Bangkok--17 Apr--Bank of Ayudhya Thailand Agent receives regional recognition from Western Union for outstanding customer service Bank of Ayudhya Public Company Limited has been selected as one of the Top Five Western Union Club 500 Asia Pacific Agent Locations for 2007. Competing against a further 62 Western Union network Agents in 22 countries throughout the region, Bank of Ayudhya’s Thanon Pattaya Tai Branch won with its outstanding effort and achievement in demonstrating service excellence in the mystery point-of-sale audit conducted by Western Union. Western Union Club 500 Asia Pacific is an annual service excellence program to recognize Western Union's top Agent locations and frontline associates (FLAs) who go the extra mile to help the international money transfer leader provide the best experience to customers. Participating Agent locations are judged on a number of criteria including service excellence at point of sale, training standards and motivation of FLAs as well as quality of merchandising, branding and training. Western Union also offers special workshop-style training in local languages to FLAs throughout the year. To mark the inaugural 2007 Western Union Club 500 Asia Pacific awards, the five winning Agent locations were recognized at the 2008 Western Union Asia Pacific Agent Summit Gala Dinner & Award Ceremony held recently at the Shangri-la Bangkok in Thailand. Bank of Ayudhya has begun partnership with Western Union since June 2000 as an agent in Thailand providing speedy funds transfer service through Western Union system. The Bank currently offers Krungsri Western Union service through its 559 branches nationwide, 77 foreign exchange booths and Vientiane branch in Laos P.D.R.About Bank of Ayudhya Bank of Ayudhya Public Company Limited (Symbol in SET: BAY), established on January 27, 1945, is the fifth largest commercial bank in terms of total assets in Thailand. BAY provides a full range of banking services to both its commercial and individual customers through 568 branches nationwide. On January 3, 2007, BAY and GE Money, a premier global consumer financial services firm, have successfully become strategic partners when GE Money took a 25.4% equity stake (fully diluted) in the Bank and subsequently increased its stake to 33% on July 2,2007, and 35% on September 18, 2007. Plans are underway to leverage the synergies of both BAY and GE Money in helping to achieve BAY’s vision to become the most admired universal bank in Thailand. To learn more about us, please visit our web site at www.krungsri.com.About Western Union The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) is a leader in global money transfer services. Together with its affiliates, Orlandi Valuta, Vigo and Pago Facil, Western Union provides consumers with fast, reliable and convenient ways to send and receive money around the world, as well as send payments and purchase money orders. It operates through a network of more than 335,000 Agent locations in over 200 countries and territories. Famous for its pioneering telegraph services, the original Western Union dates back to 1851. For more information, visit www.westernunion.com. For media inquiries please contact: Mrs. Yaowalak Poolthong Head of Corporate Communications & Investor Relations Tel: 02 296 3729-30 Fax: 0 2683 1473 E-mail: [email protected]