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The Motley Fool February 4, 2008 Morgan Housel	Western Union Grows on Global Push Global diversification puts Western Union in a comfy position going forward, with fully 54% of its business coming from outside the U.S. in the fourth quarter.
U.S. Banker May 2009 Maria Aspan	If You Can't Beat 'Em, Might as Well Join 'Em Though some bankers are encouraging the industry to compete against remittance specialists, U.S. Bancorp says it makes more sense to continue working with such firms.
CIO January 24, 2014 Kim S. Nash	CIO Helps Civil War-Era Company Find Its Digital Future Western Union has survived dramatic business upheavals before. Can its CIO help this venerable company survive the digital payments revolution?
BusinessWeek December 22, 2003 David Fairlamb	Can Western Union Keep On Delivering? Wiring money overseas has been a hugely profitable business. But now, rivals are elbowing in, driving the fees down.
The Motley Fool April 22, 2008 Morgan Housel	All Smiles at Western Union The debt markets are rattled, the mortgage industry has run out of steam, and banking giants are flirting with disaster, but money-transfer powerhouse Western Union will hear nothing of it.
Bank Systems & Technology July 30, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz	Western Union Moves to Further its Mobile Presence New Digital Vendor Program was created to help vendors and others in the mobile finance chain easily integrate Western Union's technology with their own.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	A First for First Data First Data has a new opportunity to redefine itself. Investors, take note.
Bank Systems & Technology November 1, 2005 Maria Bruno-Britz	Western Union Flying High With Cash Payments A deal between Western Union, a subsidiary of payments solutions provider First Data, and American Airlines, offers underbanked consumers the ability to purchase American Airline tickets at local Western Union locations.
The Motley Fool October 23, 2008 Chris Jones	Western Union's Cloudy Crystal Ball Since lowering its 2008 forecasts and announcing the withdrawal of long-term earnings guidance, Western Union's shares have fallen dramatically.
Bank Systems & Technology September 2, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz	Western Union Acquires Custom House The purchase will allow Western Union to expand into the B2B payments space.
The Motley Fool December 4, 2008 Brian D. Pacampara	5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Western Union Let's take a closer look at Western Union's business, and see why this stock is poised to outperform.
The Motley Fool November 20, 2009 Chris Jones	This Moneymaker Is Dumping Its Deadweight Global Payments finally says goodbye to its money transfer business.
BusinessWeek November 6, 2006 Gene G. Marcial	Western Union Delivers Western Union's new stock is all about one of today's hottest trends: immigration.
The Motley Fool October 25, 2006 John Finneran	First Data: The Post-Spin Story First Data recently spun off Western Union, a business widely admired by investors. What's left has been rechristened as The New First Data. Is this an investment for all seasons?
The Motley Fool January 29, 2004 Selena Maranjian	First Data for Your Portfolio? If you're looking for a financial firm to fill out your portfolio (and even if you're not), get to know First Data. It's a massive financial services firm that processes the most credit card transactions, along with doing all kinds of other things. It's big, but it's still growing fast.
Bank Systems & Technology September 27, 2004 Cynthia Ramsaran	FSIs Offer Financial Relief to Hurricane Victims Bank One and Western Union offer help to customers affected by Hurricane Charley.
The Motley Fool April 15, 2005 Nathan Slaughter	First Data Still First Western Union's parent company reports strong revenue growth, but earnings miss the mark.
The Motley Fool October 2, 2009 Chris Jones	This Middleman Has Big Profit Potential So as long as credit card companies and money centers keep trying to unlock new markets, Global Payments will have more growth opportunities.
The Motley Fool March 30, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Emotions Run High at Global Payments Investors, it might be time to get greedy on Global Payments as fear hits the shares.
The Motley Fool January 27, 2006 Rich Smith	Second Look at First Data The money-mover announces a surprise spin-off. Western Union won't be sent off alone, however. Investors, take note.
CIO January 28, 2014 Maryfran Johnson	Will Western Union's Digital Gamble Pay Off? Facing escalating competition in the mobile payments revolution, a new CIO banks on data analytics to map out a profitable future.
The Motley Fool July 23, 2004 Richard Gibbons	First Data's Still No. 1 The company was attractive in January, but what has changed since then? First Data is bigger now, with a market cap of $37 billion, year-over-year revenue growth of 22%, and earnings-per-share growth of 15%.
Bank Technology News September 2002 Karen Krebsbach	Following The Money Banks are gunning for a larger share of the $9.2 billion wired home annually by Mexican nationals in the U.S. But the Mexican government, with its own remittance plan, could be the dark horse in this race.
Bank Systems & Technology July 1, 2005 Judy Ward	One Vendor, One System As this bank sought to build its wholesale lockbox business, it decided to migrate retail and wholesale lockbox software processing onto a single transaction system to improve efficiency
The Motley Fool May 26, 2005 Rich Smith	Wireless Goes West Alltel target Western Wireless to divest international operations. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 28, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Global Payments: Steady Is Good After some extreme volatility earlier this year, payment-processing and money-transfer firm Global Payments appears to be settling into a period of steady yet unspectacular growth.
