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Airtel partners with Western Union to Accelerate Real-time Global Payments

Country’s leading telecom giant Bharti Airtel recently collaborated with Western Union, the major money transfer brand to launch real-time payments into bank accounts and mobile wallets across India. In couple of months with the collaboration, The Western Union’s money transaction will be redirected to Airtel Payment Bank which would happen through the mobile application 24×7.

IANS reported that this announcement follows the conclusion of new flagship collaborations of Western Union with two leading subsidiaries of Bharti Airtel, namely Airtel Payments Bank and Airtel Africa, a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services with a presence in 14 countries in Africa.