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The Motley Fool March 27, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Western Union Revisited: Single and Lovin' It The former telegraph operator is now a cash-generating machine. Based on consensus analyst projections for this year, Western Union trades at just less than 20 times earnings.
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.
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.
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 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 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.
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.
Bank Technology News December 2008 Rebecca Sausner	ATMs: Taking on Western Union Startup company Privier Inc. is developing a system that allows bank customers to send cash around the globe for pick up at any participating ATM, even without an ATM card.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Motley Fool April 21, 2005 David Meier	MoneyGram Double Dips Two revenue sources are better than one, as seen in this money transfer company. The stock has retreated from a high near $23 to its $18.78 current price, but deserves a harder look.
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 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 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.
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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.
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.
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The Motley Fool July 18, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	U.S. Bancorp: Cheap Is Still Beautiful Mercilessly wringing costs from the system benefits shareholders. U.S. Bancorp may not be shockingly cheap, but it is trading below fair value.
Bank Systems & Technology March 27, 2008 Nancy Feig	Banks Adopting More Strategies to Court Underbanked Banks' interest in helping the underbanked isn't entirely altruistic. While the average account of an underbanked person may not seem substantial, as a group, the underbanked spend at least $13 billion per year on non-bank financial transactions.
Bank Systems & Technology October 22, 2007 Nancy Feig	Cross-Border Payments: What Role Do Banks Play in Remittances? At $250 billion, the market for cross-border, consumer-to-consumer remittance payments already is huge. But with the World Bank estimate of 30% year-over-year growth, the market is one banks no longer can ignore.
The Motley Fool November 17, 2011 Anders Bylund	Moneygram International Shares Dropped: What You Need to Know Is this meaningful? Or just another movement for global payments handler Moneygram International?
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.
U.S. Banker March 2007 Lee Conrad	Established Institution Reinvents Itself as '$2 Billion Startup' With a young CEO at the helm, United Western Bank is reinventing itself. It's embarking on a long-term plan to turn its mortgage-based balance sheet into a more lucrative community-banking one.
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.
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?
Bank Technology News February 2004 Michael Sisk	The Rush To Fill c2it's Void While the closing of Citigroup's long-struggling c2it online money transfer service in November caught a lot of headlines, it was but a single move on the global on-line payments chess board. It's a game that's heating up fast, particularly on the international front.
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.
The Motley Fool November 8, 2011 Matt Cropp	Bank Transfer Day: A Resounding, If Unanticipated, Success for Credit Unions Did it live up to the hype? Bank Transfer Day was also an occasion for increasingly open cooperation between credit unions and the Occupy movement.
Finance & Development December 1, 2005 Dilip Ratha	Remittances: A Lifeline for Development Governments have often offered incentives to increase remittance flows and to channel them to productive uses. But such policies are more problematic than efforts to expand access to financial services or reduce transaction costs.
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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.
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.
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