---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-099165"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WU"
cik: "0001365135"
company_name: "Western Union CO"
filed_at: "2025-07-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T00:12:16.694243+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Western Union Q2 revenue down 4%, EPS $0.37; appoints Ben Hawksworth COO

## Summary
- Q2 revenue $1.03B (-4% reported); GAAP EPS $0.37, adjusted EPS $0.42, both down YoY.
- Branded Digital revenue +6% (txns +9%); Consumer Services revenue +39% (adj. +41%).
- 2025 outlook: GAAP revenue $4.085-4.185B; GAAP EPS $1.45-1.55; adjusted EPS $1.65-1.75.
- Ben Hawksworth appointed COO effective Aug 1, 2025; base salary $550K, incentive 100%, equity $1.4M.
- CMT segment revenue -8% reported (-6% adj. ex-Iraq); transactions -3%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-099165
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WU
- cik: 0001365135
- company_name: Western Union CO
- filed_at: 2025-07-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1365135/000095017025099165/0000950170-25-099165-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1365135/000095017025099165/wu-20250722.htm

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