Progressive Wealth Management Since 1990
Phone 617-522-2635 | Email info@northstarasset.com
Twitter LinkedIn
  • Home
  • What We Do
  • Creating Change
  • News + Views
  • About Us
  • May 28
  • Posted By: Mari Schwartzer
  • Posted In: news
  • Date: May 28, 2007
    • 0
    • 2525

Immigrants Push Western Union to Share the Wealth (The Nation; 5/28/07)

For Mother's Day, Martha Ugarte sent $100 from Los Angeles to her 67-year-old mother in Oaxaca, Mexico. For this, she paid $14.95 to Western Union, and lost another $2 in the exchange rate commission. It's this 17 percent fee that has her outraged, and it explains why she decided to travel across th...
Read More