1980 - for the first time in the history of Western Union revenues from money transfers exceeded the income from the telegraph service. In 1920, Western Union has implemented the world's first transmission of images over the ocean. In the 30's of the twentieth century, Western Union has become the world's largest telegraph company. In April 1851 companions registered in Albany New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company (NYMVPTC), which included founded two years before New York State Printing Telegraph Company. You do not need to open a bank account, so you can send or receive money in any of the 170 000 service points of Western Union around the world. In the 1910-1920 years. Western Union is actively engaged in researching, innovating in the field of data transmission.