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Chinwe stares anxiously at the watch. It’s 4:45pm, and she isn't sure when the meeting will end. She had promised her sister, who lives in Nigeria, that she would send her money to pay her school fees and the deadline is in a few hours.

It’s 5:45pm, and the meeting finally ends. Chinwe looks distraught as she steps into the car that will take them back to Manhattan – a 23 minute drive – and Lanre, her colleague, who was also at the meeting, notices this.

As the car moves, Lanre, who is in the passenger seat, turns around, and says, “Chinwe, what’s up? Why are you looking so sad?”

“It’s my sister,” Chinwe says. “I promised I would send money to her today. But it’s already 5:48pm. By time we get to the office, it will be almost 6:30pm. I don’t know what I’m going to do. The deadline was supposed to be yesterday, but she asked to be given until 9:00am this morning to make the payment. And I promised her…” She looks out of the window, confused.

Lanre is quiet for a few seconds, then says, “Remember my girlfriend, Cynthia?”

“I’m thinking about important things, you’re asking me if I remember your girlfriend,” Chinwe replies, angrily.

Lanre bursts into laughter. “Chinwe, cool down. So a few months ago, it was Cynthia’s birthday. I wanted to get her retrocode shirts and a cake delivered, but the vendor is based in Nigeria. With my busy work and study schedule, I didn’t know how I would be able to achieve that.”

By this time, Chinwe had stopped staring out the window and was paying attention.

“I contacted the vendor and told him my challenge,” Lanre continued. “He told me about a money transfer service called thrivesend. All he did was send me an email with a link to make the payment. I got on the platform and without having to sign up or anything, I made payment to him for the shirts and the cake.”

Cynthia couldn’t believe what she just heard. “Are you just messing with me?”

Lanre is grinning. “No, I’m not. Just google them. You can even transfer the money before we get to the office.”

Chinwe’s expression has gone from sad to excited.” “Do you have your ATM card with you?” Lanre asks. “

Yes,” She replies.

She quickly brings out her phone and card, searches for Thrivesend, sees the link and in less than 15 minutes, the transfer is complete.

“Lanre, you’re a life saver!”

A lot of other people like Lanre and Chinwe have experienced the awesomeness of Thrivesend. It not only allows users transfer money from anywhere in the world to people in Nigeria using their foreign cards, users in Nigeria can also transfer money to any bank account in Nigeria, using their ATM cards, without having to login every time. It is convenient, safe and secure!

This is a feature by Thrivesend.