Western Union Continues To Invest On Mobile

Western Union already offers an array of options to send money and pay through your mobile: pay by text, eBills, mobile-optimized sites and apps. The payments giant is adding two new mobile applications to use with the SpeedPay service.

SpeedPay, a service powered by Western Union, allows users to pay a range of bills online. With the addition of these two new applications, a range of bills will also be available to be paid through mobile devices. The new apps will help service providers introduce mobile payment solutions to their users.

The Speedpay Mobile Payment App is targeted at companies in financial services, mortgage, insurance, cable, telecommunications and other industries. Upon implementing the mobile solution their consumers implementation of the Western can access enhanced payment capabilities by downloading the biller-branded app from the various online locations and app stores where billers make their apps available.

The second Western Union Payments mobile app offering is specifically designed for billers in the utility industry. The functionality enables utility companies to provide their customers with the ability to view and pay bills, monitor usage, and track and report outages via their mobile devices. The app functionality was integrated with mobile applications offered by iFactor, a company specializing in communications for the utilities industry.