Western Union Teams Up with Thunes to Expand Payout Capabilities to Mobile Wallets
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Money Transfers
Western Union (NYSE: WU), a leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement, has teamed up with
Gender bias in money transfers mean migrant women in the UK pay more than men to send money abroad
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Money Transfers
Fintech InstaReM, has revealed that migrant women in the UK, despite being the primary source of care for their families ‘back home’, pay up to 20% more than men to transfer money abroad. UK Migrant women are disproportionately employed in low income work, and often paid weekly, transfering money ‘little and often’ thereby incurring greater fees.
Western Union to Present at the Wolfe Research FinTech Forum
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Money Transfers
The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a global leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement, today announced that the company will present at the Wolfe Research FinTech Forum on March 13, 2019. The presentation will begin at 10:25 a.m. Eastern time and will include comments from Raj Agrawal, Executive Vice President and CFO.
Sberbank customers can transfer money from their cards using recipient phone number
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Money Transfers, Banking
Sberbank announces that a new partner has joined its instant transfer ecosystem. Thanks to the partnership with international payment system WebMoney Transfer, clients can now make instant transfers from Sberbank cards to WebMoney purses and vice versa. Only the recipient’s phone number (which the card or purse is tied to) is needed to transfer money to a Sberbank card. Money is transferred instantly. Igor Manontov, Vice President of Sberbank... more
Western Union Digital Money Transfers Now Live in South Korea via kakaobank Mobile App
- 5 years 8 months ago
- Money Transfers, Banking
The Western Union Company, a leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement, and
International Payment Transfer Provider FlashFX Upgrades Additional Customer On-Boarding Security Through 4Stop's KYC and Anti-Fraud Solution
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Money Transfers
4Stop ("FourStop GmbH"), a leader in providing premium global KYC, compliance and anti-fraud technology, announces today they are live and operational within FlashFX's global payment t
PaySend revolutionising international money transfer with the launch of PaySendLink
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Payments, Money Transfers
Global payments disrupter Paysend, which has the only global card to card money transfer network, has launched another innovative service called PaySendLink. The new service means that consumers will need just the recipient’s mobile phone number to send money to somebody overseas.
Western Union Digital Expands in Asia: Mobile App Now Live in Singapore
- 5 years 10 months ago
- Money Transfers
The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement, has launched the
Paysend signs with Vietcombank to bring money transfer revolution to Vietnam
- 5 years 10 months ago
- Payments, Money Transfers, Banking
Global payments disruptor PaySend which now has over 350,000 customers across Europe and beyond has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Vietcombank Remittance Company (VCBR), which dominates all inbound money transfers in Vietnam. This partnership will let people from anywhere in the world send money directly to any bank account, NAPAS card, Visa or MasterCard issued in Vietnam.
Western Union and China’s JD Digits Join Forces for Global Digital Money Movement
- 5 years 10 months ago
- Payments, Money Transfers
The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement, and JD Digits, a leading digital technology company in China with 400 million individual custo
PayPal launches Xoom in Canada
- 5 years 10 months ago
- Money Transfers
Today, PayPal launched Xoom, its international money transfer service in Canada.
Travelex research reveals an “immovable 24%” of consumers that refuse to go cashless
- 5 years 10 months ago
- Money Transfers
Travelex, the leading global foreign exchange and money transfer specialist, today released its study into attitudes towards cash and other payment technologies: Do we really want a cashless society?
YGGDRASH Partners with Blockchain Remittance Platform REMIIT
- 5 years 10 months ago
- Blockchain, Money Transfers
Third-generation trust-based multi-dimensional blockchain platform, YGGDRASH, has entered into a partnership with a blockchain powered open market remittance platform, REMIIT. At the signing ceremony, representatives from both companies met to share and discuss the technology, vision and direction between the two companies. In particular, they focused on the overseas remittance sector within the ecosystem of YGGDRASH.
Western Union Expands with Online International Money Transfers in Malaysia
- 5 years 10 months ago
- Money Transfers
The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement, has launched online money transfers in Malaysia via the
Should there be more competition among international money transfer providers?
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Money Transfers
The BBC reports today** that migrants to the UK send £8bn to family each year. UNESCO calculate that the average transaction fees applied to international money transfers amounts to 7% of the total transaction. That means a whopping £560 million is lost to transaction fees every year. When you also consider that 30% of that money is sent back to get younger family members through education, it's a huge loss to those that are often required to... more
