The “Venmo Line” and Moving Cash More Cheaply

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New Orleans     We are making progress on our Remittance Justice Campaign. A federal bill has now been introduced in Canada to cap fees and other costs at 5%. Provincial bills have now been introduced in British Columbia and Ontario. Reports from Honduras indicated that there is movement in Tegucigalpa at capping the fees finally. A …

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Mobile Phones May Let Us Win Remittance Justice Yet

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New Orleans  ACORN International and its affiliates in numerous countries have been hammering away at the cost of remittances for several years now and often all we have to show for the effort has been some dents in the wall and bruises on our foreheads.  We’ve succeeded in getting legislation introduced in different provinces and …

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Banks are Running from Minorities and Hiding Behind Terrorism Regulations

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http://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Corporate_Takeover-City_King.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsKiln     There’s no question that there are new regulations governing bank transfers.  Banks are trying to claim that anti-terrorism measures are the cause, though more than a decade after 9/11, it seems unlikely to me.  There seem to be three reasons that some banks are running from …

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