Overseas Remittances? Western Union Offers Fast And Reliable Money Transfer Services!

Written by Emmanuel Surendra Illustration by Michelle Leong

In the past, sending money overseas involved getting your bank to provide an international money order, and then hoping it will arrive at its intended destination. Now, if you need to send money to family and friends abroad, for emergencies, last-minute gifts or even their daily necessities, you can do so through Western Union^® Money Transfer^SM services.

Western Union offers you a fast and convenient way to send and receive money in Malaysia and overseas from the comfort of your own home. With Western Union, the recipient can simply visit a Western Union Agent location to collect the money and doesn’t even need to have a bank account to receive the money. Thus, almost anybody with a valid identification document can use the service.

Western Union has been providing money transfer services for more than 140 years, offering a fast and convenient way to send money in over 200 countries and territories around the world***.

Using Western Union services, you can send money anytime using your Public Bank or RHB online banking service. While overseas remittances via banks can pose several restrictions like minimum amount limit, Western Union does not have any minimum transfer amount.

To send money at Western Union Agent locations, you need to complete a form with your identification document and, of course, the money and the required fee*, while for your receiver, he/she also needs to complete a form with an identification document as well as provide the Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN). Western Union also provides  reliable ways to transfer money as each transaction completed will obtain a receipt with a Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN).  Sender can also request of checking the transaction at any time.

***Network data as of June 30, 2015