Western Union Money Transfers Now Available at a Smart Padala Agent near you

Smart Padala by PayMaya, one of the leading financial service providers in the Philippines, and Western Union, a global leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments, have come together to offer Western Union money transfer services at select Smart Padala agents across the country. 

With this new service, picking up Western Union remittance is made more convenient and accessible. Once a customer receives a Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN) from their loved ones abroad, they can walk into any participating Smart Padala agent and receive their money transfers without incurring any additional fees. 

The Western Union money transfer service is available across more than 800 Smart Padala agents nationwide, scaling up to more than 3,000 in the coming months. This is especially relevant today in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, ensuring customers have access to Western Union services closer to their homes.

Get up to P500 cashback when you claim your Western Union remittance via PayMaya for the first time!

Plus get a chance to win P100,000 at the raffle draw! 

Digital financial services leader PayMaya is making it convenient and rewarding for Filipinos to claim their Western Union remittances via the PayMaya app as it offers recipients a cashback of up to P500 plus a chance to win P100,000 in the raffle draw. 

From today until January 15, 2021, recipients who will claim a minimum amount of P3,000 via Western Union on their PayMaya account for the first time can get a cashback of up to P500.   

Additionally, when they use their PayMaya account to conveniently shop for essentials online and in-stores, pay their bills, or buy prepaid load with a minimum spend of P500, they will automatically earn a raffle entry for a chance to win P100,000 PayMaya credits in the raffle draw![1] 

Western Union and PETNET Extend Fruitful Collaboration

(L:R): Jeffrey Navarro, Regional Director, Philippines,
Malaysia, Brunei and Indochina, Western Union;
Adrian T. Ocampo, President & CEO, PETNET.

Western Union, a leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments, has strengthened its 21-year relationship with PETNET, known for its retail network PERA HUB. PERA HUB is a leading cash transaction center with a nationwide retail footprint that offers a one-stop place to access a suite of convenient financial services.

Western Union and PETNET have been working together, offering customers in the country a mix of end to end retail service via a strategically placed network of locations as well as through digital via the PERA HUB mobile app, connecting customers to their loved ones in over 200 countries and territories.

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The wait is over! Blah Blah Blog Blowout is over and now we will be celebrating the winners of the contest. And since there are two ways to win, we have two winners of P1000 Sodexho GC each! I won't keep the excitement any longer and let meet our winners!

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Manual to Lyf will have another contest. And this time we're giving away 2 SM sodexho Gift certificates!

This is brought to you by Western Union which is celebrating its 160th year world wide. They also launched their celebratory website www.westernunionworld.com. 

Happy 160th Anniversary to Western Union!

Filipinos are present in almost every part of the globe. And with most of them working to provide for their families at home remittance has been a part of their live, including mine. And Western Union, as one of the biggest remittance provider in the world is now celebrating 160 years worldwide. To celebrate this occasion, they came up with a website www.westernunionworld.com , showing interesting facts about western union and what changes happened in the past 160 years. 


There is also a very useful information graphic about the world in terms of growth, imports, exports, GDP growth, and a lot more that would be helpful to people who are interested in economics and trends.