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KINGSTON, Jamaica, BRIDGETOWN, Barbados and NEWTON, Mass., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- LIME, the Caribbean's leading full service telecomms provider, and MoreMagic Solutions, a leading mobile payment solutions provider, announced today that friends and family of LIME customers, living outside the Caribbean, are now able to purchase TopUps and transfer the airtime to LIME phones, at Western Union Agent locations throughout the United States. C&W is connected to the MoreMagic Solutions IRR...
NEW YORK, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- WHAT: Widely acclaimed Dominican media personality, Jochy Santos, continues his longtime partnership with Western Union and will be participating in several activities in connection with this year's 27th annual Dominican Day Parade celebrations in New York. Prior to the parade, Jochy will conduct meet-and-greets at various Western Union Agent locations in Washington Heights, the...
TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Amscot Financial, a leading provider of convenient, consumer-oriented financial services, announces the launch of the fourth annual "Just a Dollar" campaign, designed to raise funds for local education foundations in the 15 Central Florida counties where Amscot has branches. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060316/FLAMSCOTLOGO ) Continuing through the month of August, Amscot Financial associates will ask each customer if they would like to...
TAMPA, Fla., June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Amscot Financial, a leading provider of convenient, consumer-oriented financial services, has made a major contribution of $10,000 to Charity Challenge, an annual fund-raising effort in metro Orlando that has raised more than $3 million for non-profit service organizations over the past 20 years. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060316/FLAMSCOTLOGO) Charity Challenge, Inc. was founded in 1987 by Florida State Senator Lee Constantine of...
Western Union to Reward Customers, Capture Their Anecdotes on Video SUNRISE, Fla., April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Western Union, a leading provider of global money-transfer services, is partnering with Hispanic celebrity and Univision Network host Ana Maria Canseco to tour the country and capture "real" Western Union consumer stories to showcase the power money transfers have in the lives of so many people around the world. To view the Multimedia News Release, go to:...
Demand Grows for Revenue-Generating, Same-Day Payment Availability JACKSONVILLE, Fla., April 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (NYSE: FIS), a worldwide leader in processing and technology solutions for financial institutions, announced today it is teaming with money transfer leader Western Union (NYSE: WU) and leading online financial application provider Yodlee, Inc., to expand the value and capabilities of online bill pay for FIS customers and other...
Global Money-Transfer Company Pledges US$1 to Educational Charities for Each Story Submitted, up to US$100,000 with Western Union Foundation Match ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Can people around the globe achieve their dreams through education? Yes! Today, global money-transfer company Western Union launched a cause-marketing website and a global online search for six "yes ambassadors" to share their stories on the site. The website is part of Western Union's global...
BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The GSMA today announced new developments in its Mobile Money Transfer (MMT) programme, an initiative that leverages mobile to facilitate access to money transfer services. Complementing the successful alliance that has been in place with The Western Union Company for the past eighteen months, the GSMA has selected Belgacom International Carrier Services (Belgacom ICS) and its technology partner eServGlobal as a new remittance provider in the...
Can One Word Answer a Million Different Needs? Global Money-Transfer Company Says yes! ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Soon, the world will see global money transfer company Western Union through a new set of eyes. Today, for the first time in the company's 150-year history, Western Union launches its first-ever comprehensive global brand initiative. To view the Multimedia News Release, go to: http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/westernunion/36864/ Western Union's global...
By Hancox, Ed IMMIGRANT LIVES There are dozens of different networks by which the world's estimated 200 million migrant workers transfer money to their home towns: from transnational behemoths such as Western Union to local, traditional systems such as the Chinese fei ch'ien ("flying monkey"). Ghanaian migrant workers in Berlin can deposit cash in one of the city's transfer agencies; at the other end, a hairdresser in Accra keeps a pile of cash next to his clippers to dispense funds to the...
