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This is great, as someone who frequently transfers money from the US to Canada I wish I had known about this sooner. Hopefully they can actually make some money.
>> I wish I had known about this sooner. A common occurence these days, with the rapid rate of innovation. It's like we're missing some efficient product discovery tool.
This is great, as someone who frequently transfers money from the US to Canada I wish I had known about this sooner. Hopefully they can actually make some money.
Nobody else comes close in terms of exchange rates and level of service.
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>> I wish I had known about this sooner. A common occurence these days, with the rapid rate of innovation. It's like we're missing some efficient product discovery tool.
If there was only a news aggregation site based upon the startup culture where these sorts of things can be promoted.
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>> I wish I had known about this sooner. A common occurence these days, with the rapid rate of innovation. It's like we're missing some efficient product discovery tool.
If there was only a news aggregation site based upon the startup culture where these sorts of things can be promoted.
This is great, as someone who frequently transfers money from the US to Canada I wish I had known about this sooner. Hopefully they can actually make some money.
I use them every two weeks to move Canadian dollars to British pounds. Nobody else comes close in terms of exchange rates and level of service.
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Or, in the case of international money transfer: They see through the existing system and just openly do what most banks have been doing all the time behind the scenes, passing most of the savings to the customer. The only problem I see with this specific business model: As soon as enough people use it, this method of transfer will be the norm and all the big banks will offer it too, thereby invalidating the justific…
>The only problem I see with this specific business model: As soon as enough people use it, this method of transfer will be the norm and all the big banks will offer it too, thereby invalidating the justification for the existence of the new players. Yes exactly what I was thinking. But by that time Transferwise could be a reputable brand with lots of customers so they could pivot to offer other financial services.
You ever check out the OS your bank is running?
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If there was only a news aggregation site based upon the startup culture where these sorts of things can be promoted.
Hacker News 3-4 years ago you mean?
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If there was only a news aggregation site based upon the startup culture where these sorts of things can be promoted.
You mean like some sort of place where you could hunt new products?
Types 'https://www.producthunt.com' into a browser.
However, you could have just answered the question. Unless there's a /s i didn't see somewhere on the parent posts...
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I use them every two weeks to move Canadian dollars to British pounds. Nobody else comes close in terms of exchange rates and level of service.
WorldFirst does. There are plenty of competitors in the space that do a great job at this.
Thanks