The benefits of money transfers by MoneyGram: payment of commission is only at the expense of sender. 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. Thousands of businesses count on MoneyGram for payment services to move money and drive commerce. This is a trust that MoneyGram takes very seriously. In March 2012, the company MoneyGram merged with the network of U.S. payment centers ZipZap.