Western Union Money Transfer Services

Western Union is a deep rooted money transfer network as it was founded in 1851. In 1851, it started as a signature telegraph business and in 1871 it was advanced to electronic money transfer business. Now Western Union provides services like money order, money transfer, payment and prepaid services.

The network of Western Union is a vast network with more than 350,000 agents in 200 countries.

In India, Western Union has liaison office situated in New Delhi but do not have a permanent office. The main objective of the liaison office is to give out the Western Union software to its agents in India through which they will be able to collect the money sent from other countries. In India, Western Union can only receive funds but cannot send money elsewhere.

How to Send Money through Western Union?

If you fill up a form from agent’s office they fax your form to the head office. The confirmation of the transaction is faxed by the head office later.

Now you can send money through Canara bank also since the Western Union has a tie up with them. You do not need any identity confirmation documents if you have an account with the Canara Bank. The transaction is confirmed verbally on phone and the amount is credited from your account.

In selected countries the funds can be transferred online using credit or debit card. Generally Western Union provides the exchange rate which is less than the exchange rate of wire transfer.

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How to Receive Money through Western Union Money Transfer?

In India, there are more than 50,000 agent locations of Western Union comprising more than 14,000 branches of key banks and 8,500 Post offices.

Western Union Quick Collect

Western Union Quick Collect is a fast way to transfer funds through Western Union. Within just 15 minutes after the sender transfers funds in cash, you can collect your funds from the nearest Western Union agent. But if the correct information is not provided, it may consume much more time to receive the payment. The bad service by the agents in India also affects the time required to process the transaction.

How to Check the Status of a Western Union Payment?

The tracking section of Western Union website can provide you the status of the payment. By entering sender’s information that is first name and last name, and the money transfer control number you will get the status of your payment. But be sure you enter the exact first name and last name of sender other wise you will get invalid results.

The status of payment gives information of amount transferred by sender, receiver picked it or not and also the exchange rate. If you communicate the Western Union agent through phone, he can also verify the information given by sender.

How to Locate Western Union Agent?

A Western Union agent can be found in Yellow pages or it can be located on the website of Western Union by entering the zip code of your location. Otherwise the customer service representative of Western Union can always help you on their toll free number.

How secure is Western Union Money Transfer?

Before handing over the transferred money, the agent asks for the money transfer control number that is MTCN from receiver. If the receiver can provide correct number then only the payment is issued to him. Also sometimes, if the receiver can answer correctly to the secret questions then the agent can release the money to receiver.

So with help of huge network of Western Union you can send money to your loved ones from anywhere in world within few minutes.