Due to regulatory requirements and consumer demand in Germany and France, MoneyGram opened company stores in both countries. MoneyGram agents are located - in post offices, bank offices, supermarkets, and even travel agencies. In 2011, a global network of agents of MoneyGram has grown up to 256 000 service points, thus its growth is 24% compared to the same period of the previous year. 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. The benefits of money transfers by MoneyGram: the payment of transfers is made in cash. In March 2012, the company MoneyGram merged with the network of U.S. payment centers ZipZap.