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Western Union President and CEO Hikmet Ersek spoke today on women’s
economic empowerment and equality at the 10th annual Clinton Global
Initiative event in New York.
Western Union CEO Hikmet Ersek (second from left) participated today in a panel at the 10th Annual Clinton Global Initiative in New York with Chelsea Clinton (center) and Katie Couric (second from right). (Photo: Business Wire)
The session was part of a series featuring Hillary Rodham Clinton,
Former U.S. Secretary of State and U.S. Senator from New York; Melinda
Gates, Co-chair and Trustee, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; and Shinzo
Abe, the Prime Minister of Japan.
Ersek’s panel, moderated by Katie Couric, featured Chelsea Clinton, Vice
Chair, Clinton Foundation; Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate,
2011, and President, Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa; and Nilofar Sakhi,
CEO, American University of Afghanistan.
“Western Union’s focus is on doing good for people and communities
around the globe while also doing well for our shareholders,” Ersek
said. “By helping people send and receive funds – even in areas lacking
traditional financial infrastructure – we’re helping to build more
self-sufficient local economies and enabling people to grow.”
During the panel, participants discussed accelerating the pace of
positive change for girls and women around the world. The panel can be
viewed at http://new.livestream.com/CGI/CGI2014/videos/62996756.
Also at this year’s CGI, The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) hosted a
series of meetings and events, including a breakfast for nonprofit
non-governmental organizations (NGOs) providing an update on the Western
Union NGO Global Pay money-transfer service and products.
NGO Global Pay is a financial platform designed to help NGOs bridge the
gap between funds that need to be disbursed and the people who need them
in the field. Today, numerous NGOs use Western Union Business Solutions
to move their money and fulfill their missions.
Western Union announced a commitment to develop and expand the NGO
Global Pay service around the world at CGI in 2012.
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 June 30, 2014, 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. In 2013, The Western Union Company completed 242
million consumer-to-consumer transactions worldwide, moving $82 billion
of principal between consumers, and 459 million business payments. For
more information, visit www.westernunion.com.
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