Earthport Live with Western Union

4th October 2011

Earthport plc (the "Company" or the "Group")

Earthport Live with Western Union

Earthport plc, the global payments utility, is pleased to announce that it has contracted, integrated and is processing live transactions for a Western Union "direct to bank" solution.Under the terms of the contract Earthport will provide payments processing capabilities for a Western Union service providing international money transfer. The service will initially be launched from selected Western Union agent locations and westernunion.com sites worldwide and will allow people to send money directly to any bank account in more than 35 countries. 

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About Earthport

Earthport plc, is a global payments organisation, specialising in the provision of white-labelled cross border payment services. It provides secure high volume global payments capabilities in 200 countries worldwide. The company was established in 1998, and is regulated through its UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) status and SWIFT membership. Providing a transparent and reliable service, partners include some of the largest financial institutions and corporations in the world. Earthport operates worldwide, with offices in UK, USA and the Middle East. Headquartered in London, UK, Earthport is listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) on the London Stock Exchange. To learn more, please visit www.earthport.com.

About Western Union

The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) 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 455,000 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. For more information, visit www.westernunion.com.