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by ljf 433 days ago
No they mean that a family member in the US gives them some of their own money, but records it to a family ledger. At some other point funds or value will be transferred, but it isn't transferred within the family for every payment.

Similar to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawala

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This is exactly what it is. I kind of dig it and I'm glad I know the name now