Western Union will vastly expand a U.S. pilot program for money transfers to Cuba, it said on Thursday, opening retail locations across the 50 states and allowing for digital service through its website and mobile app.
The company, among the globe’s top providers of such services, first resumed transfers on a limited basis to the communist-run island in early January, nearly three years after the Trump administration put in place sanctions that triggered a halt in service.
The initial pilot program was based in the Greater Miami area, home to the country’s largest population of Cuban-Americans.
The new program, the company said in a statement, now includes 4,400 stores across the United States and Puerto Rico and offers multiple digital platforms for those seeking to send money to the island….