Western Union Signs Multi-Year Deal With Australia Post

First Data Corp. (NYSE: FDC), a global leader in electronic commerce and payment services, today announced that its Western Union Financial Services subsidiary has signed a multi-year contract with Australia’s national postal service. Australia Post, which currently issues Western Union International Money Orders(R), will begin offering Western Union Money Transfer(R) services in each of its approximately 3000 on-line locations by the end of 2002.