Western Union
Send money internationally
Western Union is a financial services company known primarily for money transfers.
For over a century it has allowed people to send cash across distances, often to recipients without bank accounts: She wired money home through Western Union.
The name has become nearly synonymous with wire transfers, though the company no longer operates telegraph services.
To send someone a Western Union is to wire them money.
Sending funds electronically
- wire transferElectronic bank-to-bank payment
- remittanceFunds sent elsewhere
- cash pickupRetrieving physical money
- exchange rateCurrency conversion value
transaction · beneficiary · transfer fee · migrant workers · expatriates · foreign currency · mobile money · bank deposit
Wired written dispatch
- cablegramWired overseas message
- dispatchSend with speed
- wireThin metallic conductor
- transmissionSending of information
ticker · relay · operator · encode · decode · signal · cable · transatlantic
Legally separate business entity
- financial servicesEconomic offerings from institutions
- brandCompany's product line name
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- service providerEntity delivering ongoing services
merger · acquisition · monopoly · antitrust · stock · headquarters · global presence · storefronts
money transfer
Sending funds electronically
- wire transferElectronic bank-to-bank payment
- remittanceFunds sent elsewhere
- cash pickupRetrieving physical money
exchange rate · transaction · beneficiary · transfer fee · migrant workers · expatriates · foreign currency · mobile money · bank deposit · payment network
telegram
Wired written dispatch
transmission · ticker · relay · operator · encode · decode · signal · cable · transatlantic · sounder
corporation
Legally separate business entity
- financial servicesEconomic offerings from institutions
- brandCompany's product line name
- franchiseLicensed business operation
service provider · merger · acquisition · monopoly · antitrust · stock · headquarters · global presence · storefronts · kiosk
- International Transferswire transfer, SWIFT, remittance, bank transfer, cross-border
- money transferwire transfer, PayPal, money order, Venmo, remittance
- telegraph eraSamuel Morse, morse code, Morse code, telegraph operator, telegraph lines
- Remittanceswire transfers, bank transfers, transfer fees, MoneyGram, Wise
- Telegraph Companies
- Payment Methodscash, credit card, debit card, check, cheque
Western UnionVenmo
Mobile payment service
PayPal · Zelle · cryptocurrency · Bitcoin · barter
Western Unionbank
Place holding deposits
JPMorgan Chase · credit union · commercial bank · savings and loan · investment bank
Western Unionemail
Digital written communication
WhatsApp · Slack · instant messaging · fiber optic network · 5G
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