Walmart Canada has partnered Western Union to integrate its cross-border financial services platform and offer online money transfer services to customers on Walmart. ca.

The new digital offering provides customers with a multitude of ways to send money worldwide in a convenient manner, while simultaneously enabling them to save time and money, as the service has low everyday fees. Furthermore, the companies are also set to extend their retail agreement to offer in-store money transfer capabilities. Details on the Walmart Canada, Western Union partnership As per information provided in the press release, the companies have also announced an extension to their retail relationship, prolonging customers’ ability to make use of Western Union’s money transfer services in Walmart stores for 5% lower than the consumer fee rate that has been nationally published for Western Union branded consumer-to-consumer transactions.

Following this announcement, Walmart Canada gives customers the option of carrying out activities of the likes of sending a gift to someone living out of province, or newcomers to Canada sending money to overseas’ family, in an easy and cost-effective manner. Walmart Canada company representatives, when commenting on the collaboration, have advised that the company is looking to scale new partnerships and invest in omnichannel solutions that are designed to further financial inclusion and provide increasingly diverse ways to serve their customers. Following the launch of the online money transfer service, Walmart offers customers more choice, convenience, and access to financial services that are affordable to connect with family and friends all over the globe, enabling them to save so that they have a better way of living.

Walmart and Western Union have been collaborating at a global scale, providing money transfer services in Walmart stores across Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Western Union North America officials advised that the two enterprises share a common commitment of putting the customers first, offering their services across both bricks and mortar and digital channels to enable the delivery of an improved experience. By having extended the agreement and included the new online offering, Western Union gives the collective customer base access to their services across a multitude of channels, offering them increased access to their global cross-border money transfer and payments platform.

Walmart Canada operates a chain of over 400 stores nationwide, serving 1. 5 million customers on a daily basis, with its flagship online store being visited by more than 1. 5 million customers daily.

The company has made a commitment to regeneration, and it focuses on equitable opportunity, sustainability, community, ethics and integrity, and has raised since 1994 more than USD 500 million to support communities across Canada. Western Union activates in the cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments space, its platform offering simplified cross-border flows and its financial network bridging over 200 countries and territories and an approximate of 130 currencies. The company connects businesses, financial institutions, and governments through a wide-reaching network, accessing a multitude of bank accounts, digital wallets, and cards, as well as a substantial global network of retail locations.

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