The Motley Fool May 28, 2011 Andrew Tonner	Does Western Union Deserve a Spot in Your Portfolio? Western Union looks cheap both in terms of earnings and cash flow, but has some serious debt.
The Motley Fool January 25, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Finding First Data Wall Street loves Western Union's parent company, but its margins are a bit of a mixed bag. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 28, 2005 Slaughter & Munarriz	Stock Madness 2005: First Data vs. Marvel Which company will put more points on the board in "Stock Madness 2005," a contest based loosely on the annual NCAA College Basketball Tournament, a.k.a. March Madness?
Bank Systems & Technology May 8, 2007 Maria Bruno-Britz	For Money Transfers, Going Solo Not the Best Route for Banks A new study says banks are better off teaming up with existing money transmitters to succeed in remittance business.
The Motley Fool July 27, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Global Payments Could Pay Off Global Payments continues to grow briskly, even if that is below what certain investors demand.
Bank Technology News July 2006 Michael Sisk	Caught Off Card First Data Corp. has embarked on a "concept of one" restructuring that involves selling off Western Union and refocuses its energies on credit card processing.
The Motley Fool April 3, 2007 Brian D. Pacampara	A Rule Making Success Story: First Data The cash king agrees to be acquired by private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Rogers & Co. The deal represents a 26% premium over First Data's closing share price and about a 34% increase over the average price during the previous month.
Insurance & Technology September 5, 2006 Maria Woehr	Straight-Through Service With more insurance carriers offering agents electronic business submission capabilities and moving toward straight-through processing, Wooster, Ohio-based Western Reserve Group decided to expand the Web capabilities for agents of its legacy mainframe systems throughout a four-year process.
The Motley Fool June 16, 2006 Jim Gillies	Investing World Cup: Western Europe Rebuttal Don't count the Old World out just yet. Characterizing Western Europe as stodgy and mature completely ignores the new, high-growth businesses it's generating.
The Motley Fool January 6, 2005 Rich Smith	Cellular Consolidation Continues Alltel is acquiring Western Wireless. Alltel shares are down more than 3%.
The Motley Fool August 11, 2011 Jim Mueller	Rising Star Buy: Western Refining Knocked down, but fundamentally improving.
The Motley Fool January 11, 2005 Richard Gibbons	First Data Deepens Its Moat The multinational First Data has strong free cash flow and significant competitive advantages. Shareholders love it when companies have both.
The Motley Fool January 21, 2011 Christopher Barker	Union Pacific Gathers Momentum The latest bellwether to report signals encouraging signs of growth.
InternetNews May 28, 2009 Alex Goldman	Flood of Fake Western Union E-mails Hide Trojan An influx of malware-laden spam, which started two weeks ago, continues today as hackers seek credit card and banking information.
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2005 Michael Wagner	Q & A An interview with Chris Merrill of Heitman LLC about real estate investment in Central and Western Europe.
Bank Technology News November 2009 John Adams	Online Remittance is a CRM Club for Wells Remittance schemes can span a range of technology capabilities and access barriers, but the opportunity exists for banks to simplify both execution and fraud prevention by using the Web channel.
The Motley Fool March 22, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Swipe Plastic, Make Dollars Global Payments succeeds in the shadow of a giant. Trading at a trailing P/E of nearly 28 and an EV-to-FCF of around 14, it's hard to say whether the stock is cheap or dear, but it certainly doesn't seem valued out of line.
Bank Systems & Technology August 22, 2008 Orla O'Sullivan	Remittances Offer Promise of New Revenue and New Markets to Banks About 40 percent of the global funds transmitted annually by migrant workers to their home countries emanate from the U.S., yet banks here so far process only about 3 percent of world remittances.
InternetNews March 7, 2011	Western Digital Snaps Up Hitachi GST for $4.3B Consolidation in storage sector continues as Western Digital ponies up $4.3 billion to bring storage division of Hitachi into the fold in a deal expected to close in the third quarter.
Finance & Development June 1, 2007	Bulgaria Having joined the European Union in January 2007, Bulgaria is off to a promising start in its marathon to catch up with the living standards of its new European partners. But the challenge ahead will be to improve productivity.
BusinessWeek September 13, 2004	"The Status Quo Won't Stand" Joe Hansen, head of the United Food & Commercial Workers, predicts a "showdown" on reform at the AFL-CIO convention next summer.
Entrepreneur October 2006 Jennifer Pellet	Pruning Processing Fees How to lower credit card processing fees.
Bank Systems & Technology November 29, 2004 Cynthia Ramsaran	BofA Acquires National Processing In a move that will improve Bank of America's ability to deliver electronic payments solutions, the Charlotte, N.C.-based bank purchased National Processing for $1.4 billion.