{"id":327,"date":"2017-01-23T02:36:16","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T02:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/finis\/?p=327"},"modified":"2017-01-23T02:36:16","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T02:36:16","slug":"innovative-technology-allows-for-lower-cost-money-transfers-overseas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/finis\/2017\/01\/23\/innovative-technology-allows-for-lower-cost-money-transfers-overseas\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovative Technology Allows for Lower-cost Money Transfers Overseas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to &#8220;Money may make the world go round, but at what cost?&#8221; by Matthew Wall, it talks about a new method of transferring money abroad. One company mentioned in the article, TransferWise, created peer-to-peer transferring by &#8220;matching people transferring money in one direction with people transferring it in the other.&#8221; What TransferWise aims to do is to create an affordable and also convenient way of moving different currencies without the bank&#8217;s &#8220;monopoly on moving money around the world.&#8221; The company saw a business need, such as lack of availability when it came to methods of moving\/sending money, and created a platform by incorporating FinTech.<\/p>\n<p>Through this innovation, consumers are no longer limited to bank transfers, which tends to be expensive depending on the currencies being exchanged. As the article mentioned, &#8220;the future of money is digital, given the continued rapid rise of mobile phone adoption.&#8221; With mobile adaption, it makes the process hassle free and convenient for users. However, with such ease comes skepticism surrounding security. Since it is still a new innovation, consumers will have to be convinced of its reliability. Until then, the market of\u00a0international money transfers may continue to stay in the next few years.<\/p>\n<p>Source: http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/business-31639262<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to &#8220;Money may make the world go round, but at what cost?&#8221; by Matthew Wall, it talks about a new method of transferring money abroad. One company mentioned in the article, TransferWise, created peer-to-peer transferring by &#8220;matching people transferring money in one direction with people transferring it in the other.&#8221; What TransferWise aims to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/finis\/2017\/01\/23\/innovative-technology-allows-for-lower-cost-money-transfers-overseas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Innovative Technology Allows for Lower-cost Money Transfers Overseas<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1831,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","kk_blocks_editor_width":"","_kiokenblocks_attr":"","_kiokenblocks_dimensions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"gutentor_comment":1,"qubely_featured_image_url":null,"qubely_author":{"display_name":"mlam1","author_link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/finis\/author\/mlam1\/"},"qubely_comment":1,"qubely_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/finis\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"According to &#8220;Money may make the world go round, but at what cost?&#8221; by Matthew Wall, it talks about a new method of transferring money abroad. 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