Western Union - News, Articles & Research

Western Union introduces 'Digital Location' for money transfers from home

Western Union has introduced 'Digital Location', a service which enables users to send and receive money from the comfort of their own home.

27 March 2020

Company announcement/payments

Western Union deploys Integral BankFX

Integral announced today that it has partnered with Western Union, a leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments, to employ eFX risk management technology across its Western Union Business Solutions platform.

16 March 2020

Company announcement/payments

La Banque Postale and Western Union expand digital payment services

La Banque Postale, the banking subsidiary of France’s postal services’ operator, La Poste Group and one of France’s major banking networks with 10.3 million active customers today announced - as payment agent of Western Union - the expansion of global digital payment services, powered by Western Union (NYSE: WU), a leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments.

28 January 2020

Company announcement/payments

Western Union partners Bharti Airtel in India and Africa

Western Union, a global leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments, and Bharti Airtel Limited, a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 18 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced an unprecedented milestone in global money movement across the world’s significant emerging markets.

22 January 2020

Company announcement

Western Union expands bank account payout in China via Du Xiaoman Financial

Western Union, a leader in global cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments, and Du Xiaoman Financial (formerly fintech Baidu Finance) and its network of bank partners, today launched Western Union international money transfers to be paid out in real-time into even more bank accounts in China, with coverage now extending to a majority of bank account holders across China.

10 January 2020

Company announcement/cloud

Western Union picks AWS as strategic cloud partner

Today, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), announced that Western Union (NYSE: WU) has selected AWS as preferred long-term strategic cloud provider, as it plans to move a significant portion of its infrastructure to the cloud.

19 November 2019

Finextra TV

Business solutions from the intersection of AI and Cloud

Scott Johnson, VP Head of Product, Western Union Business Solutions, speaks at Money 20/20 USA about the intersection of AI and Cloud, the benefits to the banks business solutions, where blockchain is being successfully implemented and the risks that banks need to consider around security today and in future.

08 November 2019

Finextra TV

Rise Up programme promoting industry diversity

Nicole Zimmermann, Head of Customer & Marketing Global Payments, Western Union, speaks at Money 20/20 USA in Las Vegas about diversity and the Rise Up programme, takeaways from the event, how awareness about diversity can be encouraged and what future goals Rise Up is aiming for.

05 November 2019

Company announcement/payments

Western Union expands real-time cross-border payments to India

Western Union, a leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments, today advanced its leadership in digital payment innovation enabling customers to move money or make payments in real-time in India, one of the world’s fastest growing economy.

25 October 2019

Finextra TV

Prominent partnerships and the componentising of the industry

Jacqueline Keogh, SVP Global Head of Payments, Western Union, speaks at Sibos about the conversations in and around the sessions had, the most prominent partnership announcements and the drive behind the componatising of the industry.

22 October 2019

Company announcement/payments

Western Union taps Nice for customer journey optimisation

Nice (Nasdaq: NICE) today announced Western Union, a global leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement, has advanced customer experience through improved insight into their customer journeys with NICE Nexidia Customer Journey Optimisation (CJO).

13 August 2019

Company announcement/payments

UK Post Office and Western Union team on cross-border transfers

Post Office Ltd, the United Kingdom’s largest retail network, and Western Union (NYSE: WU), a leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement, today launched a collaborative service to offer UK consumers and businesses expanded digital international payment services.

19 July 2019