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| − | | 1851 || Organization || {{w|Western Union}} starts operating as The New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company.<ref name="Western Union Financial Services, Inc.">{{cite web|title=Western Union Financial Services, Inc.|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/economics-business-and-labor/businesses-and-occupations/western-union|website=encyclopedia.com|accessdate=5 December 2017}}</ref> | + | | 1851 || Organization || {{w|Western Union}} starts operating as The New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company.<ref name="Western Union Financial Services, Inc.">{{cite web|title=Western Union Financial Services, Inc.|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/economics-business-and-labor/businesses-and-occupations/western-union|website=encyclopedia.com|accessdate=5 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Wolff|first1=Joshua D.|title=Western Union and the Creation of the American Corporate Order, 1845–1893|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=Mfd4AAAAQBAJ&pg=PP10&dq=%22in+1851%22+%22western+union%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi0o5abtozYAhVCDZAKHZLUB3YQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q=%22in%201851%22%20%22western%20union%22&f=false|accessdate=15 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Byers|first1=Terri|title=Contemporary Issues in Sport Management: A Critical Introduction|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=fTVwCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT601&dq=%22in+1851%22+%22western+union%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi0o5abtozYAhVCDZAKHZLUB3YQ6AEILTAB#v=onepage&q=%22in%201851%22%20%22western%20union%22&f=false|accessdate=15 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="Cases in Leadership">{{cite book|last1=Rowe|first1=Glenn|last2=Guerrero|first2=Laura|title=Cases in Leadership|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=8YJgUl4hKZUC&pg=PA190&dq=%22in+1851%22+%22western+union%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi0o5abtozYAhVCDZAKHZLUB3YQ6AEIMjAC#v=onepage&q=%22in%201851%22%20%22western%20union%22&f=false|accessdate=15 December 2017}}</ref> || {{w|United States}} |
| − | <ref>{{cite book|last1=Wolff|first1=Joshua D.|title=Western Union and the Creation of the American Corporate Order, 1845–1893|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=Mfd4AAAAQBAJ&pg=PP10&dq=%22in+1851%22+%22western+union%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi0o5abtozYAhVCDZAKHZLUB3YQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q=%22in%201851%22%20%22western%20union%22&f=false|accessdate=15 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Byers|first1=Terri|title=Contemporary Issues in Sport Management: A Critical Introduction|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=fTVwCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT601&dq=%22in+1851%22+%22western+union%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi0o5abtozYAhVCDZAKHZLUB3YQ6AEILTAB#v=onepage&q=%22in%201851%22%20%22western%20union%22&f=false|accessdate=15 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="Cases in Leadership">{{cite book|last1=Rowe|first1=Glenn|last2=Guerrero|first2=Laura|title=Cases in Leadership|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=8YJgUl4hKZUC&pg=PA190&dq=%22in+1851%22+%22western+union%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi0o5abtozYAhVCDZAKHZLUB3YQ6AEIMjAC#v=onepage&q=%22in%201851%22%20%22western%20union%22&f=false|accessdate=15 December 2017}}</ref> || {{w|United States}} | ||
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| 1866 || || {{w|Western Union}} introduces the stock ticker.<ref name="Cases in Leadership"/> || {{w|United States}} | | 1866 || || {{w|Western Union}} introduces the stock ticker.<ref name="Cases in Leadership"/> || {{w|United States}} | ||
Revision as of 11:08, 15 December 2017
This is a timeline of FIXME.
