If MoneyGram money transfer, for some reason has not been received by the addressee, the sender will receive a refund. 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. 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. MoneyGram hired compliance officers in many of their global offices to ensure compliance with regulations of specific countries or regions. Until 2004, the owners of MoneyGram were Viad Corp and Travelers Express Company Inc. MoneyGram completed the rollout of simplified pricing for money transfer services in the U.S., an initiative that began last year.