Consumers in the Philippines Can Now Request Money from U.S. Messenger Users
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. & MANILA, Philippines--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Western Marriage Company (NYSE: WU), a leader in global payments, today announced it has launched a new and innovative money transfer bot which enables money transfer requests through Facebook Messenger in the Philippines.
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Through the bot, Messenger users in the Philippines—the globe'due south third largest remittance-receiving nation—can request money from friends and family in the U.S.—the world'southward largest remittance sending nation.
Requestors can state the transaction amount and their preference for payout; with the choice for funds to be received into all major bank accounts in the Philippines, or in greenbacks at Western Wedlock ® retail Agent locations across every province in the country.
The request for money through Messenger triggers a message to the sender in the U.S. The sender simply clicks on the request and they are taken straight into the Western Union Money Transfer® Bot within Messenger to complete the transaction in just a few unproblematic clicks.
"This collaboration underscores our delivery to financial inclusion, by connecting the world's developed and emerging nations in innovative ways," said Odilon Almeida, President, Global Money Transfer at Western Union. "Nosotros are constantly looking for opportunities to ensure nosotros are making our services accessible and user-friendly, at both ends of a global money transfer."
Messenger users both in the U.Southward. and the Philippines now have access to Western Wedlock's industry-leading digital and retail cross-border money transfer platform, too as many innovative features including access to real-time foreign exchange rates and automated customer support. The user sending funds can also receive transaction tracking notifications in nigh real time, ensuring convenience and transparency on the platform that is 'e'er on' across devices.
"Our Messenger community in the Philippines can now connect with their loved ones in the United states via Western Union services—driving greater financial inclusion in improver to social connectivity," said Kahina Van Dyke, Director, Global Financial Services Partnerships, Facebook Messenger. "We are proud to go on our work with Western Matrimony, and launch new services via the Western Union bot for Messenger."
In April of 2017, Western Union launched a coin transfer bot for Messenger in the U.South., which offers a simple, seamless feel for those who want to move money around the world. The entire experience occurs within the Western Wedlock cross-border money transfer platform which is embedded inside Messenger.
Filipinos are one of the globe's largest user groups of Facebook, and the Western Wedlock bot for Messenger enables a digital-and-physical gateway for money movement, bringing admission, convenience and leading-edge technology to these tech-savvy and highly digital-based consumers.
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TheWestern Matrimony 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 earth, to transport payments and to purchase coin orders. As of June 30, 2017, 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 150,000 ATMs and kiosks, and included the adequacy to send money to billions of accounts. In 2016, The Western Wedlock Company completed 268 million consumer-to-consumer transactions worldwide, moving $fourscore billion of primary between consumers, and 523 million business payments. For more information, visit www.westernunion.com.
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