In 2011, a global network of agents of MoneyGram has grown up to 256 000 service points, thus its growth is 24% compared to the same period of the previous year. The benefits of money transfers by MoneyGram: the payment of transfers is made in cash. 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. 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. The benefits of money transfers by MoneyGram: the transfer is available in the system to obtain within 90 days. In March 2012, the company MoneyGram merged with the network of U.S. payment centers ZipZap.