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Re:Bitcoin hits 3-year peak, nears record high on U.S. ETF a... by Someone1234 on Thursday February 23, 2017 @03:09PM (#13717279)
I just use TransferWise. Works great.

I used to use Xoom but every six months when I'd go to do a transfer they'd need more security verification and it got tiresome. Although that was a few years ago, maybe it is better now.

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Re:Bitcoin hits 3-year peak, nears record high on U.S. ETF a... by digitalronin on Thursday February 23, 2017 @06:36PM (#13719009)
Services like TransferWise and Xoom are great, provided both parties have access to good banking services. But, a lot of the remittances market is people working in a foreign country sending money back home to people who may well be unbanked. Some of the startups targeting that market, using bitcoin as the transfer layer, are pretty interesting.
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