Technology continues to play a key role in increasing MoneyGram transaction speed, automating and streamlining processes, and creating new functionality. 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. Until 2004, the owners of MoneyGram were Viad Corp and Travelers Express Company Inc. 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. MoneyGram financial results were driven by money transfer business, which delivered more than 40 percent growth in transaction volume.