Wednesday, January 04, 2006

international wire transfer service

WASHINGTON, Sure Money(R), the Postal Service's
international wire transfer service, also called Dinero Seguro(R), has
expanded its reach to Latin America and the Caribbean.
Available to Mexico since 1996, Sure Money now provides customers with the
ability to transfer money to nine additional countries. They are the Caribbean
country of the Dominican Republic; and the Latin American countries of
Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and
Peru.
Sure Money offers customers an affordable, quick, easy, convenient -- and
safe -- method of transferring money internationally. Customers can send up to
$2,000 per transaction by submitting and presenting the appropriate form,
available at 2,800 participating Post Offices. Identification is required for
transfers exceeding $1,000.
"Postal money orders have long been a favorite way for people to send
money to friends and relatives internationally," says Chief Marketing Officer
Anita Bizzotto. "And Sure Money provides an electronic alternative that
reduces the time it takes to receive the funds from days to minutes."
Sure Money uses secure, electronic wire transfers between the Postal
Service and thousands of participating partner branch offices in destinating
countries. The recipient's funds are available in the destinating country
within 15 minutes -- guaranteed -- and without hidden or additional fees.
"Customers trust the security the Postal Service provides," says Bizzotto.
"And with the expansion of Sure Money to additional countries, we can now
provide this trusted service to even more of our customers."
Personal identification is required for recipient of funds in the
participating country. The recipient does not need a bank account and pays no
additional fees in the destination country.

posted by Tata @ 1/04/2006 06:43:00 AM   0 comments  

Sunday, December 25, 2005

Western Union 2006 provides a fast and easy payment

Whether you're receiving or sending funds, Western Union provides a fast and easy payment solution for your company or institution. Our innovative services are ideal for sending or receiving payments virtually anywhere, any time. For you, this means a level of flexibility and reach you may never have thought possible. For the people you transact with, Western Union offers simplicity and reliability.

We deliver an array of financial tools that assist corporations and institutions in managing their bottom line. For example, with the Western Union® Quick PaySM service you'll be able to receive urgent payments electronically. With the Western Union® Quick Cash® service you will be able to send payments to recipients through our worldwide network of more than 100,000 Western Union Agent locations.

Western Union Payment Solutions are often faster, easier and more secure than conventional payment methods. We think you'll agree that they present a remarkably powerful way to streamline and enhance your business process. For further information, contact your nearest Western Union Agent location

posted by Tata @ 12/25/2005 10:33:00 PM   0 comments  

Western Union Network Exceeds 250,000 Agent Locations ...

Western Union Network Exceeds 250,000 Agent Locations; A Global Leader in Money Transfer Reaches New Business Milestone
DENVER, Dec 21, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Western Union proudly announces today that its agent network, combined with its subsidiary Orlandi Valuta, now exceeds 250,000 locations. For more than a century, Western Union has been providing consumers with quick, reliable and convenient money transfer services. Consumers in more than 200 countries and territories rely on Western Union to send or receive money to friends and family around the globe in response to emergencies or to provide regular financial support for things like food, shelter and education. Western Union services are offered in trusted locations where consumers already do business. Around the world, our agents include grocery and convenience stores, banks, and post offices.

Earlier this year Western Union established a goal of reaching 250,000 Agent locations in 2005. The company not only met, but exceeded this goal, extending its global agent network to include more than a quarter million locations. Together, Western Union and its subsidiary Orlandi Valuta, make up one of the world's largest money transfer networks.

The expansion of the Western Union Agent network demonstrates the continued international growth of this First Data business. The Payments Services division of First Data (NYSE:FDC), which includes Western Union, contributes nearly 40 percent of the company's revenues. It also reinforces First Data's leadership in seamlessly and securely moving money around the world.

In 2005, Western Union network expansions included the addition of Norway and Palau to our list of countries served. Significant Agent signings include Kenya Commercial Bank in Kenya, Taishin International Bank in Taiwan and Bank of the Philippine Islands in the Philippines.

"Western Union is dedicated to serving its customers in the communities where they live and work," said Christina Gold, president, Western Union Financial Services, Inc. "As Western Union continues to expand, we increase our ease and convenience for consumers."

