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. The benefits of money transfers by MoneyGram: the payment of transfers is made in cash. MoneyGram hired compliance officers in many of their global offices to ensure compliance with regulations of specific countries or regions. It is very convenient and quick to transfer money without opening accounts and having no payment cards, precisely due to this wired transfer system MoneyGram has become one of the most common worldwide. In March 2012, the company MoneyGram merged with the network of U.S. payment centers ZipZap.