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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-057341"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WU"
cik: "0001365135"
company_name: "Western Union CO"
filed_at: "2025-04-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T07:56:05.959285+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Western Union Q1 revenue $984M (-6%); GAAP EPS $0.36; reaffirms FY2025 outlook

## Summary
- GAAP revenue $984M, down 6% YoY; adjusted revenue excluding Iraq down 2%.
- GAAP EPS $0.36 vs $0.41 prior year; adjusted EPS $0.41 vs $0.45.
- Branded Digital revenue up 7% (8% adjusted); transactions up 14% for eighth consecutive quarter of double-digit growth.
- CMT revenue down 9% reported, down 2% adjusted ex-Iraq; transactions up 3%.
- FY2025 outlook reaffirmed: revenue $4.09-4.19B GAAP, operating margin 18-20%, EPS $1.54-1.64.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-057341
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WU
- cik: 0001365135
- company_name: Western Union CO
- filed_at: 2025-04-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1365135/000095017025057341/0000950170-25-057341-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1365135/000095017025057341/wu-20250423.htm

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