LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Western
Union Business Solutions, a division of the Western Union Company
(NYSE:WU), has been named “Best International Payment Provider” by
Payroll World, the leading online news and information service for the
payroll industry.
The 2015 Payroll World Award winners
were announced at a recent ceremony in London. Finalists
in the category for “Best International Payment Provider included: CXC
Global, Equiniti International Payments and The FX Firm.
As winner of this new category, judges for the 2015 Payroll World Awards
stated that Western Union Business Solutions demonstrated a consultative
approach and a real interest in getting to know its clients, as well as
a strong record on compliance and building long-term partnerships.
“Western Union Business Solutions’ variety of specialized international
payments products deliver on our vision for a simple and cost effective
way of making international payments,” said Tony Crivelli, Vice
President, UK & EMEA Western Union Business Solutions. “Leveraging our
expansive payment ecosystem with businesses of all sizes is a natural
fit toward advancing how global payments are made today.”
Winners were selected from a shortlist of nominees competing in 20
categories, judged by an independent panel
of payroll experts from across private and public sectors. This
year’s awards attracted a record number of entries. The shortlist of
nominees was compiled by judges after an independent review and score in
each category, totaling more than 230 qualifying entries.
About Western Union Business Solutions
Western
Union Business Solutions enables companies of all sizes to send and
receive international payments and manage global cash flow, creating
unique solutions tailored to suit their individual needs. It is a
business unit of The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a leading nonbank
provider of cross border payments, which offers Business Solutions
services in over 30 countries. Clients are supported by a network of
trading offices, strategic banking relationships and a global clearing
network and can send cross-border foreign exchange payments in more than
135 currencies.
About Western Union
The Western Union 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 world, to send payments and to
purchase money orders. As of September 30, 2015, the Western Union, Vigo
and Orlandi Valuta branded services were offered through a combined
network of over 500,000 agent locations in 200 countries and territories
and over 100,000 ATMs and kiosks, and included the capability to send
money to hundreds of millions of accounts. In 2014, The Western Union
Company completed 255 million consumer-to-consumer transactions
worldwide, moving $85 billion of principal between consumers, and 484
million business payments. For more information, visit www.WesternUnion.com.
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