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The Most Hated High Yields On Wall Street

Forbes

11:00 AM | Sunday | May 17, 2026

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Let's capitalize on analyst incompetence—and bank yields up to 18.3%, with upside to boot!

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11:00 AM | Sunday | May 17, 2026

The Most Hated High Yields On Wall Street

Forbes

Let's capitalize on analyst incompetence—and bank yields up to 18.3%, with upside to boot!

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11:00 AM | Sunday | May 17, 2026

The Most Hated High Yields On Wall Street

Forbes

Let's capitalize on analyst incompetence—and bank yields up to 18.3%, with upside to boot!

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6:45 AM | Thursday | May 14, 2026

NYC Mayor Pushes State to Quash Western Union-Intermex Deal

PYMNTS

Last year, Western Union announced plans to purchase money transfer service International Money Express (Intermex). That $500 million deal is now facing pushback from New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdami, who argues the acquisition would put financial pressure on the city's immigrants, the New York Times (NYT) reported Wednesday (May 13).

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11:25 AM | Wednesday | May 6, 2026

Old Money, New Tech: Western Union's Crypto Reboot

MarketBeat

For years, investors have categorized The Western Union Company NYSE: WU as a high-yield value trap, a legacy institution slowly ceding ground to more agile fintech disruptors like Remitly Global Inc. NASDAQ: RELY and Wise plc OTCMKTS: WPLCF. Western Union's Q1 2026 earnings report seemed to confirm this narrative.

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8:56 AM | Monday | May 4, 2026

Western Union: A Share Cannibal At 5x Earnings And A 10% Dividend

Seeking Alpha

Western Union remains a strong buy at 5x forward earnings, offering a 10% dividend yield and aggressive buybacks for a 20% shareholder yield. Q1 EPS miss was driven by transitory factors—vendor incentives, FX losses, and seasonal Travel Money weakness—while management reaffirmed FY '26 EPS guidance of $1.75–1.85. The Intermex acquisition, closing in Q2 '26, should drive H2 growth, stabilize U.
S.-LatAm corridors, and deliver $30M in synergies at a 5x EBITDA multiple.

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7:30 AM | Monday | May 4, 2026

Western Union Selects Fireblocks to Power its First Stablecoin, USDPT

PRNewsWire

Fireblocks   will provide the wallet, settlement, and financial operations infrastructure for Western Union's digital dollar, extending access and creating the foundation for a broader set of financial services to consumers in the Philippines and Bolivia, with global rollout planned through 2026.      NEW YORK and DENVER, May 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Western Union (NYSE: WU) today announced it has selected Fireblocks , the enterprise platform securing more than $14 trillion in digital asset transactions, to provide the core infrastructure behind USDPT, Western Union's U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin.

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7:30 AM | Monday | May 4, 2026

Western Union Launches USDPT on Solana Advancing Regulated Digital Infrastructure for Global Payments

Business Wire

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Western Union (NYSE: WU) today announced the launch of USDPT, its U.S. dollar‑denominated payment stablecoin, marking a major milestone in the company's evolution toward regulated, digital‑first financial infrastructure. Fully backed by U.S.
dollars and issued by Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the first federally regulated crypto bank in the United States, and built on Solana, USDPT is designed to operate within real‑world payment systems, combining blockchain‑based settl.

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2:20 PM | Wednesday | Apr 29, 2026

Western Union Q1 Earnings Call Highlights

Defense World

Western Union (NYSE: WU) reported first-quarter 2026 revenue of about $1.0 billion and said it is seeing early signs of stabilization in the U.S. remittance market, even as profitability fell short of management's expectations due to a mix of seasonal factors, investment spending, and a foreign exchange loss. Chief Executive Officer Devin McGranahan said the company

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1:10 PM | Tuesday | Apr 28, 2026

Stablecoin "is coming to eat" Western Union's lunch

Yahoo Finance

"Western Union is Blockbuster, and stablecoin is Netflix," Scott Melker says on what he predicts could be the downfall of Western Union due to its fees.

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10:21 AM | Sunday | Apr 26, 2026

TSP Capital Triples Western Union Equity Ownership

Fool - Investing News

Western Union offers global money transfers and payment services for individuals and businesses through agents and digital channels.

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7:56 PM | Friday | Apr 24, 2026

Western Union Bets on Stablecoins and M&A for Growth

PYMNTS

Western Union is looking to stablecoins and merger and acquisition (M&A) activity for growth after a quarter in which revenue was flat due to a decline in the Americas business.

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