Yes, and it's one of the money remittance commonly use around the world,especially Philippines. I have used once the Wester Union service over two years ago, and I find it that they really do the service very quickly and in just few minutes,once you successfully send the money, and they input on their system, the person you have send it for ,they will get it right away.One of my friend using western union to send money to her family in the Philippines and they can get it right away, unlike when you send it bank to bank, it will take up 5 days before your family will received the money. They have website where you can create your account and validate it with legal documents and ID in order to use the system and you can send money using their website.It is for safety and security purposes.