In February 2009 the company entered into an agreement with Fexco to acquire 100% of its shares for $ 159.9 million. In the Western Union in the 30s of the 20th century worked 14 thousand couriers delivering telegrams. The Western Union Company is a leader in global payment services In 1914 Western Union engineers invented the first payment card - a prototype of the modern credit card. Thanks to cooperation with Western Union the Associated Press at the end of the XIX century took almost monopolistic position in the U.S. market news. In 1849, Selden and Sibley, the founders of the future Western Union, created the New York State Printing Telegraph Company.
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In the Western Union in the 30s of the 20th century worked 14 thousand couriers delivering telegrams. In 1914 Western Union engineers invented the first payment card - a prototype of the modern credit card.
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Travel Choice Express, Boldon Colliery North Road NE35 9AR Travel Choice Express |
Monday:
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Tuesday: 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM Wednesday: 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM Thursday: 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM Friday: 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM Saturday: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Sunday: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM |
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In the 30's of the twentieth century, Western Union has become the world's largest telegraph company. 1970 - a new service called Thanks to cooperation with Western Union the Associated Press at the end of the XIX century took almost monopolistic position in the U.S. market news. In 1879 Western Union left the telephone business after losing a lawsuit against Alexander Graham Bell - the patent holder on the phone. In 2000 was launched the Web site westernunion.com, with which users from certain countries can independently transfer funds online. Western Union for more than 130 years provides money transfer services to its customers.