Due to regulatory requirements and consumer demand in Germany and France, MoneyGram opened company stores in both countries. Money transfers via MoneyGram system can be used as by bank customers, and by people who do not have bank accounts. MoneyGram's consumers and agents expect reliability and safety and that is precisely what MoneyGram continues to deliver, transaction by transaction. For the company MoneyGram is important not only to provide customers with an easy and convenient way to carry out money transfers and support their families at home, but also to help them as much as possible to adapt to the foreign countries. FormFreeSM phone-based offering allows businesses to reduce labor costs and create an excellent consumer experience by leveraging MoneyGram 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%. The benefits of money transfers by MoneyGram: the opportunity to send a telegram with money transfer (up to 10 words) for free. The Global Funds Transfer segment is the primary segment of MoneyGram, providing money transfer and bill payment services to consumers, who are often unbanked or underbanked. MoneyGram company operates around the clock and all 7 days a week, so the time of money transfer takes only 10 minutes. In March 2012, the company MoneyGram merged with the network of U.S. payment centers ZipZap.