Anyone have any stats, or links to such, showing the use of bitcoin for remittances? Everyone seems to agree it is a great idea, and news like this looks very good for bitcoin adoption. But I don't hear much about the degree to which foreign workers are actually making use of it, or planning to (and explanations as to why they have not yet done so, etc.)
Once people start using it for remittances, they will also be more likely and interested in using it directly for payments without the bother of converting back to fiat. So a wave of remittance use could be followed by further waves of merchant acceptance and use.
There is still a long way to go before bitcoins can be spent easily in developing countries;
So fiat-->bitcoin--> fiat is the way to go now.