Western Union Pushes Past 30-Year Mark With Kroger

Thanks to a new agreement between Western Union and major grocery retailer The Kroger Co., customers can continue to send money around the world to more than 200 countries and territories.

The global payment service company announced yesterday (July 22) that it has extended its more than 30-year relationship with Kroger. Beyond the global payment options, customers can purchase money orders, as well as pay bills at Kroger’s family of stores at 2,300 locations across 34 states.

“Reinforcing our physical presence here in the U.S. further advances our cross-border platform capability to move money across the globe with speed, ease and reliability, while giving our consumers the choice of cash or cashless pay-in and pay-out options,” Odilon Almeida, President of Americas and European Union at Western Union, said in a news release.

Kathleen Kelly, President of Kroger Personal Finance, also commented on the relationship, saying that Western Union’s services complement the services that the grocer offers its customers.

“We are very pleased to continue our long-standing collaboration with Western Union and to provide a wide range of Western Union products and services to our customers. Together, both organizations are focused on great service to customers while offering convenience, reliability and a wonderful shopping experience that will keep customers coming back,” Kelly said.

Also providing comments on the more than three-decade relationship, Carter Hunt, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Western Union, remarked that “Kroger has allowed us to integrate international and domestic money transfer services, bill payments and money orders as a part of everyday shopping throughout the nation.”

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