157 results about this entity
Period: 14 Oct 2005 - 12 Nov 2024
News
Hacktivisits crashed the Website of international card scheme MasterCard for two hours Monday, in protest at the continuing blockade of funds for whistle-blowing outfit WikiLeaks.
28 June 2011
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Western Union discusses European payments prior to EBADay.
20 June 2011
Bank-backed mobile financial services consortium Mobey Forum has signed up another six members this year as industry interest in m-payments continues to grow.
09 May 2011
MoneyGram has won an appeal against a patent infringement judgement that saw it ordered to pay rival outfit Western Union $16.53 million.
08 December 2010
Enstream, the Canadian telco-led m-commerce joint venture is partnering with Western Union to deliver cross-border money transfer options to Zoompass mobile money users.
23 September 2010
Western Union is to cut 175 jobs and consolidate its operations in an effort to achieve $50 million in annual savings by 2012.
27 May 2010
Wireless operator Safaricom has extended its hugely successful M-Pesa mobile money transfer service, enabling people in the UK to send funds to friends and family in Kenya.
03 November 2009
Western Union is partnering with Malaysian telco Maxis to launch a cross-border mobile money transfer service targetting the country's 1.9 million foreign workers.
05 October 2009
A federal jury in Texas has ordered MoneyGram to pay rival outfit Western Union $16.53 million in damages for patent infringement.
25 September 2009
Western Union has struck a deal to offer its money transfer services at Fifth Third Bank's 1300 branches in 12 US states.
20 July 2009
Middle East and African mobile telecommunications provider Zain is partnering with Western Union to offer customers of its Zap m-banking service the option of receiving cross-border money transfers to their handsets.
23 June 2009
US money transfer outfit Western Union has hailed a Supreme Court judgement that Arizona exceeded its authority in attempting to seize wire transfers sent from other states to locations in Mexico.
04 June 2009
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