Western Union to End US Money Transfers to Cuba

Western Union to End US Money Transfers to Cuba
A man talks on the phone outside a Western Union office, in Havana, Cuba, on Oct. 28, 2020. Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters
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Western Union says it’s suspending U.S. money transfers to Cuba because of the Trump administration’s latest sanctions on the Communist-run island, in a blow to the many Cubans who rely on remittances from family abroad.

Its customers will now have to find new ways to send transfers against the backdrop of Cuba’s deepest economic crisis since the collapse of the Soviet Union, exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic.