Western Union podcast

Watch our group podcast!

http://media.switchpod.com/users/westernunion/Western_Union_Podcast.mp3

doing good within the community

The Tsunami Fund was sponsored by Western Union Money Transfer, Sri Lanka. A real-model of the thirsty crow fable where for every coin dropped in, the water level would rise a little. Brilliant way to do a little charity work as well as advertise.

1990 ads

An ad from the 1990s for Western Union:


Their 1990 "Everybody Needs Somebody" commercial:


Must've been some of the greater commercials back in the 90's. However, I have found it harder to find more recently produced ones. It wouldn't be too hard to believe that that they are overwhelmed their own growth and busy opening up new locations. If you didn't catch it, in the second commercial, they mentioned 16,000 locations. Comparing 16,000 locations then with 300,000 locations now, they are averaging 16,705 new locations each year for the last 17 years! Now I wouldn't mind owning a few company shares.

take them to the beach

I came across the image of Western Union foam slippers. When I tried doing an online search for images of other Western Union merchandise, no luck.

This seems to be more of an advertising product rather than something that people would purchase for practical use.

Western Union Telegraph Company now in Nova Scotia

This is an 1893 newspaper article that was placed in the Belcher's Farmer's Almanac stating the service provided to Nova Scotians. Interesting read.

can't hurt to err on the safe side

Western Union is doing its part in taking the necessary precautions to halt possible terrorist money transfers. As ABC News reports, they have blocked transfers from senders and receivers with names such as Mohammed and Ahmed.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2159769&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

about Western Union

Western Union has been around for over 150 years. They offer great rates for transferring money, and enjoy helping out the communities they are posted in. Visist Western Union's "About Us" page to learn more about the history, careers available, and community services this company offers.

http://www.westernunion.com/info/aboutUsWesternUnion.asp

January 27, 2006: end of Western Union telegram services

I was surprised that telegram services weren't discontinued earlier, when its services would be inefficient compared to emailing and texting services available when the Internet was made popular.

More info on telegram and its history is in the article:
http://www.livescience.com/technology/060131_western_union.html

look how easy it is!

This is a sample of a paperwork to get a western union money transfer

all the info!

The Western Union Company


Type: Public

Founded: 1851

Headquarters: Englewood, Colorado

Industry: Financial services

Products: Financial services

Revenue: $3 billion USD (2005)

Website: westernunion.com

the Western Union Gold Card -- free, easy & more rewarding

Want a quicker and easier way to send money from an Agent location? Apply for a Western Union Gold Card today. Earn FREE phone time credit each time you complete a money transfer using your Gold Card. Best of all, the Western Union Gold Card is FREE!

http://www.westernunion.co.nz/WUCOMWEB/countryHomeAction.do?method=load&countryCode=NZ&languageCode=en

protect yourself from fraud

Remember that when you are sending money to only give information that is required, and always make sure that it is over a secure site. Even you are helping someone, do don't want someone else to help themselves to your money....Protect Yourself.....Western Union can show you how.

300th location milestone!!

Wow! Western Union has reached their 300,000th location milestone, which was announced March 1st, 2007.

http://ir.westernunion.com/press/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=232023

The closest estimate that we had previously found on the site to work with was 250,000.

consider working for Western Union

Looking for a career with great travel opportunties....Why not Western Union?

Looking for a job where you can help family connect.........Why not Western Union?

Great with people.....Why not Western Union?

They have over 5,000 people working for them around the world who live in different countries and speak many different languages. Remember they don't just vision growth...they make it happen for you.

So don't just think about a 9-5 job, think about a career.....Think Western Union!

one quick stop away

With over $4 billion in revenue and 150 years of serving people, Western union is the leader in money transferring. They will help you provide for friends and family around the world with just one quick stop to the nearest western union. They will also provide financial choices, convenience and control.

from there to here

The Western Union Quick Cash service offers many powerful benefits that can enhance your business process while strengthening client relationships. For example, it may be faster than bank wires and eliminates the time delays and hassles of cashing foreign checks. The low, fixed per-transaction fee is typically less than the cost of cutting a check and sending it via express courier. And as the world's largest money transfer network, the Western Union Quick Cash service provides a reliable way of transferring money every time.

Western Union® Quick PaySM is the payment solution you have been waiting for! The Western Union Quick Pay service allows both in-country and international customers to send payments directly to your company electronically. This easy, reliable service transfers payments electronically in minutes and eliminates the time delays and multiple fees often associated with other payment methods. Where available, funds can be automatically converted into your local currency. And it's provided by Western Union, a world leader in money tranfer services.

Introducing a true breakthrough for financial institutions, insurance companies and other businesses that disburse funds on a regular basis— Western Union® Signature Services is a payment solution that lets them disburse funds to clients from an office PC.

Information provided by: http://www.payment-solutions.com/agent.asp

"There are so many options to explore!"

Jessica

a little short on cash?

