About Western Union

Western Union Financial Services, Inc. is a subsidiary of First Data Corp. Western Union is a global leader in money transfer and message services, with a history of pioneering service dating back more than 150 years.

Western Union continues today to help consumers and businesses securely transfer money or make payments using money orders and other electronic systems. Consumers can quickly and easily transfer money to more than 150,000 Western Union Agent locations in over 185 countries worldwide - the largest network of its kind. Western Union also markets more than one quarter billion money orders every year.

With about $2 billion in revenue, Western Union remains an industry leader with an eye toward providing fast and reliable money and messaging services.

Money Transfer Made Easy

 It is easy for anyone to use the Western Union Money Transfer service  worldwide. To  receive money from abroad just follow the simple  procedure  laid below:
  1. The Sender goes to any of the 150000 locations and deposits money along with the charges in the name of beneficiary by filling a simple "To Send Money Form".

  2. The Sender informs the Receiver of the money transfer sent and gives following details:

    • Name of Sender & Amount sent.
    • Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN - 10 digit control number).

  3. The Receiver goes to any of the Western Union location in the world and fills "To Receive Money Form" with following details:

    • Name and address of the Receiver.
    • Name and address of the Sender.
    • Country from which money is sent.
    • Amount of money remitted.
    • M T C N (10 digit control number).

  4. The Receiver also presents a valid photo identification e.g. Passport,  Voters ID, Driving License, Income Tax PAN Card or any other  Government issued ID.

  5. And on verifying all the details money is paid to the Receiver. The entire process takes 10 minutes. There are no charges for Receiver as all the charges are paid by the Sender

<Note :

  1. Any single remittance/ transaction should not exceed US$ 2500 or its equivalent.
  2. Not more than 12 remittances shall be received by a single recipient through the Sender in a Calendar Year.
  3. All payments exceeding Rs. 50,000/- shall be paid only by Cheque / DD/ PO. If the recipient is a foreign tourist, payments will be disbursed in Indian Rupee cash only.
  4. Only personal remittances such as remittances towards family maintenance & remittance favouring foreign tourists visiting India are permissible.
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