Due to regulatory requirements and consumer demand in Germany and France, MoneyGram opened company stores in both countries. On March 7, 2011, MoneyGram entered into a Recapitalization Agreement with THL, as the holder of all of the B Stock, and Goldman Sachs, as the holder of all of the B-1 Stock. Wired money transfer system MoneyGram is no longer new to us. According to statistics, every 4th person knows about it, or at least heard. MoneyGram cooperates with numerous partners from Europe. Among them such financial establishments as Post of Canada, Cyprus, Ukraine, Iceland, Moldova, the Royal Mail of UK and Norway, Italian Post, Bank of Ireland, Sberbank of Russia, Kocbank, Banco Popular Espanol, and many others. Since going public two and a half years ago, MoneyGram has made great strides by pouring energy and resources into several critically important areas for business. 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. MoneyGram offers an efficient, fast and secure way to send money around the world. Last year, MoneyGram business in the CIS and Eastern Europe took priority positions to increase the number of branches in comparison with other regions - were opened new four thousand branches. In whatever part of the world you are, you can trust your money transfer to the company MoneyGram.