People were duped into sending a partial or full payment to a third-party agent via a wire transfer payment service and to fax their payment receipt to the seller as proof of payment.

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Kewell turned down a contract offer from Liverpool in May and entered the current transfer window as a free agent.

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No need for a bank account, a computer, or even a trip downtown to dodgy money transfer agent locations.

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In settling its case against Risher, the SEC imposed upon him a Bar from association with any transfer agent, broker, dealer, investment adviser, municipal securities dealer, municipal advisor, or nationally recognized statistical rating organization.

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Agent James Casa took a transfer to Florida.

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The amendments require that mutual fund financial data reflect amounts the fund would have paid to its service providers, such as its custodian, transfer agent, law firm or printing firm, if a broker had not paid those providers on behalf of the fund.

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Banks are playing catch-up in many emerging markets where telecommunications companies and networks of agents have been using SMS and text messaging to transfer funds to phones, with the phone owner then able to turn text to cash at a merchant or agent.

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