Western Union CO

The Company is exposed to foreign currency exchange risk resulting from fluctuations in exchange rates, including the euro, and, to a lesser degree, the British pound, the Canadian dollar, and other currencies, related to forecasted revenues and settlement assets and obligations, as well as on certain foreign currency denominated cash and other asset and liability positions. Additionally, the Company is exposed to interest rate risk related to changes in market rates both prior to and subsequent to the issuance of debt. The Company uses derivatives to minimize its exposures related to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates.

The Company executes derivatives with established financial institutions; the substantial majority of these financial institutions have a credit rating of “A-” or higher from a major credit rating agency. The primary credit risk inherent in derivative agreements represents the possibility that a loss may occur from the nonperformance of a counterparty to the agreements. The Company performs a review of the credit risk of these counterparties at the inception of the contract and on an ongoing basis, while also monitoring the concentration of its contracts with any individual counterparty.

Foreign Currency Derivatives

The Company’s policy is to use longer duration foreign currency forward contracts, with maturities ofup to 36 months at inception and atargeted weighted-average maturity ofonetotwo years, to help mitigate some of the risk that changes in foreign currency exchange rates compared to the United States dollar could have on forecasted revenues denominated in other currencies related to its business. As of December 31, 2025, these foreign currency forward contracts had maturities of a maximum of 36 months with a weighted-average maturity ofapproximatelyone year. These contracts are accounted for as cash flow hedges of forecasted revenue, with effectiveness assessed based on changes in the spot rate of the affected currencies during the period of designation and thus time value is excluded from the assessment of effectiveness. The initial value of the excluded components is amortized into Revenues within the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income.

The Company also uses short duration foreign currency forward contracts, generally with maturities ranging from afew days toone month, to offset foreign exchange rate fluctuations on settlement assets and obligations between initiation and settlement. In addition, forward contracts, typically with maturities ofless thanone year at inception, are utilized to offset foreign exchange rate fluctuations on certain foreign currency denominated cash and other asset and liability positions. None of these contracts are designated as accounting hedges.

The aggregate equivalent United States dollar notional amounts of foreign currency forward contracts as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 were as follows (in millions):

(a)

Comprised of exposures to various currencies; none of these individual currency exposures is greater than $25 million.

(b)

Amount is below $25 million for the relevant period; therefore, the balance has been included within“Other.”

Business Solutions Operations

Prior to the final closing of the Business Solutions sale in 2023, the derivatives written related to this business were part of the broader portfolio of foreign currency positions arising from the Company’s cross-currency payments operations, which primarily included spot exchanges of currency in addition to forwards and options. Foreign exchange revenue from the total portfolio of positions included in Revenues in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income was $27.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. None of the derivative contracts used in Business Solutions operations were designated as accounting hedges.

Balance Sheet

The following table summarizes the fair value of derivatives reported in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 (in millions):

Offsetting of Derivative Assets and Liabilities

The Company has elected to present derivative assets and liabilities on a gross basis in the Consolidated Balance Sheets; however, derivatives associated with the Company's foreign currency exchange contracts that are subject to a master netting arrangement or similar agreement would have resulted in an offset of $6.2 million and $3.4 million to both derivative assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. This includes the fair values of derivative assets and liabilities associated with contracts that include netting language that the Company believes to be enforceable. The Company’s rights under these agreements generally allow for transactions to be settled on a net basis, including upon early termination, which could occur upon the counterparty’s default, a change in control, or other conditions.

Income Statement

Cash Flow Hedges

The effective portion of the change in fair value of derivatives that qualify as cash flow hedges is recorded in AOCL in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. Generally, amounts are recognized in income when the related forecasted transaction affects earnings.

The following table presents the pre-tax amount of unrealized gains/(losses) recognized in other comprehensive income from cash flow hedges for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 (in millions):

(a)

For the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, gains/(losses) of $4.9 million, $(1.9) million, and $2.5 million, respectively, represent the amounts excluded from the assessment of effectiveness and recognized in other comprehensive income, for which an amortization approach is applied.

The following table presents the location and amounts of pre-tax net gains/(losses) from cash flow hedging relationships recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 (in millions):

Undesignated Hedges

The following table presents the location and amount of pre-tax net gains/(losses) on derivatives (from undesignated hedges) in the Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 (in millions):

(a)

The Company used foreign currency forward and option contracts as part of its Business Solutions payments operations. These derivative contracts are excluded from this table as they were managed as part of a broader currency portfolio that included non-derivative currency exposures. The gains and losses on these derivatives are included as part of the broader disclosure of portfolio revenue for this business discussed above.

(b)

The Company uses foreign currency forward contracts to offset foreign exchange rate fluctuations on settlement assets and obligations as well as certain foreign currency denominated positions. Foreign exchange gains/(losses) on settlement assets and obligations, cash balances, and other assets and liabilities, not including amounts related to derivative activity as displayed above and included in Selling, general, and administrative in the Consolidated Statements of Income, were $11.4 million, $(68.0) million, and $(2.6) million for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.

All cash flows associated with derivatives are included in Cash flows from operating activities in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

Based on December 31, 2025 foreign exchange rates, an accumulated other comprehensive pre-tax loss of $19.8 million related to the foreign currency forward contracts is expected to be reclassified into Revenues within the next 12 months.