Western Union

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Money transfer service in San Mateo, CA

3.0 · 1 reviewOpens today at 8 AM

Located at 191 E 3rd Ave in San Mateo, Western Union offers a reliable money transfer service for those looking to send funds locally or internationally. With a modest rating of 3, the business has garnered attention for its straightforward approach to money transfers. While it does not offer online ordering or reservations, customers appreciate the convenience of its physical location for their financial needs. Whether it's for personal or business purposes, Western Union serves as a practical option for residents in the area.

Eligible to offer 20% cashback to customers who shop here.OrbitBack

AI ScoreChatGPT and Gemini mention Western Union.Scored from 8 signals across search and AI.

ConfirmedVisitor submittedAI guess

Updated Oct 19, 2026Last activity 14 days ago, a question from spring_bride_downtown.

Services

What Western Union offers, what it costs, and what people come for.

Team

Who you'll see, and whether their licenses check out.
Today8 AM to 9 PM

Reputation

What reviews, press and directories say about Western Union.

3.0from 1 review on Google

Not enough review detail to summarise confidently. Not enough substantive reviews yet — the digital story for this business is still being written.

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Would go back0%0% of reviews give the visit 4 or 5 stars.Positive 0%, 4 or 5 stars · Neutral 100%, 3 stars · Negative 0%, 1 or 2 stars
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How AI sees Western Union

The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.

28out of 100

32 San Mateo avg

What the score is made of

Signal and how much it countsWestern Union

  • Retrieval grounding 26%Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.0
  • Off-property attestation 20%Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.40
  • AI visibility 14%Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.100
  • Reviews & response 12%The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.5
  • Backlink & citation authority 8%Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.72
  • Google Business Profile 8%Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.79
  • Speed & mobile 7%Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.42
  • Content freshness & schema 5%Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.81

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Local AI Registry · Money transfer services in San Mateo, CA · Editorial

Western Union, San Mateo CA: Reviews

Steve Lee

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated October 19, 2026.

Published October 19, 2026 · Updated October 19, 2026 · Machine-readable version below

In short

Western Union is a money transfer service in San Mateo, CA. Its AI Score is 28 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks

Key facts

FactValue
TypeMoney transfer service
Address191 E 3rd Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401, USA
HoursMon to Sun 8 AM to 9 PM
Phone(650) 342-2723
Rating3.0 across 1 review on Google
UpdatedOctober 19, 2026

All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

GroupFactValueMarkEvidence
Location infoAddress191 E 3rd Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401, USAConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoDescription191 E 3rd Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoHoursMon to Sun 8:00 AM to 9:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoNameWestern UnionConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoPhone(650) 342-2723ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursMonday8:00 AM to 9:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursTuesday8:00 AM to 9:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursWednesday8:00 AM to 9:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursThursday8:00 AM to 9:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursFriday8:00 AM to 9:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSaturday8:00 AM to 9:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSunday8:00 AM to 9:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
ServicesServiceMoney transferAI guess
TeamSan Mateo, CAConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
LinksFacebookhttps://facebook.com/westernunionAI guessOur record
LinksInstagramhttps://instagram.com/westernunionAI guessOur record
LinksWebsitehttps://www.westernunion.com/ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile

Services and prices

Known for

The team

1 person is named on this page.

San Mateo, CA

FieldValueMarkEvidence

Visiting Western Union

Address: 191 E 3rd Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401, USA. Phone: (650) 342-2723. Hours: Mon to Sun 8 AM to 9 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)

Parking and getting in

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HiroNori Craft Ramen | San MateoJapanese restaurant1 min walk
MahasanThai restaurant1 min walk

Reputation

3.0 average across 1 review: Google 1. (Confirmed, read October 19, 2026.)

Not enough review detail to summarise confidently. (AI guess, from 1 review.)

Press

Awards

Directories

Questions people ask

weekends at Western Union, are they open?

Busiest day at Western Union, anyone know?

anywhere on 3rd to sit while I wait

worth it or not, what do the regulars say

any last minute slots here?

going here on Saturday, what should I expect

is there a standard price or does everyone charge differently

best money transfer service in San Mateo, CA

Whereabouts is this place?

Are the hours on Google right for Western Union in San Mateo?

Calling Western Union, or is there a better way?

