The system is broken, let’s fix it

Billions lost every year

Misleading pricing

To determine the cost of a transaction today, consumers have to conduct a complex calculation multiplying the provider’s exchange rate with the amount they’re transferring, adding fees, and then repeat the same exercise using the real exchange rate on Google, it’s time-consuming and difficult. That’s how so many banks and providers can conceal such significant revenue in exchange rate mark-ups. 

Transparent pricing will end hidden fees and potentially help save billions for newly empowered consumers.

A Global problem

Developed nations need to up their regulatory game

Last year, people and businesses around the world lost £187 billions due to hidden inflated exchange rates. According to the World Bank, “the single most important factor leading to high remittance prices is a lack of transparency in the market”.

Reducing remittance costs to 3% by 2030 is a global target under the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 10.C. We have a long way to go and it will require policy intervention to get us there.

 

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