London Underground banned it, the banks will hate it, what do you think?

https://transferwise.com/blog/2013-10/the-money-transfer-revolution-goes-underground

by anninaC • 13 years ago

14 9 13 years ago

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alvarl• 13 years ago

Isn't that a bit controversial?

nekopa• 13 years ago

I really wish we could shine a bright light on all the dodgy stuff banks do.

kapowaz2• 13 years ago

TfL tried to ban it

Why would TfL specifically get involved? It's more likely this is an issue for the ASA, on account of it appearing to use the word ‘FUCK’, which is hardly controversial.

dalore2• 13 years ago

Looks more like FYCK to me, and that is the same levenstein distance as FCUK which is everywhere.

kapowaz2• 13 years ago

Transposition vs substitution; I'd say F*CK is more likely to suffer the ASA’s wrath than FCUK. But who knows, need more details to be sure of anything.

dreen• 13 years ago

Yeah, as a person regularly sending money outside UK I felt this pain.

Then, bitcoin appeared, thanks to which you can send money to many countries for free (or even with a small gain on exchange rate, if youre lucky).

dons• 13 years ago

I saw the ad. Kudos for getting onto the tube.

FridayWithJohn• 13 years ago

How did this reach the front page of hacker news!? This is nothing more than an advert for sending money overseas. Oh and for the marketing team running this blatant advert, here's a free tip that will help your SEO a bit, add a 301 redirection on your non-www site. You don't even redirect http://transferwise.com to http://www.transferwise.com

London Underground banned it, the banks will hate it, what do you think?

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