Remittance firm Western Union has expanded its digital services to the UAE.

The UAE is the seventh country in the Middle East to provide the service.

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Consumers in the UAE can make online payments utilising the Westernunion.com website.

They can also use the Western Union mobile app to make payments.

In this context, Western Union cited World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2018.

The report ranked the UAE first globally for mobile broadband subscription rate and second in the mobile subscription index.

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Western Union presently offers digital service in more than 60 countries and has retail agent locations in over 200 countries.

In the UAE, Western Union has over 900 retail agent locations.

Other countries in the region offering Western Union digital services are Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman as well as Qatar.

Western Union president and CEO Hikmet Ersek said: “Our commitment to the Middle East is a step forward to a more prosperous and globally connected future.

“Our digital services support a globally-integrated living without leaving anyone behind. We use cutting-edge technology to simplify money transfer.

“Our systems automatically handle complexities from compliance to volatile currency exchanges so users can transfer money 24/7 to nearly every country across the world, with the touch of a few buttons.”