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Andrew Rosenbaum
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Andrew Rosenbaum has been a financial journalist for more than 15 years. He has worked for Euromoney, Institutional Investor, Time magazine, MSN Money and the Wall Street Journal before joining… Read more

French Startup takes on Currency Exchange, Transfer Markets

French startup money transfer and forex firm Ditto will launch on February 15 bringing further innovation to these markets. Ditto will be available on smartphone and tablet, and it won’t have any physical branches. The new service, based in Boulogne-Billancourt (outside Paris) is targeting 10,000 customers by the end of the year in France and abroad.
By Andrew Rosenbaum | | See more in News

Opal Transfer launches new Poland-Ukraine money transfer service

The London-based Opal Transfer on Feb. 7 launched a dedicated money transfer service between Poland and Ukraine. Almost 1.3 million Ukrainians last year received the temporary work registrations that Poland grants to citizens of its eastern neighbour, and 116,000 more received longer-term work permits, according to the Financial Times. The numbers have increased six-fold since 2013.
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Bank of Thailand raises Limit on International Money Transfers

Thailand's central bank has raised the limit on international money transfers. It is now possible to transfer can transfer up to 800,000 baht ($25,039) per day per customer, up from 200,000 baht previously, Assistant Governor Vachira Arromdee said in a statement on January 12, 2018. Increasing the limit would provide greater flexibility for private individuals and small businesses, the statement said.
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 Review of Ethereum (ETH)

Ethereum is two things. One: It is a cryptocurrency called Ether which you can buy on the exchanges just like any other. Ethereum runs Ether on the blockchain, the distributed network on which each block is verified separately using mathematical algorithms. The blockchain is ‘trustless’; it provides absolute proof of transactions. And two...
By Andrew Rosenbaum | | See more in Crypto Currency Guides

Bitcoin (btc) review, what is bitcoin?

Bitcoin is the original cryptocurrency, the first one that launched the entire industry.  It began with a white paper published under the name Satoshi Nakomoto in 2008 –  no one knows who Nakamoto really is, but it is known that he created the Bitcoin network along with several associates, and then dropped out of sight completely.
By Andrew Rosenbaum | | See more in Crypto Currency Guides

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