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Additionally, Wells Fargo has added Telecomunicaciones de Mexico (Telecomm Telegrafos) -- one of the largest telecommunications companies in Mexico -- as a new paying agent. Customers can now remit to an additional 1,560 new payout locations in Mexico, bringing the total payout locations in Mexico to more than 5,500 locations.

"The expansion of our consumer remittance network in Latin America reflects on our long-standing commitment to satisfying all of our customers financial services needs," said Daniel Ayala, executive vice president and head of Wells Fargo's Global Remittance Services. "Our Hispanic customer base is made of immigrants from a number of Latin American countries. Wells Fargo wants to be the bank of choice for this increasingly important high growth consumer segment." Wells Fargo remittance services are economical, convenient and dependable.

Customers can send money directly to their beneficiary for one low transfer fee.

Customers may also qualify for 50 or 100 percent fee discounts based on their account relationship with Wells Fargo. Customers can send money by signing on to Wells Fargo Online(R), by calling 1-800--TO-WELLS or by visiting a Wells Fargo store location.

"Mexico is one of the largest remittance corridors and a key driver for our remittance business," Ayala said. "Our remittance network expansion with Telecomm Telegrafos will provide our customers with an alternative remittance distribution network that reaches a more diverse set of remittance locations in the Mexican territory." "This expansion strengthens competition in Latin America and the Caribbean as the bank's presence links up with important financial institutions, expands and extends payment networks, offers more competitive fees, and facilitates the opportunity to remittance recipients to use other financial services provided by its partners," said Dr. Manuel Orozco, Remittances and Development Program, Inter-American Dialogue.

NEW NETWORK MEMBER BANKS/COUNTRIES Country Network Member Locations Remittance currency Available Option Transfer Fee Argentina BBVA Banco Frances Over 230 branches US Dollars Account to cash $8 650 ATMs Cash to cash $10 Bolivia Banco Mercantil Santa Cruz Over 60 branches US Dollars Account to cash $8 170 ATMs Cash to cash $10 Colombia BBVA Colombia Over 470 branches Colombian pesos Account to cash $7 750 ATMs Cash to cash $9 Dominican Republic Banco Hipotecario Dominicano (Banco BHD) Over 100 branches Dominican Pesos Account to cash $7 190 ATMs Cash to cash $9 Ecuador Banco de Guayaquil Over 80 branches US Dollars Account to account / cash $8 660 ATMs Cash to account / cash $10 Honduras Banco Financiero Comercial Hondurena (Banco Ficohsa) Over 80 branches Lempiras Account to account / cash $7 160 ATMs Cash to account / cash $9 Mexico (additional outlets) Telecomunicaciones de Mexico Over 1,560 locations Mexican pesos Account to cash $5 (Telecomm Telegrafos) Cash to cash $7 Nicaragua Banpro Over 50 branches US Dollars Account to cash $8 70 ATMs Cash to cash $10 Peru BBVA Banco Continental Over 170 branches US Dollars Account to account / cash $8 450 ATMs Cash to account / cash $10 ADDITIONAL NETWORK MEMBER BANKS/COUNTRIES Wells Fargo also offers international remittance products to the top seven countries from the U.S. -- Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, the Philippines, India, Vietnam, and China. Participating banks include: Mexico -- BBVA Bancomer, HSBC Mexico and Banorte Guatemala -- Banco Industrial S.A. and Banco de Desarrollo Rural, S.A.

El Salvador -- Banco Agricola, S.A. and HSBC Banco Salvadoreno Philippines - Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) India -- ICICI Bank Ltd.

Vietnam - Vietnam Bank for Industry and Trade (VietinBank) China - Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) "We launched Wells Fargo ExpressSend in 2007 and it has proved to be a success for our company," Ayala added. "We understand the lifelong connection that immigrants have to their extended family and friends in their country of origin and we want to help facilitate that connection by expanding our Wells Fargo ExpressSend remittance service to more countries each day." Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company with $1.2 trillion in assets, providing banking, insurance, investments, mortgage and consumer finance through more than 10,000 stores, over 12,000 ATMs and the internet (wellsfargo.com) across North America and internationally.

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