How to get money into a war zone
When Amanacard founder Edwina Thompson first pitched her digital solution for getting traceable money into conflict zones to investors and multilateral organisations she was often met with the same response - "it's too risky".
While there are more than 1.5 billion "unbanked" people in war zones around the world, financial institutions took the same dim view, believing there was no way to securely transfer money in regions known for money laundering and terrorism.
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