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briodf

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About briodf

Co-Founder and CEO of Monito.com, a comparison site for international money transfers with a mission to help our users save $28 billion in excessive fees paid each year.

Now also compares travel eSIMs, travel cards & more.

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    28*13=364

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    Comment #42770752

    3GB of Data + Unlimited SMS and Calls for free sounds very nice? Can you share the name of the provider so that we can add it to our eSIM comparison for Germany https://www.monito.…

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    Show HN: Travel ESIM Comparison

    Hey HN! Travelling abroad this holiday season? If you’ve got an eSIM-compatible phone, you can skip the pricey roaming charges. Monito’s tool compares 17,000+ eSIM plans across 200…

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    Comment #30613797

    Great to see more and more competition in the money transfer space, congrats on the launch. Here's a little comparison by amount received (incl. all fees) with the cheapest provide…

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    Comment #30544436

    Two excellent questions, which I am unfortunately not able to answer with confidence, as it goes into the weeds of payment rails& infrastructure. Someone actually making the transf…

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    Comment #30544389

    Thanks! This is likely a combination a question of Money Transfer/Transmitter License & compliance, but this is not my area of expertise. A provider like Wise is licensed in the co…

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    Comment #30542950

    I'm the co-founder of a international money transfer comparison engine, AMA if you have questions about international money transfers from a consumer perspective.

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    Comment #22856556

    Yes we do. For example, they're the only service we know offering digital money transfers from Mexico to the US: https://www.monito.com/send-money/mexico/united-states/mxn/u...

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    Comment #22856158

    Thanks for your feedback. Monito.com strives to list as many options as possible and be the most exhaustive source of information about international money transfer fees worldwide.…

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    Comment #22854408

    Great post Jurn, thanks for participating in the effort against hidden exchange rate markups. If you want to check for yourself how much you could save with TransferWise (or one of…

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    Comment #20126009

    Have you transferred money across borders with good recommendations lately? Sending money across borders is historically super complex and expensive, you're right. The WorldBank es…

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    Comment #17654326

    That's a nice technical implementation of the Business Model Canvas. However, you should check the licensing under which it has been published as the result of accademic research: …

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    Comment #10463550

    Brilliant! >Related: 13 people trying to figure out how old a globe is on Quora https://www.quora.com/How-old-can-this-globe-be

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