Western Union Expands International and Domestic Direct-to-Bank Money Transfers to Bank Accounts in India

The Western Union Company

, a leader in global payment services, today expanded its offering of sending international money transfers from the U.S. and U.K. directly into bank accounts in India. Western Union also launched domestic money transfers as business correspondent to Kotak Mahindra Bank enabling Indians to send money directly into bank accounts in India. As part of the company's international money transfer offering, consumers in the U.S. and U.K. can now send direct-to-bank transactions to banks in India online—via the company's transactional websites and, in the U.S., via its smartphone application—or by visiting thousands of participating Agent locations. Additionally, U.S. and U.K. consumers who have a non-resident bank account