🇬🇭Welcome to TransferWise, Ghanian cedi! Don't let the banks fool you - check Monito what it really costs to send money to Africa. 🐊 monito.com/send-money/uni…

"When an engineering graduate in France thinks about where to spend the next 5 years of their life, and they have a choice between Silicon Valley or London, they just might have more reason to go to Silicon Valley. That’s what we should be afraid of." marketwatch.com/story/a-top-lo…

Congrats to CurrencyFair for this exciting expansion into Asia! finextra.com/newsarticle/32…

Proud to be working alongside ou partner TransferWise on fostering #transparency in #remittances. #moneytransfer #currencyexchange #payments lnkd.in/gydy79q

Monito's hiring! Help us build the Booking.com of the money transfer industry. We're opening the following positions: Front-End Software Engineer; Backend - API - Platform Engineer; UX/UI Designer. Sound exciting? Now is the time to apply! buff.ly/2w2x40l

Fantastic post by Kristo Käärmann of @TransferWise on why it costs money to send money (unbeknownst to certain cryptocurrency enthusiasts). Most of TransferWise's fees go back into making payments even cheaper in the future. buff.ly/2vHPmVk #payments #moneytransfer

Former CEO of PayPal Bill Harris on Bitcoin:  "The cult of bitcoin makes many claims — that it's instant, free, scalable, efficient, secure, globally accepted and useful — it is none of those things. [...] Its volatility alone mak…lnkd.in/e94FsCY lnkd.in/eX_NeWz

1/ The equivalent of a Q2 shareholder update, but for the TransferWise (now @Wise) community of 3 million people and businesses. Have we made progress on our mission? Thread below 👇

This is a major step toward more #transparency in retail #banking, congratulations to Financial Conduct Authority . However, as recognized by Christopher Woolard in his quote, this is still missing the other half of the equation: #pricing. Baby steps. finextra.com/newsarticle/32…

On the one hand, this could herald an age in which the US gov't no longer plays a dominant role in international trade. On the other, further fragmentation in the infrastructure for x-border payments is the last thing the world needs. pymnts.com/news/internati…

Great partnership between two leading digital and offline money transfer providers. Cash is alive and well! lnkd.in/espJqGb

Western Union aggressively pursuing its digital expansion. The goal? Launching their online and mobile service in 200 countries and territories "in the next few years". #digital #payments #remittances lnkd.in/exe68r6

Prajit Nanu on how and why he built InstaReM lnkd.in/eBDbKjx

We’re excited to launch our re-designed review pages as well as our updated Monito score, which evaluates a variety of money transfer provider in details 👉monito.com/en/wiki/money-…

Fintech is perhaps best positioned in this SaaS sell-off narrative You can't vibe code: 1. Brand/trust 2. Distribution 3. Regulatory licenses 4. Capital markets relationships 5. Underwriting data etc. Wealthsimple Revolut Pine.ca Aspora

Show me the public markets are irrational about AI without telling me the public markets are irrational about AI martinalderson.com/posts/wall-str…

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Bridge has received OCC conditional approval to organize a federally chartered national trust bank. This will enable us to operate stablecoin products and services under direct federal oversight, including: - Custody - Orchestration - Issuance - Reserves management Stablecoins

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Why don’t they just tokenize the oil in the Middle East and transport it across permissionless financial rails, thereby avoiding the Strait of Hormuz altogether