{"id":264356,"date":"2023-01-30T18:56:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T23:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=264356"},"modified":"2023-01-30T18:56:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T23:56:07","slug":"western-union-sets-up-new-offices-to-send-remittances-to-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/world\/usa\/western-union-sets-up-new-offices-to-send-remittances-to-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Union sets up new offices to send remittances to Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Western Union (WU) expanded its \u201cpilot test\u201d for sending remittances to Cuba with the opening of new offices in Florida, where there are already 300 available for this purpose, according to a Univision <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.univision.com\/local\/miami-wltv\/western-union-amplia-fase-de-prueba-del-servicio-de-remesas-a-cuba-desde-florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>report<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Western Union would have 343 entities distributed in 65 municipalities enabled for these transactions, according to the source.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">La empresa Western Union anunci\u00f3 la ampliaci\u00f3n a m\u00e1s de 300 entidades en Florida, su fase de prueba de la reanudaci\u00f3n del servicio de remesas a Cuba desde el estado. Mira los detalles. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ygtm3nMwo7\">https:\/\/t.co\/ygtm3nMwo7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Univision 23 Miami (@Univision23) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Univision23\/status\/1619406796317200388?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The U.S. chain reiterated that up to a limit of $2,000 per transaction can be sent to those who have accounts or debit cards at Banco Popular de Ahorro (BPA), Banco Metropolitano S.A. and Banco de Cr\u00e9dito y Comercio (BANDEC).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To extract said transfers, a valid identification issued by the Cuban government must be presented.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The company reported that it plans to expand the remittance service to Cuba to other states and also to other countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among the entities from where it is possible to send remittances to Cuba are Navarro, Sedanos, La Fama Supermarkets, Florida Check Cashing, Price Choice Foodmarket, J&amp;R Century, \u00c9xito Supermarket, Mundo Communicatel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The resumption of the remittance service to the island through Western Union began in a \u201ctest phase\u201d at the beginning of the month in 24 Florida entities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At that time, a message from Gabriella Fitzgerald, president of the WU North America division, was made public, in which she reported: \u201cIt is with great pleasure that we announce the resumption of our operations in Cuba with an initial test phase of the outbound service from the United States linked to clients with Cuban bank accounts through select U.S. agent locations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2020, due to the Donald Trump 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