{
  "id": 4446170,
  "title": "From Hawala to Swift: Inside the 1,000-year battle to move money safely",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/from-hawala-to-swift-inside-the-1-000-year-battle-to-move-money-safely",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-30T15:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CoinDesk",
    "slug": "coindesk",
    "url": "https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/08/30/from-hawala-to-swift-inside-the-1-000-year-battle-to-move-money-safely"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Finance has spent centuries decoupling wealth from physical transport, but constantly erasing friction creates vectors for increasingly high-tech exploits.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Chiang Rai Times",
        "title": "Transferring Money to Chiang Rai Banks via Wise and SWIFT",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/transferring-money-to-chiang-rai-banks-via-wise-and-swift",
        "published": "2026-08-29T20:14:30.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}