Western Union has taken of 451st position in the rating Fortune 500 in 2009, having moved from 473rd line in 2008. To obtain the Golden card can any client of Western Union, committing money transfers on this system more than 1 time per year. Getting the card is issued at the time of making of the next transfer. In 1991, Western Union has sold some low-profit division of the company AT & T, GM Hughes Electronics, and to some others. In the same year the company changed its name to New Valley Corp. In 2000 was launched the Web site westernunion.com, with which users from certain countries can independently transfer funds online. The Western Union Company is a financial services and communications company based in the United States. Western Union made so that the time in all of American civil services was the same. Western Union for more than 130 years provides money transfer services to its customers.