Cameroon is the first market launching under this expansion, building on the collections partnership the two companies already run together.
dLocal, the leading payments platform connecting global merchants to emerging markets, and Western Union, a global leader in cross-border money movement, have announced an expansion of their partnership in Africa to include payouts.
This adds to the collections work they already run together, with dLocal providing the technology and connectivity layer, while regulated local partners execute the relevant payment and payout services.
The expansion will start with a live payout corridor in Cameroon.
A more reliable journey, end to end This new chapter of the partnership gives remittance recipients in African markets a faster, more reliable way to receive money, in the local payment methods they already use day to day.
In Cameroon, one of the region's more fragmented, wallet-based markets, recipients will be able to receive remittances directly into supported local wallets through local payout partners operating under applicable local regulatory frameworks (MNOs or financial institutions), closing a gap that has historically left them with few reliable options.
The reliability remittance senders already count on now extends all the way to the recipient's end too, creating one dependable path from send to receipt.
The expansion also strengthens the foundation for Western Union to rely on a single partner across both collections and payouts, supporting continued growth of digital remittance corridors across emerging markets.
“At Western Union, our priority is always to ensure that our customers get their money reliably, seamlessly, wherever they may be,” said Mohamed Touhami El Ouazzani, Regional Vice President, Head....
