Western Union 2013 Annual Report Download - page 200

2013 FORM 10-K
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Stockholders of The Western Union Company
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of The Western Union Company as of December 31, 2013 and
2012, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, cash flows, and stockholders' equity for each of
the three years in the period ended December 31, 2013. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in the
Index at Item 15(a). These financial statements and schedule are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and schedule based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).
Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements
are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures
in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable
basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position
of The Western Union Company at December 31, 2013 and 2012, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows
for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2013, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Also, in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken
as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), The
Western Union Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013, based on criteria established in
Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (1992
framework) and our report dated February 24, 2014 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Denver, Colorado
February 24, 2014