The benefits of money transfers by MoneyGram: payment of commission is only at the expense of sender. MoneyGram launched a new in-person bill payment service which will be delivered through agents in their domestic network, giving consumers an easy, low-cost method to pay their bills. Until 2004, the owners of MoneyGram were Viad Corp and Travelers Express Company Inc. In March 2012, the company MoneyGram merged with the network of U.S. payment centers ZipZap.