Registrant : Organisation or self-employed individual
| Name/company name: |
The Western Union Company |
| Acronym: |
WU
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| Legal status: |
Incorporated in the State of Delaware, USA
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| Website address: |
http://www.westernunion.com
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Sections
| Section: |
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/professional associations |
| and more precisely: |
Companies & groups |
Person with legal responsibility
| Surname, Name: |
Mr
John Dye
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| Position: |
General Counsel |
Permanent person in charge of EU relations
| Surname, Name: |
Mr
Wolfgang MASCHEK
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| Position: |
Senior Counsel and Vice-President - Regulatory Affairs |
Contact details:
| Contact details of organisation's head office: |
12500 East Belford Avenue
Englewood, Colorado 80112
UNITED STATES
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| Telephone number: |
(+1) 7203321000 |
| Fax number: |
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| Other contact information: |
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Goals / remit
| Goals / remit of the organisation: |
The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) is a leader in global payment services. Together with its Vigo, Orlandi Valuta, Pago Facil and Western Union Business Solutions branded payment services, Western Union provides consumers and businesses with fast, reliable and convenient ways to send and receive money around the world, to send payments and to purchase money orders. As of September 30, 2012, the Western Union, Vigo and Orlandi Valuta branded services were offered through a combined network of approximately 510,000 agent locations in 200 countries and territories. In 2011, The Western Union Company completed 226 million consumer-to-consumer transactions worldwide, moving $81 billion of principal between consumers, and 425 million business payments. For more information, visit www.westernunion.com.
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The organisation's fields of interests are:
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Number of persons engaged in activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register
| Number of persons: |
2
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Complementary information:
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Persons accredited for access to European Parliament premises
Activities
Main EU initiatives covered the year before by activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register:
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Western Union is interested in all relevant financial services regulatory developments related to its current and desired future EU payments products and -services portfolio.
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Fields of interest for e-mail alerts on consultations and roadmaps;
| Fields declared by the organisation: |
- Competition
- Economic and Financial Affairs
- Enlargement
- General and Institutional Affairs
- Internal Market
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Networking
Information on (i) organisation's membership of any associations/federations/confederations or (ii) relationships to other bodies in formal or informal networks.
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Western Union is a member of the European Parliament Financial Services Forum (EPFSF), the European Payment Institutions Federation (EPIF) and the EU-Asian Financial Services Roundtable (EAFSR).
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Financial data
| Financial year: |
01/2012
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12/2012
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Estimated costs to the organisation directly related to representing interests to EU institutions in that year:
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150000
€ - 200000
€
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Amount and source of funding received from the EU institutions in financial year n-1 of registration
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Procurement:
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0 €
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Grants:
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0 €
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Other (financial) information provided by the organisation:
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