MoneyGram and G42-backed Astra Tech to offer global remittance service on Botim – The National

  • Date: 26-Jan-2023
  • Source: The National
  • Sector:Technology
  • Country:UAE
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MoneyGram and G42-backed Astra Tech to offer global remittance service on Botim – The National

US payments service MoneyGram International has partnered with Astra Tech, a technology-focused investment company backed by Abu Dhabi’s G42, to offer money transfer services on popular Middle East internet calling platform Botim.

Through the partnership, Astra Tech will offer Botim’s 90-plus million users “seamless international transactions” that can take place in real time across 200 countries and territories worldwide, the companies said in a statement on Thursday.

The partnership will become available soon for consumers, they added.