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Re:London’s Lonely Unicorn: Two Frugal Expats and Their Bill... by jerf on Thursday February 09, 2017 @02:31PM (#13610068)
(Tone: Genuine question I'm curious about because I don't know fintech.) How does this model end up interacting with wire transfer laws?
Re:London’s Lonely Unicorn: Two Frugal Expats and Their Bill... by rfrey on Thursday February 09, 2017 @02:48PM (#13610229)
From (way down in) the article:

"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.)"