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. Leaving the idea of expansion into Europe, Western Union took up the expansion of services in the U.S. market. In the early forties of the 20th century, Western Union has used the first time a commercial intercity microwave transmission system. Transaction with Fexco has allowed Western Union to control directly more than 10 thousand points of service, which belonged to Fexco in 7 European countries (Spain, UK, Sweden, Ireland, Denmark, Norway and Finland). In 1860 the U.S. Congress arranged among the telegraph companies a competition to create a national line. The winner was Western Union. Western Union incomes for 2007 have made $4,9 billion US dollars, and the quantity of transactions has made 572 million. Western Union provides consumers and businesses with fast, reliable and convenient ways to send and receive money around the world, to send payments and to purchase money orders. Western Union has several divisions, with products such as person-to-person money transfer, money orders, business payments and commercial services.
United States have 499 cities with Western Union money transfer agent location. All country.
In the early forties of the 20th century, Western Union has used the first time a commercial intercity microwave transmission system. Transaction with Fexco has allowed Western Union to control directly more than 10 thousand points of service, which belonged to Fexco in 7 European countries (Spain, UK, Sweden, Ireland, Denmark, Norway and Finland). Leaving the idea of expansion into Europe, Western Union took up the expansion of services in the U.S. market.