> and <strong>BCA (Banco Comercial do Atl\u00e2ntico)<\/strong>, covering nearly every inhabited island.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Praia (Santiago) &#8211; Ch\u00e3 de Areia, Achada Santo Ant\u00f3nio, and Plateau<\/li>\n<li>Mindelo (S\u00e3o Vicente) &#8211; Rua Lisboa and Porto Grande area<\/li>\n<li>Santa Maria (Sal) &#8211; Rua 1 de Junho and Vila de Santa Maria<\/li>\n<li>Espargos (Sal) &#8211; Am\u00edlcar Cabral International Airport and Town Centre<\/li>\n<li>Sal Rei (Boa Vista) &#8211; Largo Santa Isabel and Ch\u00e3 de Boa Vista<\/li>\n<li>S\u00e3o Filipe (Fogo) &#8211; Town Square<\/li>\n<li>Ribeira Grande (Santo Ant\u00e3o) &#8211; Main Road<\/li>\n<li>Porto Novo (Santo Ant\u00e3o) &#8211; Near the Ferry Terminal<\/li>\n<li>Tarrafal (Santiago) &#8211; Town Centre<\/li>\n<li>Vila do Maio (Maio) &#8211; Main Market area<\/li>\n<li>Nova Sintra (Brava) &#8211; City Hub<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>MoneyGram<\/h4>\n<p><em>MoneyGram services are widely available through <strong>Banco BAI Cabo Verde<\/strong>, <strong>BCN (Banco Caboverdiano de Neg\u00f3cios)<\/strong>, and select retail exchange bureaus.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Praia &#8211; Av. Cidade de Lisboa and Palmarejo<\/li>\n<li>Mindelo &#8211; Avenida Baltazar Lopes<\/li>\n<li>Espargos &#8211; Rua 13 de Agosto<\/li>\n<li>Santa Maria &#8211; Near the pier\/tourism district<\/li>\n<li>Assomada (Santiago) &#8211; Central Market area<\/li>\n<li>Pedra Badejo (Santiago) &#8211; Main Street<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Ria Money Transfer<\/h4>\n<p><em>Ria is accessible through <strong>Interatlantico Bank<\/strong> and specialized currency exchange partners like <strong>Verdemundo<\/strong> and <strong>Ageps<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Praia &#8211; Fazenda and Achada S\u00e3o Filipe<\/li>\n<li>Mindelo &#8211; Monte Sossego<\/li>\n<li>Sal Rei &#8211; Near the main square<\/li>\n<li>Santa Maria &#8211; C.C. Bazamore<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Major Bank &#038; Financial Partners<\/h4>\n<p><em>International remittances (SWIFT) and inward transfers are primarily processed through these leading financial institutions in Cabo Verde:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BCA &#8211; Banco Comercial do Atl\u00e2ntico (Largest branch network)<\/li>\n<li>Caixa Econ\u00f3mica de Cabo Verde (CECV)<\/li>\n<li>Banco BAI Cabo Verde<\/li>\n<li>BCN &#8211; Banco Caboverdiano de Neg\u00f3cios<\/li>\n<li>Ecobank Cabo Verde<\/li>\n<li>Banco Interatl\u00e2ntico<\/li>\n<li>International Investment Bank (iib)<\/li>\n<li>Correios de Cabo Verde (National Postal Service Payouts)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cabo Verde is an archipelagic nation off the coast of West Africa, celebrated for its unique blend of African and Portuguese cultures and its dramatic volcanic landscapes. Its capital, Praia, located on Santiago Island, is the political and financial center. With a population of approximately 600,000, the economy is primarily tourism-driven, supported by the &#8220;blue [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1084],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30647","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-cape-verde-remittance"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30647"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30649,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30647\/revisions\/30649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}