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How the money actually moves
Notes on pricing, payout rails and the parts of remittance nobody explains. Written by the people building it.
What a 4% exchange-rate margin actually costs your family
Everyone compares transfer fees. Almost nobody compares rates, which is where the money goes. Here is the arithmetic on a year of monthly $300 transfers.
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Why we check the account name before you send
Wrong-account transfers are the single most common way remittance money goes missing. We ask the bank first.
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Sending to Nigeria: bank, OPay or cash, and when each is right
Three payout rails, three failure modes. A practical guide to picking per transfer rather than by habit.
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Our first year: 20 corridors and one thing we got wrong
We underestimated how much people wanted to hold local currency rather than send it immediately.
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The documents you need to send money from the US, explained
What KYC actually asks for, why the SSN request is not optional, and what happens to your ID photos.
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