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Loyalty Programme

Validity

Customers who send or receive Western Union money transfers in Guyana.

Duration of the Promotion

The Promotion runs from May 1 to December 31, 2025

Sponsors

The Rewards for You Activation is sponsored by GraceKennedy Money Services (“Sponsor”)., Authorized Agent of Western Union in Guyana.

Rewards

Phone top up valued at GY$1500 each.

Duration of the Promotion

The Promotion runs from April 1 to December 31, 2025. (“Promotional Period”)

Start Date of Promotion: April 1, 2025

End Date of Promotion: December 31, 2025

How to Enter

Customers living in Guyana are required to send or receive 3 or more transfers monthly with Western Union for a chance to be rewarded.

Fifty customers who receive 3 or more money transfers will be randomly selected via the GKMS transaction database and will be rewarded with phone top up valued at GY$1500 each.  An additional fifty customers who perform the qualifying action will be selected as back-up winners

Customers, 18 years of age or older, located across Guyana are eligible to enter and all qualifying money transfers will be entered into a drawing to win.

All money transfers received through Western Union are “Qualifying Transactions”. Customers with 3 or more Qualifying Transactions will be automatically entered in the promotion. Entry forms are not required.

Prize Descriptions

There will be a total of 50 prizes per month as follows:

30 receivers

25 senders

Prizes include:

Phone top up valued at GY$1500 each

Prize Draws & Winner Selection

Winners will be selected from all Qualifying Transactions.

Please refer to the table below for the draw schedule. Winners are eligible for one prize only per month.

Draw DatePromotion PeriodPrize per customerGuyana Winners
June 2, 2025May 1-May 31Phone top up valued at GY$150050
July 1, 2025Jun 1-Jun 30Phone top up valued at GY$150050
August 1, 2025Jul 1-Jul 31Phone top up valued at GY$150050
September 1, 2025Aug1-Aug 31Phone top up valued at GY$150050
October 1, 2025Sept 1-Sept 30Phone top up valued at GY$150050
November 3, 2025Oct 1-Oct 31Phone top up valued at GY$150050
December 1, 2025Nov 1-Nov 30Phone top up valued at GY$150050
January 2, 2025Dec 1 – Dec 31Phone top up valued at GY$150050

Winner Selection

Fifty (50) customers who send or receive 5 or more transactions per month will be randomly selected from the GKMS database for the Qualifying Transaction Period. The process entails logging into the Transaction Management Portal using company-issued credentials, entering the “Qualifying Transaction Period’ then entering the number of Winners for the period e.g., 50 for May 1 to May 31, 2025. Thirty (30) receivers and twenty (200 senders will be selected as a part of the 50 winners. An additional 50 customers who performed the qualifying action will be selected as the back-up Winners; (one back-up for each Winner).

Prize Winners will be selected using the drawing tools at The GraceKennedy Financial Group Offices on the dates detailed in the drawing schedule at 42-56 Harbour Street, Kingston.

  • Sponsor will make 3 attempts to contact each winner within one (1) working day after the draw.
  • If the winner is unreachable, the Sponsor will contact the back-up winners in the order in which they were drawn. If attempts to contact the backup winners are unsuccessful, the prize will be retained by GraceKennedy Money Services.
  • Failure for winners to claim their prize within ten (10) working days after notification will result in the prize being forfeited and a new selection made from the backup winners.

General Rules

  1. Open only to individuals residing in Guyana who are 18 years of age or older.
  2. Employees of Sponsor, GraceKennedy Money Services Western Union and their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies and their immediate family members (mother, father, and children) are not eligible.
  3. Winners assume all liability for any injury or damage caused, or claimed to be caused, by participation in this Promotion or Redemption of any Prize.
  4. Where photo or video of winners is required by the Sponsor, they will be required to sign a talent release form which constitutes permission to the Sponsor and its agencies to use winner’s name and/or likeness for purposes of advertising and trade without further compensation, unless prohibited by law.
  5. Neither Sponsor nor Western Union shall be liable in the event that the Winner, for any reason, fails to claim his/her prize. Neither shall be responsible for any accident or injury suffered by the Winner as a result of the Winner’s use of the prize.
  6. Neither Sponsor nor Western Union shall be liable for any damage to the Winner’s or any third party’s property or personal injury arising out of or in connection with this Promotion or the enjoyment of the prize.
  7. Winners will be required to provide banking information to receive cash prizes to their bank accounts. In the event a winner does not have a bank account, a letter can be written to grant permission of payment to a proxy. The letter must bear the signature of the winners’ name and the proxy must be clearly identified.  
  8. All unclaimed prizes will remain the property of GraceKennedy Money Services.
  9. By participating in this Promotion, entrants agree to be bound by the Official Rules.
  10. Prizes are transferrable.
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To use the Direct to Bank service you have to be a registered D2B customer – registration is a quick and easy one-time activity that takes place online (for existing GKMS Western Union customers) and in-store for new customers.

 

There are three (3) Phases in the Direct to Bank (D2B) process:

Phase 1: Customer Registration.

New customers must register in-store at any GKMS Western Union. Existing GKMS Western Union customers can register online: Access the GraceKennedy Money Services website using your computer or mobile phone and fill out the required registration details. The online registration website is https://registration.gkmsonline.net.

GKMS customers will have the opportunity to enter demographic and banking information supported by pictorial proof that the information presented for verification is valid and current.

After confirming the validity of their email, customers will be able to access the online portal and navigate through the screens entering the relevant information to process their registration.

Customers are required to provide the following:

  1. Basic Info – Name, DOB.
  2. Employment Info– Place of employment and employment particulars i.e. occupation.
  3. Contact info – Current mailing address, Telephone, Cell numbers.
  4.  Primary Identification Info– National ID, Driver’s Permit or Passport.
  5.  Secondary identification Info– customer will provide a second ID type of the three options stated above.
  6. Security Info– Customer required to provide secret questions and answers to secure their account and future transactions.
  7. Document Upload– All the relevant documents required to process the application is uploaded into the system. The documents have to be verified in a separate phase of the process before the customer is able to access the service.

Phase 2: Customer Verification Process

The verification process consists of actions by GKMS to validate the authenticity of the  information provided at the Registration Stage (uploaded documents+ banking information + Demographic information). This involves matching uploaded details against information available in our internal databases as well as external National ID Verification Systems. You will be contacted by one of our team members when this step is completed.

Phase 3: Start using Direct to Bank!

Once you have been successfully registered you can start receiving Western Union money transfers in your bank account. Follow these quick steps:

  1.  Call our Contact Centre at 623-6000 the next time you are expecting a money transfer to initiate the bank transfer. Calls should be placed as soon as funds are available for collection.
  2. Tell the CSR you are registered for Direct to Bank transfers.

  3. Provide the related Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN).
  4. Enjoy the safety & convenience of having funds transferred directly into your bank account.

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