Western Union Launches Cross-border Mobile Money Transfer Service in El Salvador
28 9월 2012 - 5:15AM
Business Wire
The Western Union Company (NYSE:WU), a global leader in payment
services, today announced the launch of a new way for people in El
Salvador to receive money from abroad.
The company’s Mobile Money Transfer service now allows Western
Union customers around the world to send remittances to people in
El Salvador who subscribe to Tigo Money, Tigo’s mobile money
service. Tigo is a subsidiary of the telecommunication group
Millicom International Cellular S.A. (Stockholmsb�rsen: MIC), a
leader in 13 markets across Latin America and Africa.
Here’s how the service works:
- Senders can send Western Union Money
Transfer® transactions directly to receivers who subscribe to
Tigo’s mobile money service for receipt on their mobile
phones.
- Alternatively, for even more
flexibility, senders can send Western Union Money Transfer
transactions and then receivers can direct the funds into their
mobile phones by dialing *555# and following the prompts.
- After receiving the funds, receivers
can use them to top up their mobile phones.
“Western Union is leading the way in bringing international
remittances to mobile subscribers around the globe and pleased to
announce the availability of our Mobile Money Transfer service in
El Salvador,” said Gregg Marshall, Western Union’s Global Head of
Mobile Sales and Business Development. “We have a vast global
network of agent locations, experience in moving money across
borders, and our relationships with some of the world’s most
successful operators so we’re well-positioned to introduce people
to cross-border financial services and unlock new economic
opportunities for them.”
Earlier this year, Western Union and Tigo announced the
availability of this service in Paraguay and, in the coming months,
the companies plan to roll it out to customers in Honduras and
Guatemala.
In addition to El Salvador, the Western Union® Mobile Money
Transfer service is currently available in Afghanistan, Bangladesh,
Burkina Faso, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Paraguay, the
Philippines, Tanzania, Uganda and the U.S.
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
June 30, 2012, the Western Union, Vigo and Orlandi Valuta branded
services were offered through a combined network of approximately
510,000 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 425 million business payments. For
more information, visit www.westernunion.com.
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