Western Union Powers Safaricom’s M-PESA Mobile Wallet to Send Money Globally

Western Union Powers Safaricom’s M-PESA Mobile Wallet to Send Money Globally

Western Union Powers Safaricom’s M-PESA Mobile Wallet to Send Money Globally

Safaricom (NSE: SCOM), Kenya’s leading mobile network operator and provider of M-PESA, a leading mobile wallet, and the Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a leader in cross-border and cross-currency money movement, have joined forces again—this time to unlock global money transfers for more than 28 million mobile wallet holders, by leveraging the Western Union® global money movement platform. In a global first, Western Union will power Safaricom to scale money transfers to more than 200 c...