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On January 26, 2006, First Data announced its intention to spin off Western Union into independent publicly-traded financial services company focused on money transfers through a tax-free spin-off to First Data [[shareholder]]s. The spin off occurred as planned on September 29, 2006.<ref name=Forbes3>{{cite web|last1=Crane|first1=Mary|title=First Data Announces Western Union Spin-Off|url=https://www.forbes.com/2006/06/09/first-data-western-union-0609markets13.html|website=Forbes |access-date=12 February 2015}}</ref> The next day Western Union announced that it would cease offering telegram transmission and delivery.<ref>[http://www.westernunion.com/info/osTelegram.asp?country=US Notice of the discontinuation of telegram services] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20060220000810/http://www.westernunion.com/info/osTelegram.asp?country=US |date=February 20, 2006 }} – From the Western Union website</ref>
In January 2011, Western Union acquired Angelo Costa, a group active in money transfer and services to immigrants. Angelo Costa has a network of 7,500 points of sale throughout Europe <ref>[http://finanza. excite.it/money-transfer-western-union-acquisisce-la-angelo-costa-spa-N119883.html| TheMoney agreementTransfer: wasWestern signedUnion foracquisisce US$200la million.{{CitationAngelo needed|date=JanuaryCosta 2020}}spa]</ref>.▼In May 2009, Western Union announced its plan to acquire Canada-based [[Custom House (global payments)|Custom House]] from Peter Gustavson.<ref name="Western-Union-Aug-2009-10-Q">{{cite web|url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/2575/119312509163822/filing-main.htm |title=Western Union, Form 10-Q, Quarterly Report, Filing Date Aug 4, 2009 |publisher=secdatabase.com |access-date =May 13, 2018}}</ref> The deal closed in September 2009 for a purchase price of [[United States dollar|US$]]371 million.<ref name="Western-Union-Oct-2009-10-Q">{{cite web|url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/796/119312509219024/filing-main.htm |title=Western Union, Form 10-Q, Quarterly Report, Filing Date Oct 30, 2009 |publisher=secdatabase.com |access-date =May 13, 2018}}</ref> This acquisition led the company to be re-branded as Western Union Business Solutions.<ref name="Western-Union-Oct-2010-8-K">{{cite web|url=http://pdf.secdatabase.com/1767/0001193125-10-236656.pdf |title=Western Union, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Oct 26, 2010 |publisher=secdatabase.com |access-date =May 13, 2018}}</ref> Custom House and its subsidiary [[XE.com]] were sold to [[Euronet Worldwide]] in 2015 and operate under its [[HiFX]] brand.
▲In January 2011, Western Union acquired Angelo Costa, a group active in money transfer and services to immigrants. Angelo Costa has a network of 7,500 points of sale throughout Europe. The agreement was signed for US$200 million.{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}}
In July 2011, Western Union acquired [[Travelex]]'s Global Business Payments division for [[Pound sign|£]]606 million.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110705005742/en/Western-Union-Acquire-Travelex-Global-Business-Payments |title=Western Union to Acquire Travelex Global Business Payments |publisher=Businesswire |date=July 5, 2011 }}</ref>
In October 2011, Western Union completed the acquisition of Finint S.r.l., one of Western Union's leading money transfer network agents in Europe, with more than 10,000 subagent locations across Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cardflash.com/news/2011/06/western-union-to-acquire-finint-money-network/|title=Western Union to Acquire Finint Money Network • 06/01/2011|last=McKinley|first=Robert|date=June 1, 2011|website=CardFlash® - Payment Card Industry News|language=en-US|access-date=January 24, 2020}}</ref>
In May 2015, rumors emerged over a proposed merger of Western Union and competitor [[MoneyGram]], at a time when both companies’ revenue were declining.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/news/business-and-finance/21650598-western-union-and-moneygrams-proposed-merger-good-news-shareholders-less-so|title=Bigger but not better|newspaper=The Economist|date=May 7, 2015|access-date=June 27, 2017}}</ref> Western Union denied this was the case.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://afkinsider.com/95861/what-a-western-union-moneygram-merger-will-mean-for-africa/|title=What A Western Union, MoneyGram Merger Will Mean To Africa|date=May 7, 2015|work=AFKInsider|access-date=June 27, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> In January 2017, [[Ant Financial Services Group|Ant Financial]], [[Alibaba Group|Alibaba]]’s financial technology firm instead unsuccessfully attempted to acquire MoneyGram for $880 million,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-26/jack-ma-s-ant-financial-close-to-buying-moneygram-wsj-says|title=Jack Ma's Ant Financial Buys MoneyGram for $880 Million|date=January 26, 2017|work=Bloomberg.com|access-date=June 27, 2017}}</ref> but this was blocked by the U.S. government citing national security concerns.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-moneygram-intl-m-a-ant-financial-idUSKBN1ER1R7|title=U.S. blocks MoneyGram sale to China's Ant Financial on national security concerns|date=January 3, 2018|work=https://www.reuters.com/|access-date=September 9, 2021}}</ref>
In November 2020, Western Union acquired 15% stake in the digital payment unit of Saudi Arabia's STC Group for $200 million.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Reuters Staff|date=November 21, 2020|title=Western Union buys 15% stake in Saudi Telecom's digital payment unit|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-telecom-m-a-western-union-idUSKBN2810QD|access-date=November 21, 2020}}</ref>
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