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Fast Cash by Text Message
Once, an expatriate sending cash to relatives back home had little choice but to pay high bank fees for transfers that could take several days, or rely on an informal and sometimes unreliable private network. Now, telephone companies are taking advantage of computer networks and cellphone text messaging to offer instant transfers at lower fees. An example of how the money moves:
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