The benefits of money transfers by MoneyGram: there is no need to open a checking account when implementing the transfer. MoneyGram - an international system of money transfers, which is one of the leaders of the world market and unites 233.000 agent locations in 190 countries. MoneyGram agents are located - in post offices, bank offices, supermarkets, and even travel agencies. If you need to cancel or change a transaction, then you should contact by telephone with the MoneyGram branch agent, made the transaction for you. In 2010, MoneyGram announced a donation of U.S. $ 200,000 from the International Red Cross to help the people of Pakistan in fighting with the effects of flooding. MoneyGram launched a new in-person bill payment service which will be delivered through agents in their domestic network, giving consumers an easy, low-cost method to pay their bills. MoneyGram hired compliance officers in many of their global offices to ensure compliance with regulations of specific countries or regions. To 284 thousands of service points has grown global network of MoneyGram agent offices in the 2nd quarter of 2012 due to India, Spain and Africa, thus its growth was 16%. Keep in mind that if your locality there are several banks, working with MoneyGram and you will convert the currency received, before receiving check currency rates in several points - they can vary.