According to the United Nations, more than 175 million people live outside their country of birth and, in 2005, the International Organization for Migration estimated that the number may be as high as 185 to 192 million. First Data and Western Union recognize that the ability to send money home to friends and loved ones quickly, reliably and conveniently is an essential need to be met. First Data addresses this need by providing fast, secure and reliable payment solutions to millions of businesses and consumers worldwide. Western Union completed 97 million consumer-to-consumer money transfers transactions in 2004.

posted by Tata @ 12/25/2005 10:21:00 PM   0 comments  

Helping financial institutions send funds faster.

Helping financial institutions send funds faster.

Introducing a true breakthrough for financial institutions, insurance companies and other businesses that disburse funds on a regular basis— Western Union® Signature Services is a payment solution that lets them disburse funds to clients from an office PC.

How It Works:
Companies that enroll in Western Union Signature Services are given the ability to disburse funds via the Western Union Agent network by paying a low per transaction fee. Using Western Union proprietary software, the subscribing company can send funds to any of 100,000 plus Western Union Agent locations worldwide. Once the transaction is sent, clients are able to pick up the funds in cash, within minutes (subject to hours of operation of the receiving agent location). Any currency conversion is handled directly by Western Union.

posted by Tata @ 12/25/2005 10:20:00 PM   0 comments  

.. reliable way to receive payments ...

The convenient and reliable way to receive payments from customers worldwide.

Western Union® Quick PaySM is the payment solution you have been waiting for! The Western Union Quick Pay service allows both in-country and international customers to send payments directly to your company electronically. This easy, reliable service transfers payments electronically in minutes and eliminates the time delays and multiple fees often associated with other payment methods. Where available, funds can be automatically converted into your local currency. And it's provided by Western Union, a world leader in money tranfer services.

The Western Union® Quick PaySM service is the ideal way for companies to receive payments from customers virtually anywhere. It's also a powerful marketing tool for companies wishing to expand to new markets.

How It Works:
• Your customer simply brings cash payment in local currency to a participating Western Union Agent location, pays a low fixed fee and obtains a receipt.

• Minutes later, you'll receive payment confirmation via our secure website. Funds are then directly deposited to your bank account approximately within 48 hours.

posted by Tata @ 12/25/2005 10:15:00 PM   0 comments  

A safe and reliable way to send funds around the world.

A safe and reliable way to send funds around the world.

If your business needs to move money fast, the Western Union® Quick Cash® service will provide your company with an easy and reliable tool. This convenient money transfer service lets you send single or multiple money transfers worldwide right from your office PC. Funds can be sent virtually anywhere to more than 100,000-plus Western Union Agent locations globally. Within minutes of a transaction, the recipient can pick up the cash payment in their local currency, where available, at the desired Agent location (subject to hours of operation of the receiving agent location).

The Western Union Quick Cash service offers many powerful benefits that can enhance your business process while strengthening client relationships. For example, it may be faster than bank wires and eliminates the time delays and hassles of cashing foreign checks. The low, fixed per-transaction fee is typically less than the cost of cutting a check and sending it via express courier. And as the world's largest money transfer network, the Western Union Quick Cash service provides a reliable way of transferring money every time.

How It Works:
• We supply Western Union Quick Cash software for easy installation on a PC right in your office.
• Using simple procedures, authorized personnel in your company send funds within minutes to any Western Union Agent location in the world.
• Funds can be picked up in cash by your designated payee. Each transaction carries a unique tracking number and your company will receive transaction activity reports on a regular basis.

posted by Tata @ 12/25/2005 10:03:00 PM   0 comments  

Saturday, December 24, 2005

Google Electronic Funds Tranfer System Comes out of Beta

Adsense has come out of beta with their Electronic Funds Transfer payment system. It is still only available to those in the lucky 16 countries but at least some of you out there are going to have a nice seamless payment system from now on. Enjoy.

posted by Tata @ 12/24/2005 02:39:00 PM   0 comments  

Friday, December 23, 2005

Western Union reaches 250,000 milestone

First Data Corp.'s flagship subsidiary, Western Union Financial Services, announced Wednesday that it's reached a milestone and a 2005 goal by establishing a global agent network that exceeds 250,000 locations.

