MMBL Money Transfer holds agents awards

MMBL Money Transfer (Pvt) Ltd., Principal Agents for Western Union Money Transfer services in Sri Lanka, held its Annual Agent Awards Ceremony 2012 at the Diamond Room, Aitken Spence Towers in Colombo on Saturday 24 November 2012.

The event was organised to recognise the top performing agents in the MMBL Money Master network spread across the island. It was attended by over 300 agents and other invitees.

The Chief Guest at the occasion was Patricia Z. Riingen, the Senior Vice President for Western Union, East and South Asia. Milinda Moragoda, Founder of Pathfinder Foundation and Senior Advisor to the President was the Guest of Honour.

The Chairman and Board of Directors of the company and the Senior Country Manager for Western Union in Sri Lanka and his team were also present at this occasion.

A total of 50 awards were presented to agents in various categories. ‘The Outstanding Agent of the Year’ award was handed over by Chief Guest Patricia Riingen to B. Chanthirakumar of Goby Agency – Vavuniya.

MMBL Money Transfer, a joint venture of Aitken Spence Group and Mercantile Merchant Bank and the Aitken Spence Group, is the oldest principal agent for Western Union Money Transfer in Sri Lanka since 1995 with the largest agent in the country in terms of network with 2400+ locations and business volumes. The MMBL network comprises commercial and development banks, co-operative rural banks, financial institutions and retail outlets.

The Western Union Company is a leader in global payment services. Together with its Vigo, Orlandi Valuta, Pago Facil and Western Union Business Solutions branded payment services, Western Union provides consumers and businesses with fast, reliable and convenient ways to send and receive money around the world, to send payments and to purchase money orders.

The Western Union, Vigo and Orlandi Valuta branded services are offered through a combined network of approximately 485,000 agent locations in 200 countries and territories. In 2010, The Western Union Company completed 214 million consumer-to-consumer transactions worldwide, moving $76 billion of principal between consumers, and 405 million business payments.