Lockdown Disrupts the Part of Finance That Hasn’t Gone Digital
- Social media flooded with images of lines for money transfers
- Western Union, MoneyGram struggle to keep many locations open
An employee, right, holds a loudhailer as he deals with customers outside a Western Union outlet in Beirut, Lebanon, on April 23.
Photographer: Hussein Malla/AP Photo
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It had been over three hours, and Raynique Cartwright still hadn’t received her money.
Cartwright, 21, had arrived at the Western Union location in the Bahamas a little before 10 a.m. to pick up funds, but the branch was only allowing two or three people inside per hour, leaving a large crowd outside clamoring to get in.