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Re:MoneyGram Signs Deal to Work with Currency Startup Ripple by protomyth on Thursday January 11, 2018 @12:04PM (#16125473)
Well, MoneyGram cannot be liking that Walmart now has Walmart2Walmart for transferring money as a cheaper service.
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Re:MoneyGram Signs Deal to Work with Currency Startup Ripple by hbcondo714 on Thursday January 11, 2018 @01:37PM (#16126463)
Yeah, especially since Walmart2Walmart is powered by Ria / Euronet [1], a direct competitor to MoneyGram.

[1] https://corporate.walmart.com/_news_/news-archive/2014/04/17...

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Re:MoneyGram Signs Deal to Work with Currency Startup Ripple by jjeaff on Thursday January 11, 2018 @10:59PM (#16130299)
In that case, I'm sure MoneyGram declined to provide their service at a lower rate.
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Re:MoneyGram Signs Deal to Work with Currency Startup Ripple by protomyth on Friday January 12, 2018 @07:54AM (#16132438)
They did, and each Walmart has a big sign showing the difference in fees.
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