Western Union money transfers is more convenient that going to the bank to do it in person. And quicker than getting it done online.

A while ago, I had located this TV ad for one of our first class projects. However, we didn't end up using it.

I've got to warn you, the video is a little blurry, but it does a good job advertising by placing emphasis on how fast it is to transfer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enWNHupIBow

groceries and Western Union

In the city of Lethbrige there is a Western Union on the Westside Safeway. So you can get your money transfer and grocieries all at the same time.

who says you can't learn something new outside of school!

Having seen the post on all the various locations that Western Union transfers funds to, I decided to do a lookup on their site for the agent locations within Lethbridge. Boy was a surprised. Lethbridge, Alberta, being a city with a population of over 77 thousand, had 16 agent locations! That was 13 more than my estimated number.

For all those Lethbridge residents, here are the locations:

INSTALOANS #38812, 3RD AVE SOUTH

INSTA-RENT, R23920 - 2 AVE A NORTH

H & R BLOCK #50133, 1218 3RD AVE S

CASH CANADA #22, 302 5TH STREET SOUTH

MONEY MART #513, 1279 3 AVE SOUTH

GREENS POP SHOP, 613 13TH ST NORTH

LOANS TIL PAYDAY, 726 13TH ST NORTH

SPEEDY CASH, UNIT 4 404 MAYOR MAGRATH DR

CASH SOLUTIONS, 1015 MAYOR MAGRATH DR SOUTH, BETWEEN 10TH AND 12TH STS

SAFEWAY #275, 1702 23RD STREET NORTH

CASH STORE #62, 2410 FAIRWAY PLAZA RD S

SAFEWAY #299, 2750 FAIRWAY PLAZA RD SOUTH

MONEY MART #0522, 3230 FAIRWAY ST SOUTH

INSTALOANS #51, 1312 MAYOR MAGRATH DR SOUTH

SAFEWAY #2276, #1 550 UNIVERSITY DR WEST

GREENS POP SHOP WEST, 680 COLUMBIA BLVD WEST

In a post-secondary student city, can you say convenience?

need to send money fast?

Western Union can get it their before you can say Life Saver!

With the choice of using 250,000

different agent location, sending money around the

world, 24 hours a day!

Do you really have to think about it?

anything you could want to learn...

You can learn from Wikipedia. This includes all you could want to know about Western Union.

"Western Union was founded in Rochester, New York, in 1851 as The New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company.

"After a series of acquisitions of competing companies by Hiram Sibley & Don Alonzo Watson the company changed its name to Western Union Telegraph Company in 1856 at the insistence of Ezra Cornell, one of the founders of Cornell University [1], to signify the joining of telegraph lines from coast to coast.

"Western Union completed the first transcontinental telegraph line in 1861. In 1865 it formed the Russian American Telegraph in an attempt to link America to Europe, via Alaska, into Siberia, to Moscow."

Interested yet? Go to http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Union


There is also an ad for Western Union on YouTube:


Here is the link for this same video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H47pR_7Q0kA

This commercial features a real Western Union customer who has had a lot of experience transferring money, and prefers Western Union over other money transferring companies that he has worked with.

around the world...

We mentioned briefly on our webcast that Western Union can transfer money to over 200 countries/provinces. In case you are skeptical, here is a list of all of them.

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Angola
Anguila
Antigua & Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bonaire
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
British Virgin Islands
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Central African Rep
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Cote D’Ivoire
Croatia
Curacao
Cyprus
Cyprus (Northern)
Czech Republic
Dem Rep of Congo
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Falkland Islands
Fiji
Finland
France
French Guinea
French Polynesia
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greece
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guam
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, Republic of
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrghyz Republic
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldovo
Monaco
Mongolia
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
Nepal
Netherlands
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Palestinian Authority
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Quatar
Reunion
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Samoa
Sao Tomi and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia & Montenegro
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Soloman Islands
Spain
Sri Lanka
St. Kitts & Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Maarten
St. Vincent
Sudan
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikstan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad & Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Turks & Caicos Island
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
US Virgin Islands
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuala
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia

You can send money online, from a Western Union location near you, or by phone. Western Union also transfers many different currencies, including, but not limited to, Canadian and American dollars, Euros, and Yen. For more information about Western Union and its services, go to http://www.westernunion.ca/info/homePage.asp

P.S. Sorry the list takes up so much space, but I tried for an hour to find a way to list the names side-by-side, and failed.

who says you can't go back in history?

I happened to come across this on the yog-sothoth.com website forums and thought that bloggers would be interested. (link: http://www.yog-sothoth.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=9296). A yog-sothoth.com user, FNH, has put together a telegram maker where you can enter in your own lines onto the telegram. So that means that you can now make your own 1920's Western Union telegram!

This is the telegram that I made:

And here's the link to the telegram maker:

http://www.bookranger.co.uk/Cthulhu/Telegram.html

Enjoy!

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