3 categories · Named, not rankedWestern Union
Standing by category
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-border payments and FX | Treasury and cash | 0% | 31 of 83 | 29% | 7 | under 10 labels · led by Wise Business at 35% |
| Business bill pay | Treasury and cash | 0% | 52 of 69 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by BILL at 35% |
| Contractor payments | Spend and procurement | 0% | 71 of 83 | 100% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Deel at 27% |
Movement
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
By framing
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“Legitimate providers (like Wise, Western Union, or banks) usually allow this but require strict ID verification.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Cross-border payments · negative prompt · alternative
“safe and reliable include ... Western Union, and MoneyGram, which are regulated by relevant authorities” Llama 4 Maverick · Cross-border payments · negative prompt · alternative
“such as authorized platforms like Flywire or Western Union Business Solutions” Gemini 3.5 Flash · Cross-border payments · negative prompt · alternative
And against it
Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.
“Common complaints include high fees (up to 20% worse exchange rates), inconsistent customer service, technical glitches, blocked transfers, and delays.” Grok 4.1 Fast · Cross-border payments · negative prompt · hard negative
“No reversibility once the money is picked up (like cash) • Often used in scams, so extra caution is required” GLM 4.7 FlashX · Cross-border payments · negative prompt · soft negative
“Why to be cautious: ... paying a contractor directly via wire is risky” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Contractor payments · negative prompt · soft negative
Named alongside
What carried it into the answer
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, four of the twelve in this edition, so these counts come from 12 of the 13 answers that named Western Union and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Fifty-one of the fifty-one domain citations in answers naming Western Union came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Names read as Western Union
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