So much no.. just so much No. 

Do you even money bro?  Why in the Fuck of fucks would you want a central bank to print bitcoin into the trillion billion trillions?

Has anybody who has a job ever used WU ?
or anybody who is not the son of the king of Nigeria ?

The WU tellers are everywhere, I don't think I have heard of anyone I know ever using one.

and LOL at the banks using bitcoin, for us, suggestion. Why not just change its name to fiat and  get rid of the annoying blockchain while you are at it.

bitcoins does not need to be regulated.. western union can just use the fiat policy of regulation

EG getting customer names, addresses, etc.. and continue 'as if' it was regulated, but just not needing to pay the fee's

afterall western union already has fiat licences. they have insurance policies.. they know who to report suspicious transactions to... so what practical real world extra feature would a bitcoin regulation bring.... answer: none..

analogy
your at a crossroads, there are 2 directions you can go. you know the highway code, you know when its safe to cross. you already have life insurance.. but you wont go down the new road because you think you need to wear new shoes to access it..

my reply "use your knowledge of the rules you already know. and just walk forward"

because western union could become the new version of banking. and remove the old grotty system, making western union expand more then it can imagine. whilst offering customers a more secure and faster way to move funds without customers needing to personally download blockchains and have internet connections (same reason ATM's have a purpose, even though there are localbitcoin websites).

.. or western union can simply be scared, not evolve and just die a slow death

by western union moving over to blockchain value transmitting. thy could easily save money by sacking atleast half their IT support teams around the world, 75% of their IT security staff, 75% of their accountants, and reduce their servers down from a warehouse size, down to a small office size

i see it as getting some consumer confidence that bitcoin is a secure system.. but ultimately western union would still be a business, good for some consumers, but they wont stop you from doing your own bitcoin trades on the blockchain..

the way i see it, no new licences are needed or new regulations. the current ones do everything needed already no matter what currency it is, after all th regulations are purely about spotting crimes and reporting it. the other smal part (the cost) is just insurance, which most FIAT companies have insurances already to cover liabilities of upto to a few million+(billions in the case of western union. so nothing new is needed

I suspect Western Union is terrified of bitcoin right now.  Just putting on a brave face.  Why wouldn't WU support bitcoin if their customers asked for it?  One simple reason, it would crush their existing profitability model all to hell that's why.

Sounds like they will be whining until their business model is on its death bed. 

True what they need to do is say we have a plan this is going to work we will integrate Bitcoin and at the same time make new online mobile apps and webpages for Western Union to attract and focus new users and augment our market lines to create new relationships and maximize the resources that we have.

Balance finances and challenges and have a focus for 2020 something to keep the shareholders appetites wet while having a 5 year plan of improvement and innovation.

Just a 2 minute example and yet 10 talking heads can't get it done in the board room  

if everyone realized what actually constituted being regulations they would laugh at western union for saying they would wait for bitcoins to be regulated.

1. regulations apply to the company and how the company handles funds. money does not have a consciousness to make good or bad decisions
2. regulations require the company to have liability insurancethis can be obtained whether its fiat, bitcoin or baked beans being traded
3. the policies the business should follow are about reporting crimes and reducing risk. most businesses tailor strategies to achieve this that fit their business model(policy handbook MADE BY THE BUSINSS!!!)businesses can still tailor their strategies to bitcoins and still report criminal suspicions whether is money, bitcoins, baked beans, guns, gold, anything
4. being independently audited and keep records for numerous yearsyou guessed it, nothing new here
5. regulations give the business a licence (certificate) to say the business is doing all 4 mentioned above.

well western union already have a licence... that they can wave above their head to say they are regulated...

there is no practical difference they need to do with bitcoins then any other currency.. so i guess all they want is to show off their boyscouts belt by having an extra meaningless badge stitched on... to show "we know bitcoins"