Western Union to Provide Cross-Border Mobile Money Transfer Capabilities to Viber users in the United Kingdom
December 07 2016 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
New Service Provides UK Viber App Users the
Ability to Send Money to More than 200 Countries and
Territories
The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a leader in global
payment services, today announced it is enhancing its existing
relationship with Viber, a leading mobile messaging app with 754M
unique users worldwide, by enabling Viber users in the UK to send
money domestically and internationally to more than 200 countries
and territories from the convenience of the Viber app.
Western Union and Viber have created a money transfer experience
that will start and complete within the chat interface of Viber,
not only providing the convenience of never leaving the app, but
also contextualizing money transfer within the personal
relationships it supports. Earlier this year, both companies
announced Viber users in the United States could send money to more
than 200 countries and territories worldwide.
Leveraging Western Union’s proprietary WU® ConnectTM FinTech
platform, this new capability allows consumers to send up to £400
when using a credit or debit card to be received in cash at more
than 500,000 Western Union® Agent locations in more than 200
countries and territories. If transferring to a bank account,
consumers can send up to £500. As part of this launch, consumers
transferring money from the app to a bank account can take
advantage of a zero transfer fee* offer, for a limited time.
“Western Union’s imperative has always been to make the money
transfer experience for our customers convenient and fast. This
means continuing to invest in technology to provide choice for the
customer to send money when and where they would like to do so,”
said Western Union Executive Vice President, Global Operations and
Technology and CTO David Thompson. “We are pleased to grow our
relationship with Viber to help enable its users the ability to
conveniently send money via the Viber app to practically anywhere
in the world.”
“At Viber, we’re always striving to make it easier for our users
to connect, and the Western Union alliance has allowed us to take
this one step further in allowing users to send money through the
app, while availing of a large global Agent network,” explained
Robi Kopel, FinTech lead, Viber. “Our users have always been a
priority for us and we have worked closely with Western Union to
make this a reliable service for everyone, and we are excited to
continue to grow this relationship.”
The API-based WU Connect platform enables third-party digital
platforms to integrate with Western Union in order to provide a
seamlessly integrated global money transfer experience to their
users. Consumers are able to enjoy using their favorite social and
messaging app while they send money directly from the app. They can
fund the money transfer utilizing debit card or credit card and
easily direct the funds to a participating Western Union retail
Agent location, or a bank account where available.
For more information about the WU Connect platform or
integration opportunities: WUConnect@wu.com.
* Western Union also makes money from currency exchange. When
choosing a money transmitter, carefully compare both transfer fees
and exchange rates. Fees and foreign exchange rates may vary by
brand, channel, and location based on a number of factors. Fees and
rates subject to change without notice.
About Western Union
The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) is a leader in
global payment services. Together with its Vigo, Orlandi Valuta,
Pago Facil and Western Union Business Solutions branded payment
services, Western Union provides consumers and businesses
with fast, reliable and convenient ways to send and receive money
around the world, to send payments and to purchase money orders. As
of September 30, 2016, the Western Union, Vigo and
Orlandi Valuta branded services were offered through a combined
network of over 550,000 agent locations in 200 countries and
territories and over 100,000 ATMs and kiosks, and included the
capability to send money to billions of accounts. In 2015,
The Western Union Company completed 262 million
consumer-to-consumer transactions worldwide, moving $82
billion of principal between consumers, and 508 million
business payments. For more information,
visit www.westernunion.com.
About Viber
Part of the Rakuten family, Viber freely connects users around
the world with the people that matter to them most. With more than
754 million unique users on the platform, Viber allows people to
connect in the way that works best for them, whether that’s through
individual messaging, video calls or group chats, or following
brands and celebrities on Public Chats. Viber can be used on
iPhone®, iPad®, Android™ phones and tablets, Windows Phone,
Windows®, Windows 8®, Mac, Linux and Symbian devices over mobile or
WiFi connections.
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