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Western Union

Provider
FX / PayoutsPSP

Embedded-finance provider tracked in the Embedded Finance Index — disclosed by 16 companies across 2 categories.

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CategoriesFX / Payouts, PSP
Rank#11 of 165 in FX / Payouts
Buyers16 companies
TickerNYSE:WU
Market cap~$4B
IPO2006
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Who uses Western Union
16 companies disclose Western Union in their stack
Damane CashGCashSTC PayPolaris Bank Ltd.KCB GroupSafaricom M-Pesa AfricaBancoppelKcbTechcombankSasai FintechAmscotIraqs Zaincash+4 more
Buyer mix · 16 of 16 classified
Bank / National · 6Fintech / Cross-border payments · 3Fintech / Consumer banking · 2Fintech / Neobank · 2Bank / Islamic · 1Fintech / Mobile money · 1Fintech / SMB banking · 1
Africa · 7MENA · 4APAC · 2LATAM · 1US · 1
What the disclosures say
Damane Cash
Homepage and 'Nous connaître' page: 'Western Union, MoneyGram, Ria, MoneyTrans font confiance à Damane Cash' for international transfer reception.
STC Pay
MENAbytes reports STC Pay has a partnership with Western Union allowing customers to transfer money anywhere globally from their digital wallet.
Polaris Bank Ltd.
Homepage lists transfer partners: Western Union, MoneyGram, Fix Direct, Small World, Transfast, Polaris FlitCash, RIA Money Transfer.
Bancoppel
Western Union partnership for remittances (leadiq.com).
Kcb
ke.kcbgroup.com/international-money-transfer-services explicitly names Western Union, MoneyGram, Ria, TransFast, Global Money Exchange, and Gulf Exchange as partners.
Techcombank
SoftPOS product page on techcombank.com: 'Accepted card types: Contactless cards issued by Visa, MasterCard, and Napas'; business household account page lists QR code, ePOS, Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, Garmin Pay; Western Union mentioned as inward remittance agent on international transfer page. [coerced currencies: kept "…
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