Business leaders, companies and knowledgeable individuals worldwide trust Custom House with its secure, award-winning line of foreign exchange services. Over 50,000 clients around the world transact more than $15 billion (US) on-line and through Custom House's network of global trading offices including Australia, Canada, Italy, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom and United States.

The Custom House and BBtech partnership provides fast and secure online systems that enable users to receive, manage and reconcile all incoming international payments. The systems also provide companies and educational institutions with a powerful FX (foreign exchange) system.

This enables their clients and students to access a multi-lingual, multi-currency e-commerce solution that facilitates international payments and cross border transactions in 15 major currencies, allowing their clients and students to transact in their local currencies.

The Western Union Company (NYSE:WU), a leader in global payments, announced a definitive agreement to acquire Canadian based Custom House, Ltd., a leading, independent provider of business-to-business international payment solutions for small and medium enterprises (SME). The US $370 million cash transaction is expected to close in the third quarter 2009, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.