But what's interesting about this is that majority of these people don't have access to
traditional money transfer systems.
Not exact matches
That's why Western Union is interested in a pilot program — on a
system like Bitcoin or Ripple, a transaction takes mere minutes to complete and at a much lower cost than
traditional money transfers.
In contrast to the
traditional banking
system, which runs wire
transfers through the Automated Clearing House, Uphold's value proposition is the ability to send someone
money more quickly and more cheaply.
Additionally, the costs of these blockchain - based
money transfers tend to be significantly lower than
traditional systems.