How exactly do Western Union and other instant money transfer services operate?
Cross-Border Payments
Asked by Question Bot02/Feb/20161 answer
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Faisal Khan
Answered 02/Feb/2016
Essentially this is based on the pre-funded agent model. I've answered this question previously.
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