Western Union

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financial services company public company telecommunications company

Western Union is a major American financial services and communications company best known for its historic telegraph network and global money transfer services.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Western Union canonical 21
Western Union Telegraph Company 9
Western Union Company 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf financial services company ⓘ
public company ⓘ
telecommunications company ⓘ
ceasedService telegram service in the United States ⓘ
ceasedServiceDate 2006 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
formerHeadquartersLocation Englewood, Colorado ⓘ
foundedBy Ezra Cornell ⓘ
Hiram Sibley ⓘ
hasBrand Orlandi Valuta ⓘ
Vigo ⓘ
hasCompetitor MoneyGram ⓘ
PayPal ⓘ
surface form: PayPal Xoom

Wise ⓘ
hasCustomerType business customers ⓘ
individual customers ⓘ
hasSubsidiary Western Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Western Union Business Solutions
headquartersLocation Denver, Colorado ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
historicalActivity cablegram services ⓘ
telegram delivery ⓘ
telegraph services ⓘ
inception 1851 ⓘ
industry financial services ⓘ
money transfer ⓘ
remittances ⓘ
telecommunications ⓘ
introducedService first transcontinental telegraph line in the United States ⓘ
money transfer by telegraph ⓘ
introducedServiceDate 1861 ⓘ
1871 ⓘ
listedOn New York Stock Exchange ⓘ
nameChange Western Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Western Union Telegraph Company
nameChangeDate 1856 ⓘ
notableFor global money transfer network ⓘ
historic telegraph network ⓘ
originalName New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company ⓘ
product Western Union mobile app ⓘ
Western Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Western Union online transfer platform
regulatoryStatus money services business ⓘ
service bill payment services ⓘ
business payments ⓘ
digital remittance services ⓘ
domestic money transfer ⓘ
international money transfer ⓘ
money orders ⓘ
prepaid cards ⓘ
serviceArea worldwide ⓘ
tickerSymbol WU ⓘ

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western Union (early career as telegraph operator) → earlyEmployer → Western Union ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Edison
Western Union → nameChange → Western Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Union Telegraph Company
Western Union → product → Western Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Union online transfer platform
Western Union → hasSubsidiary → Western Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Union Business Solutions
Bell Telephone Company → sharesBorderWith → Western Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Union (as major competitor in early years)
transcontinental telegraph → builtBy → Western Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Union Telegraph Company
transcontinental telegraph → operatedBy → Western Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Union Telegraph Company
transcontinental telegraph → relatedTo → Western Union ⓘ
Ezra Cornell → founderOf → Western Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Union precursor telegraph enterprises
Treaty of Brussels → createdOrganization → Western Union ⓘ
1913 Kingsbury Commitment → relatedTo → Western Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Union Telegraph Company
Westar 6 → operator → Western Union ⓘ
Westar 6 → owner → Western Union ⓘ
Westar 6 stranded in improper orbit → operator → Western Union ⓘ
Westar 6 stranded in improper orbit → commercialCustomer → Western Union ⓘ
STS-51A → satelliteOwner → Western Union ⓘ
golden spike ceremony → telegraphNetworkUsed → Western Union ⓘ
subject surface form: Golden Spike Ceremony
this entity surface form: Western Union telegraph network
Randolph Scott → notableWork → Western Union ⓘ
New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company → laterKnownAs → Western Union ⓘ
New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company → successor → Western Union ⓘ
New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company → predecessorOf → Western Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Union Telegraph Company
New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company → mergedInto → Western Union ⓘ
WU → represents → Western Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Union Company
WU → hasBrand → Western Union ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Union Company
Orlandi Valuta → ownedBy → Western Union ⓘ
Orlandi Valuta → brandOf → Western Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Union Company
Orlandi Valuta → hasParentCompany → Western Union ⓘ
MoneyGram → hasCompetitor → Western Union ⓘ
Hiram Sibley → employer → Western Union ⓘ
Hiram Sibley → helpedFound → Western Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Union Telegraph Company
Pacific Telegraph Act of 1860 → relatedTo → Western Union ⓘ
Edward Creighton → employer → Western Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Union Telegraph Company
Bell Telephone controversy → significantOrganization → Western Union ⓘ
Bell Telephone controversy → opponent → Western Union ⓘ
Mausoleum of Jeptha H. Wade → hasConnectionTo → Western Union ⓘ
Jeptha H. Wade → founded → Western Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Union Telegraph Company
Jeptha H. Wade → associatedWith → Western Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Union Telegraph Company