163 results about this entity
Period: 14 Oct 2005 - 11 Aug 2025
News
Wireless operator Safaricom has extended its hugely successful M-Pesa mobile money transfer service, enabling people in the UK to send funds to friends and family in Kenya.
03 November 2009
Western Union is partnering with Malaysian telco Maxis to launch a cross-border mobile money transfer service targetting the country's 1.9 million foreign workers.
05 October 2009
A federal jury in Texas has ordered MoneyGram to pay rival outfit Western Union $16.53 million in damages for patent infringement.
25 September 2009
Western Union has struck a deal to offer its money transfer services at Fifth Third Bank's 1300 branches in 12 US states.
20 July 2009
Middle East and African mobile telecommunications provider Zain is partnering with Western Union to offer customers of its Zap m-banking service the option of receiving cross-border money transfers to their handsets.
23 June 2009
US money transfer outfit Western Union has hailed a Supreme Court judgement that Arizona exceeded its authority in attempting to seize wire transfers sent from other states to locations in Mexico.
04 June 2009
Western Union has teamed with VeriSgn to pilot a system that enables Consumer Portfolio Services (CPS) customers to trigger their monthly car payments directly from their mobile phones.
30 April 2009
Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) is to offer Western Union global money transfer services to its 8500 banking institution clients throughout the United States.
20 April 2009
Actus, a recently formed US holding company, is suing 20 companies, including Bank of America, MasterCard, Obopay and Visa, accusing them of infringing four patents related to an electronic payments system for e-commerce.
17 April 2009
Western Union is to acquire the money transfer business of European agent Fexco for a net cash payment of $159.5 million.
10 February 2009
Wireless operators Vodafone and Safaricom are looking to build on the success of their M-Pesa mobile money transfer service by partnering with Western Union to pilot a phone-based remittance service between the UK and Kenya.
08 December 2008
Money transfer operator Western Union is teaming with Orascom Telecom to introduce mobile remittance services for the unbanked in select markets in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
20 October 2008
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