163 results about this entity
Period: 14 Oct 2005 - 11 Aug 2025
News
Western Union, ICICI Bank and MasterCard have joined forces on a pre-paid card which lets users transfer funds across India.
23 October 2012
UK payments processor VocaLink has apppointed David Yates from Western Union as its new chief executive, taking over from Marion King who steps down after nine years at the helm.
06 December 2011
Whistleblowing Web site WikiLeaks has suspended publication to concentrate on fighting the 'financial blockade' imposed by Visa, MasterCard, PayPal and others.
24 October 2011
Kenyan mobile money service M-Pesa now processes more transactions domestically than Western Union does globally, according to data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Money transfer firm Western Union is creating a new business unit to house its online, pre-paid and mobile services.
30 August 2011
Western Union is to acquire the Travelex Global Business Payments (TGBP) division for £606 million in cash.
05 July 2011
Hacktivisits crashed the Website of international card scheme MasterCard for two hours Monday, in protest at the continuing blockade of funds for whistle-blowing outfit WikiLeaks.
28 June 2011
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Western Union discusses European payments prior to EBADay.
20 June 2011
Bank-backed mobile financial services consortium Mobey Forum has signed up another six members this year as industry interest in m-payments continues to grow.
09 May 2011
MoneyGram has won an appeal against a patent infringement judgement that saw it ordered to pay rival outfit Western Union $16.53 million.
08 December 2010
Enstream, the Canadian telco-led m-commerce joint venture is partnering with Western Union to deliver cross-border money transfer options to Zoompass mobile money users.
23 September 2010
Western Union is to cut 175 jobs and consolidate its operations in an effort to achieve $50 million in annual savings by 2012.
27 May 2010
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