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From Hawala to Swift: Inside the 1,000-year battle to move money safely

From Hawala to Swift: Inside the 1,000-year battle to move money safelyWorldPing

Finance has spent centuries decoupling wealth from physical transport, but constantly erasing friction creates vectors for increasingly high-tech exploits.

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