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Western Union Survey Reveals: Mobile is Influencing Consumer Bill Payment Behaviors – August 12, 2013 Smartphone and tablet ownership are changing consumers’ bill-payment behaviors, with more planning to use the devices to facilitate the payments, new survey data show. The Western Union Bill Payment s Money Mindset Index found that 15 percent of the 3,087 […]

Yahoo! Finance

Western Union Grows Mobile Service – August 6, 2013 In a continuous effort to grow its mobile money transfer service facility Western Union Co. (WU) has entered into an agreement with Nigeria-based eTranzact International plc. (more)

Zacks

Western Union Grows Mobile Service – August 6, 2013 In a continuous effort to grow its mobile money transfer service facility Western Union Co. (WU – Analyst Report) has entered into an agreement with Nigeria-based eTranzact International plc. (more)

CreditCards.com

Infographic: Gen Y embraces mobile bill pay, boomers like mail – August 2013 When it comes to paying bills, consumers — especially young ones — are embracing mobile, according to an August 2013 survey from Western Union. Yet more “old-fashioned” methods of payment still remain popular among all age groups. (more)  

KM World

To stay on top of their game, financial firms embrace technology – July/August 2013 Financial services firms are using knowledge management to find and collate information from different cloud-based applications, to provide faster information to customers via mobile applications and to enable users to access transaction and other banking information and functionality from mobile devices […]