Western Union Announces Deal with eTranzact for New Mobile Money Transfer Service

The Western Union Company

, a leader in global payment services, and eTranzact International plc, a multi-application and multi-channel electronic payment processing company, today announced the launch of a new mobile money transfer service. Consumers in Nigeria who use the eTranzact Mobile Money platform now have the option of receiving a Western Union Money Transfer^® transaction on their mobile phones. Consumers can receive funds from money transfer transactions initiated at westernunion.com transactional websites in 23 countries, or Western Union Agent locations around the world.