Due to regulatory requirements and consumer demand in Germany and France, MoneyGram opened company stores in both countries. Withdrawal of Webmoney via MoneyGram allows to get cash within a day. No need to wait a long time to obtain funds, and then also to stand in queues. Everything happens very quickly. MoneyGram's total revenue for the 2nd quarter of 2012 was $ 330.1 million, having been increased on 7% compared to $ 310 million in Q2 2011. In the city of San Salvador representatives of MoneyGram and Citibank announced a new regional project, which will provide money transfer services in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. MoneyGram's consumers and agents expect reliability and safety and that is precisely what MoneyGram continues to deliver, transaction by transaction. 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. The benefits of money transfers by MoneyGram: simplicity in making up. In March 2012, the company MoneyGram merged with the network of U.S. payment centers ZipZap.