Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Replace money transfer services with crowd money changers

Consider the following scenario:
  1. M needs to transfer money from a bank account in Malaysia to a bank account in Thailand
  2. T needs to transfer money from a bank account in Thailand to a bank account in Malaysia
  3. They both go to a bank/Western Union to make the transfer and get charged service fees and exchange rate costs
Consider an alternative scenario:
  1. M needs to transfer money from a bank account in Malaysia to a bank account in Thailand
  2. T needs to transfer money from a bank account in Thailand to a bank account in Malaysia
  3. M transfers money to T's bank account in Malaysia
  4. T transfers money to M's bank account in Thailand
  5. That would be ideal if the amount transferred match exactly
  6. Enter X who has accounts in Malaysia and Thailand
    1. M transfers money to X's account in Malaysia
    2. T transfers money to X's account in Thailand
    3. X transfers money to M's account in Thailand
    4. X transfers money to T's account in Malaysia
  7. X provides two service:
    1. Escrow
    2. Market matching
Essentially, I should be able to transfer money between Thailand and Malaysia cheaply.


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