A growing breed of financial service middlemen operating online may find themselves out of business or running afoul of the law when new rules kick in next year.
Calling themselves "bank transfer helpers", they advertise on online sites such as Carousell, offering to help customers send money overseas for a price. A search on Carousell showed at least eight such listings in the past month.
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