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. In 1933, by the Western Union Company were invented "singing telegrams". 1970 - a new service called On the market was placed about 765 million of ordinary shares of the company. On the first day trading on the exchange the company's shares rose by 3.3% and the cost was $ 19.96. Western Union made so that the time in all of American civil services was the same.