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Western Union

Cash payment method used in Ecuador.

What is Western Union?

A cash payment can be made to your business by paying a local cashier. Cash can be offered as an online payment option and customers will receive a paycode after confirming the payment. A local network POS location is used to deliver the over-the-counter cash payment by the customer.

User Experience

When a customer wants to make a payment online, they will select the appropriate cash payment option, select pay and receive a payment reference to bring to a local payment point to pay.

  1. Checkout online and select cash payment.

  2. Select Pay.

  3. Receive the payment reference including the Paycode.

    Western Union Cash Example

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    Cash Collection Example

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  4. Go to the nearest local payment point with a cashier.

  5. Present the paycode and pay with cash at the cashier.

  6. The payment is processed and the merchant is notified.

Western Union Details

Details

Description

Payment Method Category

Cash

Payment Request Name and String

PMT = ec_westernunion_cash

PMT Name = Ecuador Western Union Cash Payments

Country

Ecuador

Presentment Currency

USD

Refunds/Reversal:

No

Recurring:

No

Disputes/Chargebacks:

No

Transaction Limits:

Minimum: 0.50 USD Maximum: 300 USD

Cash code capabilities:

Textual code

Settlement Timframe

2-3 days

Rapyd Guide

Cash Payments