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Articles tagged with: Western Union
Western Union, Maxis to Launch Mobile Money Transfer Service in Malaysia
Malaysian mobile network operator, Maxis has teamed up with Western Union to launch a service that would allow Maxis subscribers to send cross-border remittances directly from their mobile phones. The service is expected to be rolled out in early 2010. more
Related Tags: maxis, mobile-banking, Malaysia
Caribbean PrePay Top-Ups via US Western Union Offices
Pan-Caribbean operator LIME (formerly Cable & Wireless) has launched an overseas top-up service for its PrePay subscribers. People resident in the USA can visit a Western Union Agent and transfer fund to LIME accounts via a platform being provided by MoreMagic Solutions. more
Related Tags: lime, cable-&-wireless, moremagic-solutions
Zain, Western Union Planning Mobile Money Transfer Service
Zain and Western Union are to work together to deliver mobile money transfer services in countries in Africa and the Middle East through Zain's new Zap platform. The Zap service provides Zain customers access to a full range of transactional services from their mobile phones. Customers can interact with select bank accounts, top-up or transfer airtime, and move money to businesses, friends and family. The service allows customers to pay bills such as electricity, and can even be used to settle grocery bills in the supermarket. more
Related Tags: zain, mobile-banking, zain-group, villages
Kenyan Operator to Offer Mobile Money Transfers from the UK
Kenya's Safaricom and The Western Union Company are to pilot a cross-border Mobile Money Transfer (MMT) service between the UK and Kenya. This service will enable customers to send cross-border remittances from select locations directly to Safaricom mobile subscribers in Kenya generally in minutes. more
Related Tags: vodafone, mobile-payments, safaricom, m-pesa, Kenya
Western Union Inks Mobile Money Transfer Deal with Orascom Telecom
Money transfer firm, Western Union has created an alliance with Orascom Telecom to introduce mobile remittance services in select markets. The services aim to make low-principal, high-frequency remittances more convenient to the millions of consumers who send money every day. more
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Western Union Enables PrePay Top-Ups in The Caribbean
Digicel has teamed with The Western Union Company to allow US residents to buy PrePay top-ups and send them to mobile phone accounts belonging to customers in Jamaica, Haiti, El Salvador and Guyana. more
Related Tags: prepay, digicel, Jamaica
900 Million Users for Mobile Banking & Payment Services by 2012
The latest figures from IMS Research show the combined forecasts for users of contactless mobile payments, mobile banking and over the air (OTA) transactions to reach 884 million in 2012. This is the cumulative number of users expected to adopt new technologies, platforms and services who are expected to complete 62 billion transactions between them in that year. more
Related Tags: nfc, mobile-payments, docomo, ims-research, mobile-banking, ims
Mobile Phones to Dominate Ex-Pat Remittances
Remittances represent a growing market: 150 million people regularly send remittances to relatives in their native countries. By 2050, the number of immigrants worldwide is expected to increase to 280 million, leading to greater remittance volumes and transactions. more
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Western Union to Test Mobile Money Transfers in the Philippines
The money transfer provider, Western Union has announced plans for a
money transfer program with the Philippine operator, SMART.
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Related Tags: gsm-association, world-bank, Philippines
Western Union to Enable Money Transfers to Indian Mobile Phone Users
India's Bharti Airtel and money transfer firm, Western Union have decided to jointly develop and pilot a Mobile Money Transfer service in India. This agreement will usher in the possibility of sending money to India via a mobile phone. The Mobile Money Transfer service is subject to regulatory approval. more
Related Tags: gsm-association, bharti, bharti-airtel, world-bank, India