In February 2009 the company entered into an agreement with Fexco to acquire 100% of its shares for $ 159.9 million. Money transfer is a matter of minutes, at any distance. The Western Union Company is a leader in global payment services In 1884 Western Union has become a joint-stock company and was brought to the stock exchange. The company has entered in the first American stock index Dow Jones. Western Union made so that the time in all of American civil services was the same.