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Western Union Co.
12500 East Belford Avenue
Englewood, CO 80112
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Phone: 866-405-5012
Fax: 720-332-4753
Web Site: http://www.westernunion.com

DETAILS 
Index Membership:S&P 500
S&P 1500 Super Comp
Sector:Services
Industry:Personal Services
Full Time Employees:5,900

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
The Western Union Company provides money transfer and bill payment services worldwide. The company offers various consumer-to-consumer money transfer services, primarily through a network of third-party agents using multi-currency and real-time money transfer processing systems. Its consumer-to-consumer money transfer services primarily include walk-in money transfer service, online money transfer service, telephone money transfer service, cash to card service, and account to cash service. The company also provides a range of consumer-to-business payment services, which include processing electronic and cash payments to various organizations that receive consumer payments, including utilities, auto finance companies, mortgage servicers, financial service providers, and governmental agencies. Its consumer-to-business services include Speedpay electronic payments service that enables consumers to make payments to various billers using credit cards, debit cards, and ACH; Equity Accelerator service enabling consumers to make mortgage payments; Quick Collect service to send funds to businesses and government agencies using cash and debit cards; Quick Cash, a cash disbursement service used by businesses and government agencies to send money to employees or individuals; and Convenience Pay service, which enables consumers to send payments to utilities and telecommunication providers using cash or checks. In addition, The Western Union Company offers money orders; prepaid services; and top-up services for third parties that enable consumers to pre-pay for mobile phone and other services. As of December 31, 2008, it offered its services through a network of approximately 375,000 agent locations. The company was founded in 1851 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    Western Union Co.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 3-Jan-10 is better than 44.7% of S&P 500 companies and 92.9% of Software & Services companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mrs. Christina A. Gold , 62
    Chief Exec. Officer, Pres
    $ 2.07M $ 0
    Mr. Scott T. Scheirman , 47
    Chief Financial Officer and Exec. VP
    $ 861.00K $ 3.00K
    Mr. Stewart A. Stockdale , 48
    Exec. VP and Pres of The Americas
    $ 666.00K $ 0
    Mr. Hikmet Ersek , 49
    Managing Director of Europe, Middle East, Africa & South Asia and Exec. VP
    $ 1.16M $ 1.22M
    Mr. Robin Heller ,
    Exec. VP, Operations & IT
    N/A N/A
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-08 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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