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February 2012
COUNTRIES WITH SSA'S
INTERNATIONAL DIRECT DEPOSIT
COUNTRY
START
DATE
NUMBER OF CHECK PAYMENTS INTERNATIONAL DIRECT DEPOSIT PAYMENTS DIRECT DEPOSIT PAYMENTS THROUGH U.S. BANKS TOTAL
PAYMENTS
% DIRECT
DEPOSIT
 
 
Direct Deposit              
Anguilla/St. Kitts & Nevis November-99 141 20 122 283 50%  
Antigua & Barbuda August-99 55 43 79 177 69%  
Australia July-98 415 8,229 1,945 10,589 96%  
Austria May-99 126 2,316 426 2,868 96%  
Bahama Islands September-99 38 49 145 232 84%  
Barbados July-99 138 478 416 1,032 87%  
Belgium July-99 97 1,476 526 2,099 95%  
British Virgin Islands March-00 55 1 66 122 55%  
Canada July-89 16,530 66,806 25,384 108,720 85%  
Cayman Islands November-99 41 13 166 220 81%  
Cyprus November-99 242 171 111 524 54%  
Denmark August-99 1 1,085 280 1,366 100%  
Dominican Republic November-00 156 6,357 329 6,842 98%  
Estonia July-11 1 15 52 68 99%  
Finland November-99 3 854 145 1,002 100%  
France March-92 347 10,064 3,287 13,698 97%  
Germany October-90 1,463 31,204 7,541 40,208 96%  
Greece December-03 11,355 4,820 7,427 23,602 52%  
Grenada December-99 42 95 46 183 77%  
Haiti December-00 9 29 112 150 94%  
Hong Kong November-99 88 1,170 428 1,686 95%  
Hungary April-05 516 588 881 1,985 74%  
India May-11 134 516 1,249 1,899 93%  
Ireland May-95 710 7,576 1,246 9,532 93%  
Israel May-03 2,164 2,786 5,488 10,438 79%  
Italy February-93 3,761 25,779 2,799 32,339 88%  
Jamaica April-00 329 713 1,494 2,536 87%  
Japan April-05 1,296 41,932 7,092 50,320 97%  
Malta November-99 424 95 166 685 38%  
Mexico October-03 316 30,429 18,459 49,204 99%  
Netherlands May-00 44 4,428 983 5,455 99%  
Netherlands Antilles November-99 56 10 95 161 65%  
New Zealand March-00 62 701 486 1,249 95%  
Norway August-90 1 6,623 326 6,950 100%  
Panama February-05 92 1,130 1,008 2,230 96%  
Poland April-04 1,925 625 10,845 13,395 86%  
Portugal December-96 1,031 9,731 1,836 12,598 92%  
South Africa August-99 40 287 331 658 94%  
Spain December-95 485 8,939 1,973 11,397 96%  
St. Lucia February-00 46 43 71 160 71%  
St. Vincent & the Grenadines March-00 46 44 34 124 63%  
Sweden July-96 3 4,591 725 5,319 100%  
Switzerland July-99 401 5,885 1,145 7,431 95%  
Trinidad & Tobago July-99 197 202 668 1,067 82%  
United Kingdom June-87 358 27,426 6,473 34,257 99%  
Subtotal   45,780 316,374 115,175 477,329 90%  
         
         
COUNTRIES WITHOUT SSA'S
INTERNATIONAL DIRECT DEPOSIT
         
COUNTRY
NUMBER OF CHECK PAYMENTS INTERNATIONAL DIRECT DEPOSIT PAYMENTS THROUGH U.S. BANKS TOTAL
PAYMENTS
% DIRECT
DEPOSIT
DIRECT DEPOSIT
    PAYMENTS    
         
