Money Transfer Conference in Istanbul invites Bitcoin Remittance Companies

Money Transfer Conference in Istanbul invites Bitcoin Remittance Companies

This May, the city of Istanbul will play host to the International Money Transfer Conference or IMTC EMEA 2015. The conference will be held at the Conrad Istanbul Bosphorus Hotel on May 25-27th 2015, and will bring together all the players dealing in money transfer globally. In recent years, businesses involved in money transfer have come to include a heterogeneous mix of telcos, banks, mobile network operators, as well as the latest kid on the block, Bitcoin remittance startups. Global Remittance - A Growth Industry. IMTC EMEA 2015 to be held in Istanbul, Turkey in May. Global remittance....


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