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Western Union
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American financial services and communications company
OverviewAI-generated
The Western Union Company is an active operating entity incorporated in Delaware, United States, with its headquarters in Denver. The organization was established in 1851 and 1856. It operates in the business services industry and is listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol WU. The company employs 11,000 people and reported total assets of 9,496,300,000. Its financial records indicate a total revenue of 5,589,900,000, an operating income of 1,122,100,000, and a net profit of 1,058,300,000. Total equity figures are listed as 186,600,000 and -39,500,000.
Western Union maintains an official website and location directory for its services. The organization has 632,679 social media followers and holds an Alexa rank of 4,679. Its review score is 3.9. The company’s fiscal year ends on December 31.
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Key facts
- Company type
- Public
- Traded as
- NYSE : WU S&P 600 component
- Industry
- Financial services
- Founded
- April 8, 1851 ; 175 years ago ( 1851-04-08 ) in Rochester, New York , U.S.
- Headquarters
- Denver , Colorado, U.S.
- Area served
- Worldwide
- Key people
- Jeffrey A. Joerres , ( chairman ), Devin McGranahan, ( president and CEO )
- Services
- Wire transfers , Money orders , Money transfers , Bill pay, Transfer tracking, Price estimation
- Revenue
- US$ 4.36 billion (2023)
- Operating income
- US$817.5 million (2023)
- Net income
- US$626 million (2023)
- Total assets
- US$8.199 billion (2023)
- Number of employees
- 9,100 (December 31, 2024)
- Website
- westernunion .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Company
WU- Industry
- Services-Business Services, NEC
- Exchange
- NYSE
- State of incorporation
- DE
- Entity type
- operating
- Latest filing
- S-8 · 2026-05-21
- Jurisdiction
- US-DE
- Headquarters
- Denver, US
Official website
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Encyclopedic overview
Western Union Telegraph Building, lithograph
The Western Union Company is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Western Union” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.