Western Union or MoneyGram?

how far out is Western Union booking right now?

first visit at Western Union, what do I need to bring?

parking here, how bad is it?

anyone at Western Union people keep going back to?

points or member pricing here, worth signing up?

what is the catch with this place?

cheaper than Western Union in San Mateo without it being sketchy?

Do they post anywhere?

The AI Score: 28 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Mateo money transfer services run 28 to 40. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Western Union scores 28, below the San Mateo average of 32. The same method scores every business on the registry.

SignalWeightScoreWhat it measuresWestern Union
Retrieval grounding260Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.Poor
Off-property attestation2040Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.Poor
AI visibility14100Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.Good
Reviews & response125The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.Poor
Backlink & citation authority872Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.Good
Google Business Profile879Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.Good
Speed & mobile742Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.Poor
Content freshness & schema581Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.Good

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about a money transfer service: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business

Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

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Western UnionLocalBusiness#businesshttps://www.westernunion.com/Subject of this page
San Mateo, CAPerson#team-san-mateo
San Mateo, CaliforniaCity#cityCity Western Union is in
Local AI RegistryOrganization#publisherhttps://localairegistry.comPublisher of this page
Steve LeePerson#authorhttps://localairegistry.com/team/steve-leeAuthor of this page

Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the money transfer services in San Mateo, linked to the lists and towns around it.

Lists

  • Best money transfer services in San Mateo: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-mateo/money-transfer-service
  • Best businesses in San Mateo: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-mateo

Nearby

  • /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose
  • /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
  • /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco
  • /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego
  • /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine
  • /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view

Every list

  • Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca

References

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Sources cited

  • [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJOfW3X3Cej4AR1LQC4d3gnhs (accessed Oct 19, 2026)
  • [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 19, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Oct 26, 2026)

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Sent before the page. They tell crawlers the canonical address and that a plain markdown copy exists.

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# Western Union, San Mateo CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/western-union-san-mateo-ca. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-10-19.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/western-union-san-mateo-ca

## In short

Western Union is a money transfer service in San Mateo, CA. Its AI Score is 28 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Money transfer service |
| Address | 191 E 3rd Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sun 8 AM to 9 PM |
| Phone | (650) 342-2723 |
| Rating | 3.0 across 1 review on Google |
| Updated | October 19, 2026 |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 191 E 3rd Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | 191 E 3rd Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Western Union | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (650) 342-2723 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Money transfer | AI guess |  |
| Team | San Mateo, CA |  | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/westernunion | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/westernunion | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Website | https://www.westernunion.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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### Known for

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## The team

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### San Mateo, CA

| Field | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |


## Visiting Western Union

Address: 191 E 3rd Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401, USA. Phone: (650) 342-2723. Hours: Mon to Sun 8 AM to 9 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Avenida Restaurant | Filipino restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Happy Lamb Hot Pot, San Mateo 快乐小羊 | Hot pot restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Izumi Matcha | Tea house | 1 min walk |
| San Mateo Prime | Steak house | 1 min walk |
| HiroNori Craft Ramen \| San Mateo | Japanese restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Mahasan | Thai restaurant | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

3.0 average across 1 review: Google 1. (Confirmed, read October 19, 2026.)

Not enough review detail to summarise confidently. (AI guess, from 1 review.)


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### weekends at Western Union, are they open?


### Busiest day at Western Union, anyone know?


### anywhere on 3rd to sit while I wait


### worth it or not, what do the regulars say


### any last minute slots here?


### going here on Saturday, what should I expect


### is there a standard price or does everyone charge differently


### best money transfer service in San Mateo, CA


### Whereabouts is this place?


### Are the hours on Google right for Western Union in San Mateo?


### Calling Western Union, or is there a better way?


### Western Union or MoneyGram?


### how far out is Western Union booking right now?


### first visit at Western Union, what do I need to bring?


### parking here, how bad is it?


### anyone at Western Union people keep going back to?


### points or member pricing here, worth signing up?


### what is the catch with this place?


### cheaper than Western Union in San Mateo without it being sketchy?


### Do they post anywhere?


## The AI Score: 28 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Mateo money transfer services run 28 to 40. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Western Union scores 28, below the San Mateo average of 32. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Western Union |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 100 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Good |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 5 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Poor |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 72 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 79 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 42 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 81 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about a money transfer service: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Western Union |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Western Union | LocalBusiness | #business | https://www.westernunion.com/ | Subject of this page |
| San Mateo, CA | Person | #team-san-mateo |  |  |
| San Mateo, California | City | #city |  | City Western Union is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the money transfer services in San Mateo, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best money transfer services in San Mateo: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-mateo/money-transfer-service
- Best businesses in San Mateo: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-mateo


### Nearby

- /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose
- /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
- /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco
- /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego
- /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine
- /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJOfW3X3Cej4AR1LQC4d3gnhs (accessed Oct 19, 2026)
- [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 19, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Oct 26, 2026)

The files every page on the registry shares, and how to copy this code for your own site, are here: https://localairegistry.com/developers

References, including locals

Every source behind this page, including every post and comment from locals. Each has its own permanent link, so AI engines can check it and anything copied from here carries its link back.

