Western Union confirms suspension of remittances to Cuba due to ‘technical issues’

Western Union confirmed on Thursday it had temporarily suspended remittances from the United States to Cuba more than a week ago, blaming what it described as technical issues with processing transactions there. Cuba's state-run Banco Metropolitano and Fincimex have also reported outages. "The technical issues exist with the processing of transactions on the island," a Western Union spokesperson said in an email.