Federal Reserve Program Gives Banks a Shot at Booming Segment—Transfers to Mexico


By Mary Lou Pickel
Friday, May 27, 2005
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Home Edition, Section F, Page 1


Enrique Frias went straight to the money agent at Plaza Fiesta mall on Buford Highway and sent $150 to his son in Mexico.

Within 15 minutes, the money arrived in the rural town where the boy and his grandmother live.

“They’re throwing a party,â€