OREANDA-NEWS. June 23, 2016. The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a leader in global payments,
announced today all Western Union consumer and business solutions
services are active in the United Kingdom, irrespective of Thursday’s EU
Membership Referendum vote, or currency volatility.
Western Union® services are available to consumers across more than
7,200 retail Agent locations in the United Kingdom, through the Western
Union mobile app and westernunion.com, as well as more than 300 digital
kiosks. All of the company’s channels in the United Kingdom allow
customers to send to more than 500,000 retail Agent locations globally,
more than one billion bank accounts in 50 countries and millions of
mobile wallets.
Additionally, Western Union Business Solutions will provide business
clients with enhanced support for specific cash management and currency
volatility needs.
“For our customers, fulfilling money transfer and payment needs is
critical, immaterial of geo-political or economic changes. Serving
consumers and businesses remains our number one priority,” said
Giovanni
Angelini, Senior Vice President and General Manager for Europe at
Western Union.
“Our trusted end-to-end cross-border money movement capabilities –
retail, online, mobile and kiosks – and business solutions services are
industry leading.”
The Western Union® cross border platform enables an industry-leading
pay-in, pay-out capability that leverages technology, foreign exchange
conversion, data management, as well as regulatory, compliance and
anti-money laundering (AML) infrastructure, to expedite efficient and
timely money movement across more than 500,000 agent locations in 200
countries and territories, at over 100,000 ATMs and kiosks, online in
more than 36 countries, and payout to over a billion bank accounts.
About Western Union
The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) is a leader in global payment
services. Together with its Vigo, Orlandi Valuta, Pago Facil and Western
Union Business Solutions branded payment services, Western Union
provides consumers and businesses with fast, reliable and convenient
ways to send and receive money around the world, to send payments and to
purchase money orders. As of March 31, 2016, the Western Union, Vigo and
Orlandi Valuta branded services were offered through a combined network
of over 500,000 agent locations in 200 countries and territories and
over 100,000 ATMs and kiosks, and included the capability to send money
to over a billion accounts. In 2015, The Western Union Company completed
262 million consumer-to-consumer transactions worldwide, moving \\$82
billion of principal between consumers, and 508 million business
payments. For more information, visit www.westernunion.com.
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