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New York.– Digicel, the fastest-growing telecommunications operator in the Caribbean and new entrant to the Central American market, today announced it has teamed with The Western Union Company, a Fortune 500 company and a leader in global money transfer, further expanding its Diaspora program in the U.S.
The Western Union network of more than 45,000 Agent locations in the United States will offer great convenience to the estimated five million members of the Caribbean and Central American Diaspora communities residing in the United States.
Consumers can now purchase and pay for instant phone credit (airtime/minutes) at participating Western Union Agent locations in the United States and send them to friends and family living in Jamaica, Haiti, El Salvador, Guyana. In the future, additional participating countries will include: Anguilla, Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Barbados, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Digicel Top Up, Digicel's credit remittance service, enables members of various Diaspora markets such as the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Cayman Islands, Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, and the Dominican Republic to buy instant Digicel phone credit for friends and family in Jamaica, Haiti, El Salvador, Guyana, Anguilla, Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Barbados, and Trinidad and Tobago.
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With all the millions that are remitted here annually, why not set up a money transfer service using Banco Reservas. You would probably only need to open 50 offices all together and the profits would be huge and even better they would stay here instead of going to Western Union.
Of course, then again think of how much more money the government could steal.
If it any consolation Digicel is Jamacian, so at least the money is staying in the Caribbean.