American drugstore chain Walgreens has collaborated with The Western Union Company to introduce Western Union Bill Payment services via digital self-service kiosks.
The partnership will enable customers to make payments to 15,000 billers throughout the US and beyond.
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Customers will be able to access Western Union services through Walgreens self-service kiosks where they can make bill payments and use existing Western Union international and domestic money transfer services.
In addition, customers will also receive access to Western Union’s customer rewards program — My WU.
The kiosks are situated in over 7,800 Walgreens and Duane Reade locations in the US, Puerto Rico as well as the US Virgin Islands.
Western Union service offerings through Walgreens will enable customers to independently stage their transactions, as well as fund money transfers and bill payments via cash or pin-based debit.
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By GlobalDataThis can be initiated at the self-service kiosk using a photo touchscreen and finalised at the register.
Western Union US senior vice president and general manager Carter Hunt said: "The expansion of Western Union services at over 7,800 Walgreens and Duane Reade locations across the nation will provide great convenience to consumers, by allowing them to not only transfer money, but also pay bills while running daily errands.
"Enhanced features to Walgreen’s self-service kiosks will also mean customers can now enjoy greater convenience and quicker transactions along with the ‘My WU’ rewards program."
