Services
Western Union™
About Us
We help aspiring people and businesses around the world save, spend, and transfer money— empowering more prosperous financial futures for their family, friends, and communities across borders.
Our Mission
We make financial services accessible to people everywhere. We build and offer easy-to-use products and services that bridge digital and physical to give customers choice, security, and reliability, no matter where they are.
Our Purpose
We build and offer easy-to-use products and services that bridge digital and physical borders to give customers choice, security, and reliability, no matter where they are, simplifying and empowering their financial lives.
Send Every Cent Home
Pay zero remittance tax when you pay with a debit card or Western Union Prepaid Visa®.
Other alternatives are paying with bank accounts, digital wallets, or prepaid cards.
What is the Remittance Tax?
Effective January 1, 2026, U.S. federal law requires a 1% federal tax to be collected on certain international money transfers. This tax is mandated by the U.S. government and does not originate from Western Union or its agents. It only applies if you pay with cash, money orders, or cashier’s checks.
Benefits
- In over 200 countries and territories
- Serving millions of retail and digital customers every day
- Payout available into billions of bank accounts and wallets worldwide
- Hundreds of thousands of Agent locations around the globe
How It Works
Step One
Bring your cash, your identification, and some basic information on the person you want to send it to.
Step Two
We make sure your money gets where it needs to go.
Step Three
Leave knowing you have safely and securely sent your money.
Get stuff done.
Find Your Nearest
Location
Our services break the tradition of banks and corporate institutions that care more about the money you’re providing them than they do about you as a person. Sure, you could go to multiple locations to handle all of your financial needs and get lost in the shuffle of everyone else while you’re at it. Or, you could just do it all in one place. Where they actually care about who you are and what you need.