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The following are some interesting questions that can be answered by reading this timeline:
Big picture
| Time period | Development summary | More details |
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Full timeline
| Year | Event type | Details | Country/Geographical location |
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| 1851 | Organization | Western Union starts operating as The New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company.[1][2][3][4] | United States |
| 1866 | Western Union introduces the stock ticker.[4] | United States | |
| 1871 | Industry development | Western Union introduces the concept of wiring money, a business that would eventually replace message sending as the company’s primary business.[1][4] | United States |
| 1884 | Western Union is one of eleven stocks included in the first Dow Jones Average[5], becoming one of the first companies to be ever listed on the New York Stock Exchange. | United States | |
| 1940 | Organization | MoneyGram is founded.[6] | United States |
| 1962 | "Moneycorp is established as Travelers Express Co. Inc." | ||
| 1973 | "SWIFT was founded" | ||
| 1979 | "Moneycorp Stated Transferring Money Abroad" | ||
| 1985 | "FSA was founded (named SIB)" | ||
| 1996 | "Currencies Direct is established" | ||
| 1998 | "PayPal was founded under the name Confinity (will alter the way international money transfers are completed, normalizing the online platform)" | ||
| 1998 | "MoneyGram International is formed" | ||
| 1998 | "OzForex (OFX) is founded in Australia" | ||
| 1999 | "Currencies Direct opened their first EU branch in Spain" | ||
| 2000 | "PayPal was merged with x.com of Elon Musk" | ||
| 2002 | "eBay buys PayPal (officially opening the gateway for online money transfers to be prevalent in everyday lives)" | ||
| 2003 | "SWIFT IBAN Registry" | ||
| 2004 | "World First is established" | ||
| 2004 | "TorFX is established" | ||
| 2004 | "Currencies Direct opened their office in South Africa" | ||
| 2005 | "OFX is established" | ||
| 2006 | "Western Union discontinus its telegram service" | ||
| 2007 | "Currencies Direct opened their office in USA" | ||
| 2008 | "World First opened their office in Australia" | ||
| 2010 | "The Collapse of The Crown Currency Foreign Exchange Business" | ||
| 2011 | "TransferWise is established" | ||
| 2011 | "Western Union Buys Travelex" | ||
| 2012 | "World First opened their office in the US" | ||
| 2012 | "Azimo is established" | ||
| 2013 | "FCA was is established and FSA was abolished" | ||
| 2013 | "World First opened their office in Singapore" | ||
| 2013 | "OFX is listed on the Austrlian Securities Exchange under symbol OFX" | ||
| 2014 | "Euronet Worldwide Acquires HiFX" | ||
| 2014 | "World First opened their office in Hong Kong" | ||
| 2015 | "Euronet Worldwide Acquires XE" | ||
| 2015 | "Palamon Capital Partners and Corsair Capital acquires Currencies Direct" | ||
| 2015 | "Transferwise gets $58m in a single funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz" | ||
| 2015 | "World Remit raises $100m in a single funding round led by Accel Partners, with a valuation of $500m" | ||
| 2016 | "Global Reach Partners Purchases FC Exchange" | ||
| 2017 | "Ant Financial buys Moneygram" | ||
| 2017 | "TransferWise reports GBP 1bn in monthly revenues" | ||
| 2017 | "MoneyCorp buys Commonwealth Foreign Exchange" | ||
| 2017 | "Cambridge FX is bought by Fleector" | ||
| 2017 | "OFX Brand Consolidated" |
Meta information on the timeline
How the timeline was built
The initial version of the timeline was written by FIXME.
Funding information for this timeline is available.
What the timeline is still missing
Some sources that can be used for initial event lists:
Things they miss:
- Hawala system, and similar informal money transfer systems
- New tech: M-Pesa, and new companies like Wave (wave.com)
More sources:
Timeline update strategy
See also
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Western Union Financial Services, Inc.". encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ↑ Wolff, Joshua D. Western Union and the Creation of the American Corporate Order, 1845–1893. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ↑ Byers, Terri. Contemporary Issues in Sport Management: A Critical Introduction. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Rowe, Glenn; Guerrero, Laura. Cases in Leadership. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ↑ "Western Union: A Spin-Off With Value". seekingalpha.com. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ↑ "How safe is MoneyGram for international money transfers?". finder.com. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
