JAMAICA NATIONAL Money Transfer (JNMT) will, in November, add a new dimension to its money-transfer system. This will allow JNMT customers sending and receiving money from abroad to also send video messages to loved ones, along with remittances.

"The concept was developed as part of our continued commitment to keep Jamaicans in the diaspora connected with their loved ones in Jamaica," said Earl Jarrett, general manager of the Jamaica National Building Society, the parent company of JN Money Services Limited (JNMS), which operates under the JNMT brand.

"We want to give them an opportunity to tell family and friends how much they care, not only by sending money home, but by allowing them to also literally tell their loved ones about the thought behind the gift," Jarrett added.

offered nowhere else

The introduction of the JN Video Transfer will revolutionise the money-transfer market, general manager of JNMS, Leesa Kow, says, as currently, no other remittance-based company offers a service like this.

"Although the technology isn't ground-breaking, the application against the JNMT brand and service is new," she explains. "The concept is to place 'I LOVE' JNMT video kiosks in all JN branches around the world," she added.

From the kiosks, JN Video Transfer users will be able to send and receive video messages for an affordable cost. Customers will pay a special introductory cost of J$100 to send a 30-second-long video message.

JN Video Transfer users will be able send videos with or without a remittance from any JN Money Transfer branch in Jamaica, the UK, USA and Canada and from the National Building of Cayman in The Cayman Islands and Jamaica.