1980 - for the first time in the history of Western Union revenues from money transfers exceeded the income from the telegraph service. In February 2009 the company entered into an agreement with Fexco to acquire 100% of its shares for $ 159.9 million. In 1866, Sibley ordered the engineers to develop a Western Union telegraph system of stock quotes in real time. In 1860 the U.S. Congress arranged among the telegraph companies a competition to create a national line. The winner was Western Union. In 1877, starting from September, New York City residents began to have the opportunity to check the time on clock with the "time ball", located on the roof of constructed in the same year a new corporate headquarters - Western Union Building. In 1933, by the Western Union Company were invented "singing telegrams". Before transition to remittances Western Union company rendered services on sphere of cable communication.
In 1866, Sibley ordered the engineers to develop a Western Union telegraph system of stock quotes in real time. In 1860 the U.S. Congress arranged among the telegraph companies a competition to create a national line. The winner was Western Union. In February 2009 the company entered into an agreement with Fexco to acquire 100% of its shares for $ 159.9 million.