Doha, January 26 (QNA) - Ooredoo has been officially designated 'Global Partner of The Year' and 'Digital Partner of The Year' for 2020 by MoneyGram International Inc (MGI), on the strength of the performance of the Ooredoo Money service over the past year.

Ooredoo Money secured these awards for its tremendous performance during 2020, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, whereby it guaranteed customers the digital options they need to send money across the world.

Ooredoo Money is now firmly established as a top global partner of MoneyGram, MoneyGram, accelerating the mutual strategic objective of digital transformation.

Ooredoo Money has seen international remittance growth of almost 400 percent and customer growth of almost 100 percent, and more than USD 1 billion has been remitted through Ooredoo Money on behalf of MoneyGram.

On this occasion, Chief Consumer Officer at Ooredoo Fatima Sultan Al Kuwari said: "This twin accolade demonstrates that Ooredoo Money is the best digital partner globally for MoneyGram, based on its resilience, reliability and spectacular growth during recent events. "We are delighted to be continuing our mutually beneficial partnership with MoneyGram." (QNA)