Westren Union announces new 2 day Service with reduced pricing to Africa

Prices reduced to £6.90* to almost every country in Africa (excludes Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Libya and Egypt)

UK, 14 December 2005: Western Union Financial Services Inc., an international leader in money transfer services, has announced a NEW 2-Day** service to Africa, offering fantastic savings to customers sending money home to their loved ones this Christmas. With prices now starting from only £6.90*, customers can now use the new 2-Day service to send money to more than 4,500 Agent locations across Africa at even more competitive rates. 

Donald Rankin, Regional Vice President for Western Union UK, Ireland & the Nordics, said: "Christmas is a very special time for family and friends and our new 2-day** service to Africa is the perfect way to keep in touch with loved ones back home. With such a significant reduction in our fees to Africa, we're now offering more choice, whilst continuing to offer a value for money service where timing is not a prime factor." 

The new 2-day service is available from 3000 select Agent locations in the UK including The Money Shop, Going Places, Thomson, First Choice, Building Societies, Bureaux de Change, newsagents, pharmacies, and other agent locations. Western Union's free fone number, 0800 833 833, is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for details of agent locations. 

Having launched in Ghana in 1995, the Western Union Money Transfer® Service has been available in Africa 10 years. Today, over 8,500 Agent locations across 46 countries on the African continent offer the Western Union service at banks and Postal institutions.