Western Union Signs Citizens Bank
14 6월 2012 - 5:19AM
Business Wire
The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a leader in global
payments, and Citizens Bank today announced an agreement through
which Citizens will offer Western Union® global money transfer and
expedited bill payment services across all of its 219 branches in
Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin.
“We saw an opportunity in our marketplace to offer alternative
financial services for our clients and for consumers who don’t
regularly use traditional bank services,” said Sherry Forbes, Chief
Marketing and Communications Officer, Citizens Bank.
“As part of that strategy, we recently introduced a suite of
reloadable cards, which complements Western Union’s money movement
services. We believe Western Union’s experience, proven products
and trusted brand will help us to advance this strategy. We’re
excited to provide these convenient services to the communities we
serve,” Forbes added.
Western Union’s services will be introduced over the next
several months and will allow Citizens Bank’s account holders and
walk-in consumers to send and receive domestic or international
money transfers and make urgent payments conveniently and quickly
to an extensive biller network.
“Western Union provides customers a fast, dependable and
convenient way to move money across the U.S. and globally,” said
Victoria López-Negrete, senior vice president and general manager,
North America, Western Union. “Our agreement with Citizens Banks is
part of Western Union's strategy to work with leading banks and
extend the Western Union’s brand and services to a broader array of
customers.”
For more information on Western Union services,
visit www.westernunion.com.
About Citizens Bank
Citizens Bank is part of Citizens Republic Bancorp, Inc., a
diversified financial services company providing a wide range of
commercial, consumer, mortgage banking, trust and financial
planning services to a broad client base. Citizens Bank serves
communities in Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin with 219 offices and
249 ATMs. Citizens is the largest bank headquartered in Michigan
with roots dating back to 1871. More information about Citizens
Bank is available at www.citizensbanking.com.
About Western Union
The Western Union Company 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 April 24, 2012, the
Western Union, Vigo and Orlandi Valuta branded services were
offered through a combined network of approximately 500,000 agent
locations in 200 countries and territories. In 2011, The Western
Union Company completed 226 million consumer-to-consumer
transactions worldwide, moving $81 billion of principal between
consumers, and completed 425 million business payments.
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