Do you think the central banks will one day issue bitcoin? Do you think any BTCer would support that idea?
How did you connect "central banks" and anything in that video?
All Western Union needs, is legal background (laws) and that's it. It has NOTHING to do with "central banks". And it started with California for example....once it goes far enough, they will jump on it. Central Banks have nothing to do with it. As he said: "if it's regulated as a currency we will use it" As simple as that. Regulated doesn't mean "issued by central bank". It means "there is legal framework that make it legal for use".
If gold was easyer to move around they would transfer it too. There is no "central bank" that issues gold...they do not care. They are transfer service that offers some form of protection to users. Bitcoiners will not use Western union for sure, but we are minority. There are much more ppl that are afraid of tech and would always choose Wester Union before Bitcoin itself.
Let's not forget that Wester Union pays to banks for money transfers too. They can use it internally for transfers all around globe to save on fees etc.....alot of pooprtunity for them, for PayPal for basicly anyone who deal with international payments and money transfers.