OREANDA-NEWS. September 29, 2010. AB Bank SNORAS begins providing a new service - international Western Union remittances. It is a safe and fast way to receive or transfer money worldwide just within a few minutes, without opening a bank account. Western Union chose Bank SNORAS due to a very expansive customer service network unifying 250 subdivisions where the aforementioned service will be provided, reported the press-centre of Bank SNORAS.

"Using Western Union cash remittance service is convenient for residents who want to send money to their relatives studying or having a vacation abroad, if it is necessary to help a person who is abroad and who has a misfortune, and in other cases when an urgent but inexpensive money transfer must be performed to foreign countries. It also may be useful for the families, whose close relatives went to work abroad and send money to their family members remaining in Lithuania," says Zorzas Sarafanovicius, the deputy chairman of AB Bank SNORAS Board, the director of Retail Business Division.

Z.Sarafanovicius forecasts that most Western Union money transfers in Bank SNORAS should be operations of remitting or receiving money between Lithuania and Great Britain, Ireland, Spain, Norway, and USA.

Money remittance lasts merely several minutes, taking into consideration the changes of the countries' time zones, the work time of Western Union representative offices and other local conditions. The global level security system ensures that cash will be paid out quickly and only to the person who was indicated by the money sender. Every money transfer can be verified according to the control number of the money remittance.

Another advantage - while sending money via Western Union, you do not need to have an account in a bank or a payment card. It is sufficient to fill in a simple form of remitting or receiving money and to confirm your identity.

Money sent from abroad can be collected in Litas, Euros or USA dollars in the expansive network of Bank SNORAS - in the branches, branch outlets and mini-banks. You can send money abroad in Litas or USA dollars.

The money sender pays for Western Union services, while the money transfer is paid out to the recipient free of charge. Western Union cash transfer service in all agencies worldwide is provided for the same tariffs. If a customer wishes, Western Union also provides additional services - it informs the recipient about a remittance by phone or SMS message, delivers the money to the recipient's address, etc.

Western Union provides cash remittance services worldwide and has the largest money remittance network - it comprises about 380 thousand agencies in more than 200 countries.