Hawala
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Hawala or hewala, originating in India as havālā or huṇḍī, also known as ḥavâleh in Persian, and xawala or xawilaad in Somali, is a popular and informal value transfer system based on the performance
A 1951 hundi of Bombay State for ₹2500 with a pre-printed revenue stamp
Assorted United States coins
Remittance
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A remittance is a non-commercial transfer of money by a foreign worker, a member of a diaspora community, or a citizen with familial ties abroad, for household income in their home country or homeland
Hawala
…honour of a huge network of money brokers (known as hawaladars). They operate outside of, or parallel to, traditional banking, financial channels and remittance systems. The system requires a minimum of two hawaladars that take care of the "transaction" without the movement of cash or telegraphic transfer. While…
"Work in Poland legally" street advertisement in Transnistria
International money transfer ad in London, with texts in Polish and Russian
Western Union phone parlors near Times Square, 2008