         
Albania 22   18 40 45%
Afghanistan     4 4 100%
Andorra 22   37 59 63%
Angola 1     1 0%
Algeria 4   3 7 43%
Argentina   462   3,369 3,831 88%
Armenia 7   6 13 46%
Bahrain 3   11 14 79%
Bangladesh 61   24 85 28%
Belize 111   438 549 80%
Benin 1     1 0%
Bermuda 90   152 242 63%
Bhutan 1   13 14 93%
Bolivia 31   426 457 93%
Bosnia Herzegovina 118   131 249 53%
Botswana, Republic of 1   23 24 96%
Brazil 245   1,919 2,164 89%
Brunei 1   2 3 67%
Bulgaria 68   157 225 70%
Burkina Faso 1   1 2 50%
Burma     4 4 100%
Cambodia 9   27 36 75%
Cameroon 5   3 8 38%
Cape Verde Islands 249   22 271 8%
Chile 255   1,740 1,995 87%
China, Peoples Republic of 387   735 1,122 66%
Colombia 90   5,016 5,106 98%
Costa Rica 27   4,790 4,817 99%
Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)     1 1 100%
Croatia 748   794 1,542 51%
Cuba     10 10 100%
Czech Republic 179   704 883 80%
Dem Rep of Congo     3 3 100%
Dominica 55   70 125 56%
Ecuador 24   3,058 3,082 99%
Egypt 238   561 799 70%
El Salvador 14   1,605 1,619 99%
Equatorial Guinea     1 1 100%
Eritrea 13   7 20 35%
Ethiopia 87   24 111 22%
Fiji Islands 19   45 64 70%
French Guiana     2 2 100%
Gambia 3   5 8 63%
Georgia     2 2 100%
Ghana 147   212 359 59%
Gibraltar 2   4 6 67%
Greenland 1   3 4 75%
Guatemala 55   1,571 1,626 97%
Guinea     1 1 100%
Guinea Bissau     1 1 100%
Guyana 36   173 209 83%
Honduras 31   1,033 1,064 97%
Iceland 52   81 133 61%
Indonesia 4   36 40 90%
Iran 3   9 12 75%
Jordan 133   360 493 73%
Kazakhstan     3 3 100%
Kenya 13   138 151 91%
Kuwait 3   12 12 100%
Laos 39   31 70 44%
Latvia 49   91 140 65%
Lebanon 401   148 549 27%
Lesotho (Basutoland)     4 4 100%
Liberia 5   29 34 85%
Libya     2 2 100%
Liechtenstein 5   14 19 74%
Lithuania 58   59 117 50%
Luxembourg 70   125 195 64%
Macao 25   32 57 56%
Macedonia 247   30 277 11%
Madagascar 1   7 8 88%
Malawi     9 9 100%
Malaysia 19   183 202 91%
Marshall Islands 13   65 78 83%
Martinique 53   26 79 33%
Mauritius 9   8 17 47%
Micronesia 8   62 70 89%
Monaco 5   18 23 78%
Mongolia     2 2 100%
Mali 5   3 8 38%
Montserrat 18   15 33 45%
Morocco 38   81 119 68%
Mozambique     3 3 100%
Namibia     14 14 100%
Nauru 59   226 285 79%
Nepal 1   14 15 93%
New Caledonia 1   6 7 86%
Nicaragua 6   1,311 1,317 100%
Niger     3 3 100%
Nigeria 7   101 108 94%
Oman 6   4 10 40%
Pakistan 193   171 364 47%
Palau (Belau) 34   88 122 72%
Papua-New Guinea     11 11 100%
Paraguay 20   116 136 85%
Peru 130   1,559 1,689 92%
Philippines 210   25,652 25,862 99%
Qatar 8   6 14 43%
Republic of Congo     1 1 100%
Reunion     1 1 100%
Romania 445   305 750 41%
Russia 7   133 140 95%
Rwanda     5 5 100%
Samoa 102   53 155 34%
San Marino 24   459 483 95%
Saudi Arabia 9   61 70 87%
Senegal 9   12 21 57%
Serbia and Montenegro 633   403 1,036 39%
Seychelles 3   4 7 57%
Sierra Leone 12   12 24 50%
Singapore 25   216 241 90%
Slovakia 45   259 304 85%
Slovenia 121   48 169 28%
Solomon Islands 4   7 30 23%
South Korea 2,276   1,257 3,533 36%
Sri Lanka 50   69 119 58%
St Helena & Dependencies 1   4 5 80%
Sudan 2   1 3 33%
Suriname 14   4 18 22%
Swaziland     11 11 100%
Syria 18   18 36 50%
Tahiti 8   26 34 76%
Taiwan 258   709 967 73%
Tanzania     40 40 100%
Thailand 306   3,942 4,248 93%
Togo 1     1 0%
Tonga Islands 1   11 12 92%
Tunisia 15   14 29 48%
Turkey 395   494 889 56%
Turkmenistan     1 1 100%
Turks and Caicos Islands 3   7 10 70%
Uganda 5   27 32 84%
Ukraine 4   13 17 76%
United Arab Emirates 4   57 61 93%
Uruguay 27   890 917 97%
Vanuatu 1   3 4 75%
Venezuela 37   208 245 85%
Vietnam 21   69 90 77%
Yemen, Republic of 640   306 946 32%
Zambia 1   16 17 94%
Zimbabwe 1   23 24 96%
TOTAL TO NON-IDD 11,403   70,128 81,547 86%
     COUNTRIES        
TOTAL ALL COUNTRIES 57,183 316,374 185,303 558,876 90%

 

 
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