Ismail Ahmed, founder and CEO of WorldRemit poses at their offices in London on March 5, 2019. - The money transfer business is personal for Ismail Ahmed. It was money wired by his brother that allowed him to make the final leg of his journey from escaping fighting in his native Somaliland to London in 1988 to take up a university scholarship. (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN / AFP)
PARIS: The money transfer business is personal for Ismail Ahmed. It was cash wired by his family that allowed him to make the final leg of his journey from escaping fighting in his native Somaliland to London in 1988 to take up a university scholarship.
Today, Ahmed leads WorldRemit, one of a handful of fintech firms that is upending the remittances business that has long been dominated by three US firms – Western Union, MoneyGram and Ria – as well as banks.
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