Episode 284: Western Union in Asia Pacific & Trends in Fintech with Molly Shea by analyseasia published on 2019-02-09T06:04:19Z Molly Shea, general manager of Asia Pacific from Western Union joined us to discuss the business and distribution footprint of the company across Asia Pacific. We begin the conversation with Molly's career story, and subsequently leading into the discussion on Western Union's focus on digital services and geographic expansion in Asia Pacific. Last but not least, Molly shared her perspectives and thoughts on the current trends in the fintech space, for example, the current super apps trends from China to Asia and how Western Union are experimenting with blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies. Genre Business Comment by screwtape WU in Asia Pacific is massive and it's easy to under-estimate their presence and what they have done in the financial inclusion space and the unbanked. Great conversation. 2019-02-09T07:05:46Z Comment by prodigal Interesting episode and surprised to realize that WU is an over 150 years old company still going strong in money transfer and remittances. 2019-02-09T07:02:37Z Comment by whitewarlord Great conversation with the host and Molly Shea. Did not know the geographical coverage and how Western Union are partnering with Wechat as well. 2019-02-09T07:01:35Z Comment by bujingyun Great conversation on Western Union by Molly Shea. Interesting thoughts on how WU is using blockchain for their experiments now. 2019-02-09T07:00:32Z