You can send money transfers to Viber worldwide

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Payment company Western Union has entered into an agreement with Viber, according to which mobile messenger users can make money transfers worldwide. This is stated in release the company. The service will be available to residents of 200 countries and territories around the world, but it has not yet been specified which ones.

Initially, the updated version of Viber based on the WU Connect API platform will be available to residents of the United States. They can send via messenger up to $ 499 at a time in more than 200 countries and territories of the world. The recipient will be able to pick up cash in one of the branches of Western Union in the city.

To make a transfer, you only need to select the recipient’s number and set the amount and currency - you don’t need to go to the application. The developers promise to implement a reliable mechanism for currency exchange and data management in the application, while complying with the laws of the countries in which the service will operate.

For Western Union, an agreement with Viber and integration with other services via WU Connect is a shortcut to the rapidly growing FinTech segment. Today, this industry is one of the most investment-attractive.

As for the popular messenger, recently he has been actively working on the introduction of new unusual features. Recall earlier in Viber the opportunity to delete messages from the recipient device. You can delete a message for one user or for a group. Viber will automatically ask if the sender wants to delete the message for everyone or only for himself. The messenger also implemented self-destructing messages.

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