Western Union expands collaboration with Tencent Financial Technology

Western Union announced that it has expanded its collaboration with Tencent Financial Technology to partner with Tenpay Global, Tencent’s cross-border payment platform. Customers around the world can now send money from westernunion.com and Western Union’s app directly to wallets and bank accounts based in China and available within Weixin – known globally as WeChat. Western Union operates one of the world’s largest money transfer networks. The expanded collaboration underpins Western Union’s Evolve 25 strategy to accelerate digital growth by providing even greater choice, accessibility and convenience for its customers when transferring money internationally.