Western Union

157 results about this entity

Period: 14 Oct 2005 - 12 Nov 2024

Western Union expands European presence with UEA Exchange

The Western Union Company (WU), a global leader in payment services expanded its global relationship with UAE Exchange, an international money transfer retailer, from North Africa and Middle East to securing retail presence in 16 major city centres in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany & Netherlands.

Western Union integrates with India's IMPS for faster payments

The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a leader in global payment services, has advanced its international direct-to-bank transfers to select banks in India, paving the way for customers to send money in minutes* to major Indian banks.

Western Union launches money transfers at Walgreens and Duane Reed

The Western Union Company (WU), a leader in global payment services, and Walgreens (WAG) (WAG), the nation’s largest drugstore chain, have launched quicker and simpler international and domestic money transfers through a new Western Union stage-and-pay kiosk model via the Walgreens BalanceTM Financial platform.

Western Union deploys self-service money kiosks in UAE

The Western Union Company (WU), a world-leading money transfer company, announced today that it has gone live with automated self-service kiosks in the UAE that allow customers to pay bills and send money to friends and family anywhere in the world via easy-to-use touch screen terminals on a 24x7 basis.

Western Union enlists Tibco for big data push

Western Union has signed for technology from Tibco that will help it harness big data to anticipate consumer trends and boost its customer engagement.

Nasdaq forced to cancel trades

Nasdaq OMX was forced to cancel pre-market trades in nine stocks, including Citi and Goldman Sachs, yesterday after they caused huge price swings.

Western Union targets India's underbanked with pre-paid card

Western Union, ICICI Bank and MasterCard have joined forces on a pre-paid card which lets users transfer funds across India.

VocaLink names David Yates as new CEO as King moves on

UK payments processor VocaLink has apppointed David Yates from Western Union as its new chief executive, taking over from Marion King who steps down after nine years at the helm.

WikiLeaks ceases publishing to fight 'financial blockade' as funds dwindle

Whistleblowing Web site WikiLeaks has suspended publication to concentrate on fighting the 'financial blockade' imposed by Visa, MasterCard, PayPal and others.

M-Pesa processing more payments in Kenya than Western Union globally - IMF

Kenyan mobile money service M-Pesa now processes more transactions domestically than Western Union does globally, according to data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Western Union creates online and mobile unit

Money transfer firm Western Union is creating a new business unit to house its online, pre-paid and mobile services.

Western Union to acquire Travelex Global Business Payments

Western Union is to acquire the Travelex Global Business Payments (TGBP) division for £606 million in cash.