Kuala Lumpur, May 8 -- Covid-19 frontliners will receive a 50 per cent fee reduction for international money transfers with Western Union for the next two weeks.

In a statement today, the cross-currency money movement and payments firm said that the promotion is their small tribute to the sacrifice made by the frontline personnel battling the Covid-19 pandemic.

"When the world stopped, our first responders and essential workers kept going," said Western Union President and CEO Hikmet Ersek. "They have continued to show up, day after day, to make it possible for our communities and economies to carry on."

"Many of the world's frontline or essential workers are global citizens who regularly send money to loved ones back home. At Western ...