Due to regulatory requirements and consumer demand in Germany and France, MoneyGram opened company stores in both countries. 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. 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%. Money transfer wired system MoneyGram offers annually U.S. $ 500,000 in grants to charitable organizations to support education programs in developing countries. MoneyGram completed the rollout of simplified pricing for money transfer services in the U.S., an initiative that began last year.