United States · Money service business
Western Union International Services, LLC
Western Union International Services, LLC is a Delaware limited liability company based in Denver, Colorado. It holds state money transmitter licences under NMLS ID 906985, including a licence from the New York State Department of Financial Services, and is registered with FinCEN as a money services business. The Western Union Company is its parent. Under the Western Union US terms, it provides the non-US portion of international money transfers sent from the United States, jointly with its sister company Western Union Financial Services, Inc.
Licences and registrations
Held by Western Union International Services, LLC (LEI MPZW9QQ3ARO07TVMGD25). 1 entry on 1 of the 22 tracked registers, retrieved 24 September 2026.
| Register | Licence | Number | Jurisdiction | Status | Registered | Ends | Activities | Register entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSB Registrant SearchFinCEN | —Money Transmitter / Remittance | Not published by the register | United States | Active | 2026-09-10 | — |
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- Each licence applies in the country of the regulator that granted it.
- Registers are tracked in 37 countries. Licences granted elsewhere are not recorded here.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory.
Its LEI is not mapped to a BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Customers
Not published
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
The Western Union Company
Firm type
Money remittance
Trades as Western Union
- Standing
- The firm was renamed from Custom House USA, LLC on 1 November 2018. The Rhode Island business register shows that it converted from Custom House (USA) Ltd. on 5 June 2014.
- Ownership
- The firm's LEI record names The Western Union Company, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: WU), as its direct and ultimate accounting parent.
- Direct parent
- The Western Union Company ↗, United States
- Head office
- 7001 East Belleview Avenue, 80237 Denver, United States (registered office: C/O The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801, US)
- Company register
- Rhode Island Secretary of State (foreign LLC) 000941895
- Former names
- Custom House USA, LLC · Custom House (USA) Ltd.
Online
- Websites & references
- westernunion.com ↗
corporate.westernunion.com ↗ group corporate site - Official social accounts
- X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗
- Apps
- App Store ↗ · Google Play ↗
Sources · 8 pages consulted
- business.sos.ri.gov/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?FEIN=000941895
- extranet.dfi.in.gov/ConsumerCredit/EntityDetails/2892
- westernunion.com/us/en/legal/terms-conditions.html
- westernunion.com/us/en/legal/file-complaint.html
- westernunion.com/us/en/mobile-app.html
- westernunion.com/content/dam/wu/us/en/Website-State%20Licensing.pdf
- ir.westernunion.com/news/archived-press-releases/press-release-details/2026/Western-Union-and-Intermex-Provid
- investors.intermexonline.com/news-releases/news-release-details/western-union-acquire-international-money-express-inc
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
State regulators license the firm as a money transmitter under NMLS ID 906985, including the New York State Department of Financial Services and the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions (licence 22905). FinCEN registers it as a money services business.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US state regulators (NMLS) United States | Money transmitter licences in multiple US states and territories (current count not confirmed) | 906985 | In its own name | Active | westernunion.com ↗ |
| Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) United States | Money Services Business registration (Money Transmitter / Remittance) | — | In its own name | Active | — |
Licences and registrations the research found, at home and abroad, as the firm and its regulators publish them. The Licences and registrations card shows the entries on the registers the directory tracks.
Products and markets
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Under the Western Union US money transfer terms, the firm provides the non-US portion of transfers sent from the United States to other countries, jointly with Western Union Financial Services, Inc.
The firm serves senders in the United States under state money transmitter licences. Transfers are paid out abroad through the Western Union network.
- Sells to
- Consumers
- Serves customers in
- United States
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Merger / acquisition
California's DFPI suspended its approval extension for the parent company's pending acquisition of Intermex, citing a need for further review.
ir.westernunion.com ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
The Western Union Company, the firm's parent, agreed to acquire International Money Express, Inc. for about USD 500 million in cash.
investors.intermexonline.com ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, security incidents, licence changes, funding rounds, acquisitions and leadership changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
- BIC
- Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory
- How the LEI was matched
- Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address
- Elucidate firm ID
- 4b033396b2c5
Profile
- Type
- Money service businessRemittance, currency exchange, cheque cashing and money orders. Usually registered with an anti-money-laundering supervisor rather than licensed prudentially. Taken from the licences on the tracked registers.
- Regulation
- AML registration onlyRegistered with an anti-money-laundering supervisor (FinCEN, FINTRAC, HMRC, AUSTRAC, Hong Kong Customs…) without a prudential licence.
- Main licence class
- Money Transmitter / Remittance
- Activities
- Money remittance
- Other money services
- Licensed in
- United States · North America
- First registered
- 2026-09-10
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
- Direct parent
- The Western Union Company · United States28ID94QU1140NC23S047 ↗
The The Western Union Company group has 17 institutions in the directory, in 13 countries: 11 hold a BIC and 6 do not.
Including Western Union International Bank GMBH - French Branch, Convera Malta Financial Limited, Convera UK Limited, Western Union International Bank, Western Union International Bank GMBH.
See the The Western Union Company group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Address on the register
- 7001 E BELLEVIEW AVE, DENVER, 80237
- Country
- United States
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
This institution holds no BIC. A CBPR+ message identifies it by name and postal address, and may add its LEI or a clearing code.
- Identified by
- Name and postal address, with its LEI
- Postal address
- Hybrid: town, postcode and country in their own elements, the rest in one address line
<FinInstnId>
<LEI>MPZW9QQ3ARO07TVMGD25</LEI>
<Nm>WESTERN UNION INTERNATIONAL SERVICES, LLC</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<PstCd>80237</PstCd>
<TwnNm>DENVER</TwnNm>
<Ctry>US</Ctry>
<AdrLine>7001 E BELLEVIEW AVE</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>CBPR+ identifies the instructing and instructed agents by BIC only. An institution without a BIC can be the debtor, creditor or an intermediary agent.
The values are as published by the register. Check them against your own records before use.
Sources & method
Register entries come from the public registers of financial regulators, standardised into one taxonomy. LEIs are matched through GLEIF, and a BIC is linked only through a shared LEI.
An institution missing from these registers is not necessarily unregulated.
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An institution is one entry in the directory: a BIC8 in Swift’s directory, or a firm on a tracked register that holds no BIC. Licences held by an institution with a BIC are shown on its page.
Read the methodology →Register for this page
- MSB Registrant Search—Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) · source ↗ as at 24 September 2026
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, authorisation, partners, products, leadership and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the firm's own website, terms and filings, regulators' registers and notices, company registers and news. Licences, partners, figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
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