In due time MoneyGram separated from the Western Union and became an independent brand. MoneyGram agents are located - in post offices, bank offices, supermarkets, and even travel agencies. 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. AgentConnect continues to be an attractive alternative for businesses that choose to integrate their networks and point-of-sale platforms with the MoneyGram wired transfer. MoneyGram's consumers and agents expect reliability and safety and that is precisely what MoneyGram continues to deliver, transaction by transaction. For the recipient MoneyGram service of wired transfer is free. All expenses will be paid by the sender at the time of sending money. Sum of the money transfer is paid immediately upon request at any convenient for client currency - cash in U.S. dollars, Euro, local currency, depending on the country of the transfer receiving. MoneyGram completed the rollout of simplified pricing for money transfer services in the U.S., an initiative that began last year. In March 2012, the company MoneyGram merged with the network of U.S. payment centers ZipZap.