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Western Union to ride on agency banking to grow footprint in Kenya

Global payments firm Western Union photo:courtesy

Global payments firm Western Union is in plans to revamp operations in Kenya with the aim of simplifying transactions to mirror mobile money and increase its distribution points through use of banking agents.

It expects the move to help it tap into growing regional remittances, noting that Kenya is emerging as a critical hub and source of remittances to other countries.

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