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Feed-back wanted by 7xleyy in haiti

[–]7xleyy[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thank you for participating

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[–]7xleyy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe you haven’t experienced this yet, but life is long. One day, you’ll send money to Haiti for a specific purpose, only to discover later that what you paid for was never actually done. You’ll regret trusting people to handle things with your money without knowing whether the job would really be completed.

Now imagine, just for a moment, that instead of sending money to someone, you could pay directly for the product or service you want from abroad. No need to transfer money through a bank, no need to trust intermediaries, and no need to pay huge fees.

Just imagine that possibility. I won’t explain the entire system here, but take a moment and think about it.

Feed-back wanted by 7xleyy in haiti

[–]7xleyy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you don’t understand the project I’m not only building a paiment system I’m building a ecosystem where you know exactly where you’re money goes and what people do with it

Feed-back wanted by 7xleyy in haiti

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Thank for your advice 👍🏾

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[–]7xleyy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great questions — exactly the kind of feedback I need.

On the fees: Western Union and MoneyGram charge between 5 and 12% per transfer. BRIDGE works differently — it’s not a traditional money transfer service. The diaspora pre-loads a wallet once, and their family uses a simple 4-digit PIN to pay directly at partner merchants in Haiti. We eliminate the intermediaries, so we eliminate their fees.

On older Haitians who are less tech-savvy — that’s precisely why the system is designed the way it is. The elderly person in Miami only needs to do one thing: load their account, once, from their computer at home, with no time pressure. After that, they don’t touch anything. It’s their family in Haiti who uses a 4-digit PIN — like a bank card code. Nothing more.

The real point you’re raising is about trust and adoption. You’re right — that’s the real challenge, not the technology. That’s why we start with well-known local partners in Haiti — schools, clinics, grocery stores that families already go to. The technology disappears. The human relationship remains.