The benefits of money transfers by MoneyGram: there is no need to open a checking account when implementing the transfer. MoneyGram's total revenue for the 2nd quarter of 2012 was $ 330.1 million, having been increased on 7% compared to $ 310 million in Q2 2011. 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. MoneyGram launched a new in-person bill payment service which will be delivered through agents in their domestic network, giving consumers an easy, low-cost method to pay their bills. 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. MoneyGram financial results were driven by money transfer business, which delivered more than 40 percent growth in transaction volume.