SAN FRANCISCO and LONDON, November 10,
2017 /PRNewswire/ --
The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a leader in global
payments services, has received a prestigious 'Lightning Bolt'
award for "Best Marketplace" innovation at the
annual Salesforce user conference, Dreamforce, in San Francisco, California.
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The award for the WU® EDGE platform was presented at
the inaugural "Community Cloud Trailblazers"
award ceremony, which celebrates companies, teams and leaders using
Salesforce technology to create a positive impact for customers,
employees, partners and communities.
Adam Tiberi, Head of
Strategy and Product for Western Union Global
Payments, said,
"We're thrilled to receive such a
prestigious award and to have the WU EDGE platform
recognised at one of the leading technology
industry events in the world. The award is testament to the
tireless effort from so many of our professionals,
and is a truly exciting moment for Western Union and the Global
Payments team.
"Our next generation WU EDGE platform
delivers incredible capability for our
customers. It is enabling us to drive
powerful collaborations with small, medium and large
organisations across the globe."
The WU EDGE digital platform enables small and medium sized
enterprises to trade internationally with confidence and ease. The
platform launched in 2016 is now available in 15 markets (UK, US,
Canada, Australia, New
Zealand, Singapore,
Hong Kong, Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Malta, Poland
and the Czech Republic).
The award also serves to acknowledge Western Union's role as a
participant and enabler of the fintech movement transforming
financial services and how it continues to drive innovation in the
international payments digital world.
Earlier this year, Western Union unveiled a major upgrade of its
digital payments platform for international college students,
offering universities a game-changing fintech solution in payments
and reconciliation. The enhanced WU GlobalPay for Students platform
enables academic institutions to more efficiently receive,
reconcile, refund and track payments from international students.
The platform is designed to help universities and colleges around
the world simplify the reconciliation of incoming international
tuition payments, which can be a complex and time-consuming
process.
SOURCE Western Union