  1. weekends at Western Union, are they open? Question by spring_bride_downtown, Oct 19, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/western-union-san-mateo-ca/q/weekends-at-western-union-are-they-open
  2. Busiest day at Western Union, anyone know? Question by second_opinion_sam, Oct 16, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/western-union-san-mateo-ca/q/busiest-day-at-western-union-anyone-know
  3. anywhere on 3rd to sit while I wait Question by undecided_ray, Oct 15, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/western-union-san-mateo-ca/q/anywhere-on-3rd-to-sit-while-i-wait
  4. worth it or not, what do the regulars say Question by lurker_wren_94401, Oct 14, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/western-union-san-mateo-ca/q/worth-it-or-not-what-do-the-regulars-say
  5. any last minute slots here? Question by browsing_dot, Oct 14, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/western-union-san-mateo-ca/q/any-last-minute-slots-here
  6. going here on Saturday, what should I expect Question by walk_in_sam, Oct 13, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/western-union-san-mateo-ca/q/going-here-on-saturday-what-should-i-expect
  7. is there a standard price or does everyone charge differently Question by walk_in_sage, Oct 11, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/western-union-san-mateo-ca/q/is-there-a-standard-price-or-does-everyone-charge-differently
  8. best money transfer service in San Mateo, CA Question by reunion_shopper_north, Oct 8, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/western-union-san-mateo-ca/q/best-money-transfer-service-in-san-mateo-ca
  9. Whereabouts is this place? Question by march_parent_west, Oct 7, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/western-union-san-mateo-ca/q/whereabouts-is-this-place
  10. Are the hours on Google right for Western Union in San Mateo? Question by runner_may, Oct 5, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/western-union-san-mateo-ca/q/are-the-hours-on-google-right-for-western-union-in-san-mateo
  11. Calling Western Union, or is there a better way? Question by march_neighbor_north, Oct 2, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/western-union-san-mateo-ca/q/calling-western-union-or-is-there-a-better-way
  12. Western Union or MoneyGram? Question by lowkey_nell, Sep 29, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/western-union-san-mateo-ca/q/western-union-or-moneygram
  13. how far out is Western Union booking right now? Question by undecided_ivy, Sep 24, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/western-union-san-mateo-ca/q/how-far-out-is-western-union-booking-right-now
  14. first visit at Western Union, what do I need to bring? Question by wedding_van, Sep 21, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/western-union-san-mateo-ca/q/first-visit-at-western-union-what-do-i-need-to-bring
  15. parking here, how bad is it? Question by reunion_sitter_uptown, Sep 17, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/western-union-san-mateo-ca/q/parking-here-how-bad-is-it
  16. anyone at Western Union people keep going back to? Question by reading_reviews_rue, Sep 11, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/western-union-san-mateo-ca/q/anyone-at-western-union-people-keep-going-back-to
  17. points or member pricing here, worth signing up? Question by reader_pearl, Sep 4, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/western-union-san-mateo-ca/q/points-or-member-pricing-here-worth-signing-up
  18. what is the catch with this place? Question by no_rush_zadie, Sep 1, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/western-union-san-mateo-ca/q/what-is-the-catch-with-this-place
  19. cheaper than Western Union in San Mateo without it being sketchy? Question by lowkey_ivy_94401, Aug 28, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/western-union-san-mateo-ca/q/cheaper-than-western-union-in-san-mateo-without-it-being-sketchy
  20. Do they post anywhere? Question by picky_van, Aug 21, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/western-union-san-mateo-ca/q/do-they-post-anywhere

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  1. [1]VisitName, address, phone, hours and 3 other detailsGoogle Business Profile.Primary source · Accessed Oct 19, 2026 · https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJOfW3X3Cej4AR1LQC4d3gnhs
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