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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.
For there idea to work they need to get money transferred into all directions...
They had Nigeria as a supported country. But they removed it (sadly)
But money was probably transferred only one direction. So they lost money.
Interesting that they use the word expat instead of immigrant. I don't think if these two were from Asia/Africa they would have been called expats.
And you base that on....? Why do people search for injustice?
(Tone: Genuine question I'm curious about because I don't know fintech.) How does this model end up interacting with wire transfer laws?
"In April, after New Hampshire’s banking department cited TransferWise for operating in the state for a year without meeting money-transmitter regulations, the company agreed to pay a penalty equivalent to the fees it had earned during that time. (The startup has since begun offering its services in the U.S. through a partnership with a fully licensed bank, New York-based Community Federal Savings Bank, and has obtained its own money-transmitter licenses in many states.)"
If you're poor, you're an immigrant. If you're rich, you're an expat.
Interesting that they use the word expat instead of immigrant. I don't think if these two were from Asia/Africa they would have been called expats.
> I don't think if these two were from Asia/Africa they would have been called expats. And you base that on....? Why do people search for injustice?
-MLK
[0]: https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham....
If you're poor, you're an immigrant. If you're rich, you're an expat.
> If I am proved correct,” he said, “the Germans will call me a German, the Swiss will call me a Swiss citizen, and the French will call me a great scientist. If relativity is proved wrong, the French will call me a Swiss, the Swiss will call me a German, and the Germans will call me a Jew.
Interesting that they use the word expat instead of immigrant. I don't think if these two were from Asia/Africa they would have been called expats.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jnylander/2015/04/03/in-china-wh...
If you're poor, you're an immigrant. If you're rich, you're an expat.
Interesting that they use the word expat instead of immigrant. I don't think if these two were from Asia/Africa they would have been called expats.
Interesting that they use the word expat instead of immigrant. I don't think if these two were from Asia/Africa they would have been called expats.
> I don't think if these two were from Asia/Africa they would have been called expats. And you base that on....? Why do people search for injustice?