Due to regulatory requirements and consumer demand in Germany and France, MoneyGram opened company stores in both countries. In the city of San Salvador representatives of MoneyGram and Citibank announced a new regional project, which will provide money transfer services in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. Money transfer platform of MoneyGram will be integrated with the mobile platform LinqUs, which will allow customers to make international transfers with a mobile phone. Money orders and official checks by MoneyGram continue their steady performance and expanded line of bill payment services deliver excellent results. The benefits of money transfers by MoneyGram: simplicity in making up. MoneyGram financial results were driven by money transfer business, which delivered more than 40 percent growth in transaction volume.