In the Western Union in the 30s of the 20th century worked 14 thousand couriers delivering telegrams. 1970 - a new service called The Western Union Company is a financial services and communications company based in the United States. Number of active holders of "Golden Card" of Western Union amounted to 9.5 million people worldwide. 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.