MoneyGram has been providing trusted payment and financial services since 1940. It is a fast international money transfer system that allows you to send and receive money to and from approximately 60,000 locations in 200 different countries worldwide. It is a very fast process that lets the person who is receiving the money collect it after just 10 minutes from when it was sent.
How to Send Money from an MoneyGram Agent Location?
Step 1
Find a MoneyGram branch using Find Us.
http://www.moneygram.com/eFindUs/findUs.do?countryCode=US&languageCode=en
Step 2
Visit your MoneyGram branch, taking some personal identification* with you.
Step 3
Complete a simple "send" form and hand this to the MoneyGram agent along with the money you want to send and the transfer fee***. You may also include a free 10-word message on the form.
Step 4
You will be given a reference number.
Step 5
Contact the person to whom you're sending the money, and give him or her the reference number. In just 10 minutes** the money will be ready to collect.
* You may be required to provide personal identification, usually one or more of the following: passport, driving license, national identity card or a government issued identification. You may also be required to provide proof of address (bank statement or utility bill). Requirements vary by country so please ask your local MoneyGram branch for acceptable identification formats.
** Subject to the recipient MoneyGram branches' availability and hours of operation, and local regulations.
*** In addition to the transfer fees applicable to a transaction, a currency exchange rate set by MoneyGram or its MoneyGram branches may be applied. Prices subject to change.