Western Union
Also known as Western Union Company, WesternUnion, Western Union Telegraph Company, The New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company, The Western Union Company
American financial services and communications company
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
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Western Union Telegraph Building, lithograph
The Western Union Company is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
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