1998 - the number of points of money transfers worldwide reached 50,000. The network of money transfers of Western Union is the world's largest. One of the common kinds of money transfer is a transfer via the international system of Western Union. Western Union incomes for 2007 have made $4,9 billion US dollars, and the quantity of transactions has made 572 million. Before transition to remittances Western Union company rendered services on sphere of cable communication.