BMO Bank of Montreal to Offer Western Union Money Transfer® Transactions via the Interac e-TransferTM Platform
04 2월 2013 - 10:00PM
Business Wire
The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a leader in global payment
services, and Acxsys Corporation, a leader in electronic payment
services in Canada, today announced their respective agreements
with BMO Bank of Montreal, the Canadian retail banking arm of BMO
Financial Group (TSX: BMO) (NYSE: BMO).
The agreements will allow BMO Personal Banking customers to
conduct online Western Union Money Transfer transactions directly
from their accounts via Acxsys Corporation’s Interac e-Transfer
platform, to Western Union® Agent locations in Canada and more than
200 countries and territories worldwide. The agreements are
expected to be implemented in the first quarter of 2013.
“Our customers increasingly look to BMO to help them remain
connected to family, friends and businesses worldwide, and that is
especially true of the growing number of new Canadians who
regularly send money to family overseas,” said David Heatherly,
Head, North America Payments – Personal and Small Business, BMO
Financial Group. “The agreements with Western Union and Acxsys
Corporation will make it easier for our customers to send
remittances around the world, from the convenience of their home
and personal computers.”
“Western Union is positioned at the nexus between cash and
electronic technologies,” said Odilon Almeida, President, Americas,
Western Union. “We are combining our traditional strengths – a
globally recognized brand and an international retail presence –
with account-based money transfers, mobile services and
cross-border platforms for global businesses, to meet the needs of
today’s consumers, who require more options across different
technologies.”
“We are excited to extend the speed and convenience of the
Interac e-Transfer platform to BMO customers, enabling them to send
money globally,” said Mark O’Connell, President and CEO, Interac
Association and Acxsys Corporation. “Interac e-Transfer, a trusted
brand, is currently offered by more than 150 financial institutions
in Canada. BMO is the first bank to offer its customers the ability
to use the Interac e-Transfer platform to send account-based money
transfers through the international network of Western Union
Agents.”
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
September 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.
About BMO Bank of Montreal and BMO Financial Group
BMO Bank of Montreal is the Canadian personal and commercial
banking business of BMO Financial Group. Established in 1817 as
Bank of Montreal, BMO Financial Group is a highly diversified North
American financial services organization. With total assets of $525
billion as at October 31, 2012, and more than 46,000 employees, BMO
Financial Group provides a broad range of retail banking, wealth
management and investment banking products and solutions.
About Acxsys Corporation and Interac Association
A recognized world leader in debit card services, Interac
Association is responsible for the development and operations of
the Interac® network, a national payment network that allows
Canadians to access their money through Interac Cash at 60,000
Automated Banking Machines and Interac Debit at 766,000
point-of-sale terminals across Canada. Interac FlashTM, a secure,
contactless enhancement of Interac Debit, allows Canadians to pay
for items instantly with their Interac chip debit card at a reader
that supports Interac Flash.
Interac Association was founded in 1984 and is comprised of a
diverse membership that includes banks, trust companies, credit
unions, caisses populaires, merchants and technology and payment
related companies.
Other related services offered by Acxsys Corporation, whose
shareholders are the architects of the Interac network, include:
Interac Online, for secure online payments made directly from a
bank account; Interac e-Transfer, for the transfer of money from
one person’s bank account to another person’s bank account using an
email address or, where available, a mobile phone number; and
international services, which provide Canadian cardholders with
point-of-sale access at nearly 2 million U.S. retailers, and PULSE,
Discover, Diners Club International and UnionPay cardholders access
to ABMs in Canada.
Interac, the Interac logo, Interac Flash and Interac e-Transfer
are trademarks of Interac Inc. Used under license.
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