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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
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

via SEC EDGAR · GLEIF

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.

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