Due to regulatory requirements and consumer demand in Germany and France, MoneyGram opened company stores in both countries. MoneyGram - an international system of money transfers, which is one of the leaders of the world market and unites 233.000 agent locations in 190 countries. Sum of the money transfer is paid immediately upon request at any convenient for client currency - cash in U.S. dollars, Euro, local currency, depending on the country of the transfer receiving. MoneyGram offers an efficient, fast and secure way to send money around the world. Until 2004, the owners of MoneyGram were Viad Corp and Travelers Express Company Inc. To 284 thousands of service points has grown global network of MoneyGram agent offices in the 2nd quarter of 2012 due to India, Spain and Africa, thus its growth was 16%. Today, MoneyGram - is the second world leader by the growth of money transfers between individuals and the dynamics of international network services. In March 2012, the company MoneyGram merged with the network of U.S. payment centers ZipZap.