The offices of Western Union's subsidiary, Orlandi Valuta, are included in the tally. Together, the two money-transfer companies have offices in more than 200 countries and territories.

First Data's Payments Services division includes Western Union and contributes nearly 40 percent of the company's revenues. This year, Western Union added Norway and Palau to its list of countries.

Western Union completed 97 million consumer money-transfer transactions in 2004.

posted by Tata @ 12/23/2005 11:38:00 AM   0 comments  

Western Union Trolley Dash promotion.

WESTERN Union and its agents will reward customers who send or receive money through the Western Union Trolley Dash promotion.

Hazel Twesigye, Nile Bank’s brand manager for Western Union, said the sh36m promotion, which started on December 19, would end on January 14.

“Every time a person sends or receives money through any Western Union agent, he/she will receive an empty coupon, fill it in and it will be entered into the weekly draws. Winners will be allowed one minute to fill shopping trolleys from Uchumi Supermarket in Kampala,” Twesigye said during a press conference in Kampala on Tuesday.

posted by Tata @ 12/23/2005 11:35:00 AM   0 comments  

Local accused in Western Union theft

By TIM MCGLONE, The Virginian-Pilot

NORFOLK — Federal authorities are rounding up suspects in a sophisticated fraud involving the theft of

$1.5 million from Western Union, officials said Thursday.

In a 57-count indictment, the FBI alleges that a local cheese steak shop owner led the operation by conducting more than 1,600 fraudulent wire money transfers at Western Union offices from Virginia Beach to California and Canada over the past two years.

Alvin Ross Johns of Hampton and eight other suspects are scheduled to be arraigned in U.S. District Court on Jan. 11. Three suspects were arrested locally this week and another was picked up in California. Johns was arrested in September and jailed without bond. He has not yet entered a plea.

Authorities said the scheme was a family affair. Johns’ wife, brother-in-law and father-in-law also are charged in the indictment. His son faces similar charges in New York, though not directly related to this case.

Johns is accused of using the proceeds to buy fancy cars, but most of the cash remains unaccounted for. Attorneys in the Federal Public Defender’s Office, which represents Johns, declined to comment Thursday.

The FBI said the suspects attempted to steal even more money from Western Union. FBI Special Agent Jason Watson testified at Johns’ Oct. 7 bond hearing that agents tracked another 800 fraudulent wire transfers that would have netted more than $500,000 , but those transactions failed.

The FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office declined to comment beyond what was said in court or in court records.

Western Union officials did not respond to questions Thursday.

The indictment, handed up Dec. 15, said Johns and the other suspects used a series of schemes to defraud Western Union, a company that manages 225,000 money transfer offices worldwide, most located in stores, airports and banks.

In most cases, the indictment said, Johns would call a Western Union office and pretend to be a company employee. He would tell the agent that a money transfer order had incorrect information on it, such as a wrong spelling or a wrong amount, and ask that a new order be entered with the correct information, the indictment says. There never was, however, a transfer order to begin with, the papers say.

In other instances, Johns would call a Western Union toll-free number and complete an initial wire transfer order by providing a phony name and address and cash amount, the indictment says. In return, he would get a personal identification number needed to complete the process, the papers say.

He would then call another agent, again impersonating a Western Union employee, and claim that the transfer order was “frozen” in the system and convince the agent to complete a new money order, the papers allege. An accomplice would then arrive on the receiving end and retrieve the cash.

Johns and his codefendants conducted these transactions throughout Hampton Roads and in 42 other states and Canada, the indictment says.

Western Union security officials began noticing a pattern of fraudulent money transfer orders in Virginia and New York in early 2004, almost a year after the crimes began, the FBI said. They called the FBI that July, and phone records were traced to Johns’ home, court papers say.

FBI agents began surveillance of Johns, picking through his garbage and tracing his phone calls, the records state.

The FBI learned that Johns purchased with cash a $40,000 Chrysler sedan in March, a $20,000 used SUV in July 2004 and a $20,000 used Lincoln Navigator in June 2004, the records say. The FBI seized the vehicles.

Johns and his wife, codefendant Suncheray Johns, are listed in court records as the co-owners of Altaz Philly Cheesesteak in Hampton.

posted by Tata @ 12/23/2005 11:30:00 AM   0 comments