Tagged: western union

November 5, 2025 @ 3:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Rain, the enterprise-grade infrastructure for stablecoin-powered payments, has recently announced plans to participate in the Western Union Digital Asset Network in order to bring everyday cash access to clients. This integration enables users to convert stablecoins held in Rain-powered wallets into local cash payouts at… Read More

October 30, 2025 @ 3:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital, the federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S., announced a partnership with Western Union (NYSE: WU) to launch USDPT stablecoin on Solana, designed to bring faster, economical payments to consumers around the world. This collab represents a step forward for the adoption of… Read More

February 12, 2025 @ 9:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Western Union (NYSE: WU) and Penny Pinch announce that they have launched international money transfer services in the Penny Pinch app. The co-branded service enables customers in the country to send and receive money globally, “based on their convenience and needs.” Penny Pinch is Eastern… Read More

June 2, 2024 @ 2:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Plaid is pleased to announce its collaboration with Western Union (NYSE: WU), a global leader in cross-border and cross-currency payments. The collaboration provides Western Union’s customers with open banking payments, giving them additional flexibility in “how to send money to their families and loved ones.”… Read More

March 9, 2024 @ 12:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) announced a 7-year agreement with Western Union (NYSE: WU). Under the new deal, Western Union customers will be “able to send money to their family and friends’ eligible Visa cards and bank accounts in 40 countries across five regions.” The agreement encompasses… Read More

February 22, 2024 @ 7:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Western Union (NYSE: WU)  and Mercado Pago have announced growth in their existing relationship, giving United States and Canadian customers the ability to send money from Western Union’s mobile app, its website, or from one of its retail locations to Mercado Pago wallet accounts in… Read More

August 9, 2023 @ 12:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Digital Dollar Project announced the completion of a pilot study conducted in collaboration with The Western Union Company, BDO Unibank, Inc. (BDO Unibank) in the Philippines, and support from Accenture. This collaboration represents the Digital Dollar Project’s latest private sector efforts “in support of… Read More

March 21, 2023 @ 9:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Western Union (NYSE:WU) and MoMo announced a strategic collaboration “enabling customers to receive Western Union money transfers on the MoMo app.” It is reportedly the “first” time a money transfer operator’s services “have become available on a leading super app in Vietnam.” Key insights from… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 10:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Western Union (NYSE:WU)  and Beforepay (ASX: B4P) announced a first-of-its-kind collaboration, allowing consumers “to boost their cross-border money transfers by accessing reliable, ethical and affordable short-term lending.” Consumers can ‘Send Now, Pay Later’ by “borrowing up to AUD 2000 through Beforepay’s wage-advance product on Western… Read More

June 12, 2022 @ 5:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mambu, the cloud banking platform, has partnered with Western Union, a global “leader” in cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments, in order to integrate its solution “into the latter’s next-generation real-time multi-currency digital wallet and digital banking platform in Europe.” Mambu will “enable Western Union… Read More

June 7, 2022 @ 9:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ) is being utilized by Western Union (NYSE:WU) to boost its “next-generation real-time multi-currency digital wallet and digital banking platform in Europe.” Marqeta’s card issuing platform is said to allow Western Union’s remittance service to be offered online, with funds disbursed to a… Read More

April 30, 2022 @ 4:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  Western Union (NYSE: WU) announced that it is expanding its collaboration with the UK Post Office in order to offer retail cross-border fund transfers. This alliance is reportedly part of the firm’s continued enhancement of its omni-channel offering, “serving its customers across the full… Read More

April 9, 2021 @ 8:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Western Union, a leading provider of cross-border, cross-currency money transfer services, is teaming up with Pakistan’s Faysal Bank in order to improve its real-time bank account transaction network. Receivers of global money transfers in Pakistan can take advantage of Western Union’s real-time account payout feature… Read More

November 22, 2020 @ 1:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Western Union (NYSE: WU) has reportedly acquired a 15% stake in Saudi Arabia’s Telecom’s digital payment division. Western Union, which is notably the largest money transfer company in the world, has confirmed that it has purchased a $200 million (or 15%) stake in the online… Read More

July 21, 2020 @ 10:07 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Western Union (NYSE: WU) announced on Tuesday it has joined forces with  TrueMoney, a financial services provider, to expand its services into the Philippines. Western Union reported that through the partnership, customers will initially be able to receive money at select TrueMoney locations and eventually… Read More

June 2, 2020 @ 3:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Western Union (NYSE: WU) is reportedly seeking to acquire digital money transfer service MoneyGram (NASDAQ: MGI). The acquisition rumors come just a little over a month after Western Union announced the continued expansion of its Global Network for real-time money-movement and payments. MoneyGram describes itself… Read More

April 24, 2020 @ 8:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Western Union (NYSE: WU) announced on Thursday the continued expansion of its Global Network for real-time money-movement and payments. Western Union reported that the Network has more than 550,000 agent locations across over 200 countries and territories (it now includes more than four billion bank… Read More

March 28, 2020 @ 1:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global money transfer service provider, Western Union (NYSE: WU), has launched a new feature called, “Digital Location,” which allows users to send and receive funds from their own homes. Western Union revealed that it’s testing out the combined telephone and video service, which allows users… Read More

March 15, 2020 @ 10:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Western Union (NYSE: WU) recently announced the launch of its WU Incoming Payments for Legal, which is geared towards small and medium-sized law firms to help manage the administration and foreign exchange volatility often associated with foreign invoices. According to Western Union, the new solution… Read More

January 28, 2020 @ 3:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Western Union (NYSE: WU) announced on Tuesday that it and La Banque Postale, the banking subsidiary of France’s postal services’ operator, La Poste Group, is now planning to expand its digital payments. Western Union reported that the integration of its global cross-border, cross-currency digital money… Read More