Due to regulatory requirements and consumer demand in Germany and France, MoneyGram opened company stores in both countries. 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. 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. Money orders and official checks by MoneyGram continue their steady performance and expanded line of bill payment services deliver excellent results. 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. 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. MoneyGram point-of-sale systems are continually upgraded to provide the latest new products and functionality. 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 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.