Due to regulatory requirements and consumer demand in Germany and France, MoneyGram opened company stores in both countries. Money transfer system MoneyGram International and the second largest bank in China - Bank of China, announced the start of service of MoneyGram at 200 offices Bank of China in Beijing. The greatest increases in MoneyGram cooperates with numerous partners from Europe. Among them such financial establishments as Post of Canada, Cyprus, Ukraine, Iceland, Moldova, the Royal Mail of UK and Norway, Italian Post, Bank of Ireland, Sberbank of Russia, Kocbank, Banco Popular Espanol, and many others. In 2011, a global network of agents of MoneyGram has grown up to 256 000 service points, thus its growth is 24% compared to the same period of the previous year. The benefits of money transfers by MoneyGram: high level of data protection and confidentiality of money transfers. At the heart of MoneyGram is trust and reliability of customers. You can quickly send and receive money, as money transfers usually come to the recipient within 10 minutes. How to obtain the money? You go to any branch or affiliate partner of MoneyGram, show your identity document, fill in the letterhead, which specify a the transfer code and get the money. What are the main benefits of money transfers by MoneyGram? Cost. Today, it is most advantageous to the customer service of all the similar services. Until 2004, the owners of MoneyGram were Viad Corp and Travelers Express Company Inc.