Global payment technology has grown in leaps and bounds over the decades. It was 1950 before the first modern credit card was introduced in the U.S. Just 70 years later, people around the world can use mobile wallets to pay for goods and services right on their cell phones. Here at Remitly, in fact, many of our customers now send money to their loved ones via mobile money providers.
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