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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-017707"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WU"
cik: "0001365135"
company_name: "Western Union CO"
filed_at: "2022-08-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T21:39:37.071531+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Western Union appoints Matthew Cagwin as Interim CFO effective Sept 3, 2022

## Summary
- Matthew Cagwin, 47, appointed Interim CFO effective September 3, 2022.
- Cagwin joined Western Union in July 2022 as Head of Business Unit FP&A.
- Prior roles: SVP & CFO Merchant Acceptance at Fiserv (2019-2022) and First Data (2018-2019).
- No arrangements or family relationships with directors/officers; no related-party transactions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-017707
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WU
- cik: 0001365135
- company_name: Western Union CO
- filed_at: 2022-08-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1365135/000095017022017707/0000950170-22-017707-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1365135/000095017022017707/wu-20220818.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-017707
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-017707.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-017707.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Matthew Cagwin was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at Western Union CO.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On August 18, 2022, Matthew Cagwin was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer of The Western Union Company (the “Company”), effective September 3, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1365135/000095017022017707/0000950170-22-017707-index.htm

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