Due to regulatory requirements and consumer demand in Germany and France, MoneyGram opened company stores in both countries. In the city of San Salvador representatives of MoneyGram and Citibank announced a new regional project, which will provide money transfer services in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. The benefits of money transfers by MoneyGram: high level of data protection and confidentiality of money transfers. The benefits of money transfers by MoneyGram: the opportunity to send a telegram with money transfer (up to 10 words) for free. In March 2012, the company MoneyGram merged with the network of U.S. payment centers ZipZap.