No more trips to the ATM, with their high fees and bad exchange rates.
Leave your wallet at the hotel and don't worry about card acceptance.
Pay anyone, anywhere, with the most popular payment method available.
FAQs
Emigro is a mobile digital wallet for use during international travel to instantly pay any person or business.The wallet is self-custody and holds digital currencies.
With the wallet installed on your cell phone you can pre-load it directly from your bank account. To make a payment, scan a payment bar code from the vendor's point-of-sale terminal or cell phone, or use a payment code such as a Pix key.
The wallets can be deposited to, transferred between, and withdrawn from within all of the supported countries shown below by individuals and businesses. Instant retail payments can be made in Brazil at this time.
Emigro is meant for all types of travelers and - short and long-term tourists, digital nomads, expats, international students and workers, and immigrants.
The primary use is retail payments, but it can also be used for remittances, paying remote workers, paying for overseas services and much more.
There is a small fee to deposit to the wallet and a small fee to withdraw from the wallet or point-of-sale terminal. Transfers or payments between accounts are free. Competitive exchange rates are used and will be shown at the time of transfer.
Emigro is meant to be used for payments instead of cash or credit cards. For remittances and other transfers between countries it can replace Wise, Remitly, PayPal, and many others.
Currently: ARS, BRL, EUR, PEN
Soon: AUD, CAD, USD
(fiat-pegged and fully-backed digital currency versions)
Blockchain technology is used to instantly and transparently transfer value to anywhere in the world. Fiat currency is deposited in the wallet via the sender's bank account. The currency is exchanged for digital currency. The opposite happens with the receiver, with the currency they want to receive. The exchange of different currencies happens during the transfer.
Emigro is not a bank, it is a self-custody mobile wallet for digital currencies. Emigro does not offer bank accounts, however, several digital currencies that represent fiat currencies can be held in the wallet. Self-custody means that you maintain control of your funds directly on your device.