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MoneyGram expands cross border P2P service with Visa Direct

MoneyGram International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGI), a global provider of innovative money transfer services, today announced the expansion of its debit card deposit service internationally which it launched in collaboration with Visa through Visa's real-time1 push payments platform, Visa Direct.

05 December 2019

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Ripple makes final $20 million investment in MoneyGram

MoneyGram (NASDAQ: MGI), a global provider of innovative money transfer services, today announced that Ripple, a provider of leading enterprise blockchain solutions for global payments, has made the final $20 million investment in MoneyGram equity pursuant to Ripple's original $50 million equity investment commitment made earlier this year.

26 November 2019

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MoneyGram and Wing to launch new mobile wallet in Cambodia

MoneyGram International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGI), one of the world's largest money transfer companies, announced today that it is partnering with Wing (Cambodia) Limited Specialised Bank, Cambodia's leading mobile banking service provider, to offer a new service that will allow customers to receive funds directly into their mobile wallets.

15 November 2019

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MoneyGram and Walmart extend partnership

MoneyGram International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGI), a global provider of innovative money transfer services, previously announced it has extended its agreement with Walmart to continue to provide MoneyGram-branded money transfer, 'powered by' white-label Walmart2World money transfer, bill payment and money order services into 2021.

05 November 2019

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MoneyGram partners Visa for debit card deposit service

MoneyGram (NASDAQ: MGI), a global provider of innovative money transfer services, today announced the launch of a new debit card deposit service in partnership with Visa via Visa Direct, Visa's real-time1 push payments platform, which enables payments to over a billion cards worldwide.

09 September 2019

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Moneygram and Canada Post in flat-fee pricing partnership

MoneyGram (NASDAQ: MGI), a global provider of innovative money transfer and payment services, and Canada Post, a trusted partner for over 15 years, have introduced flat fee pricing for money transfers.

25 June 2019

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Ripple buys stake in MoneyGram

Ripple has agreed to invest up to $50 million in MoneyGram as part of a two-year partnership that will see the old-school money transfer player tap the blockchain startup's XRP digital currency for cross-border payment and foreign exchange settlement.

19 June 2019

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MoneyGram pays $125 million to settle global fraud allegations

MoneyGram has agreed to pay $125 million to settle allegations that it failed to crack down on fraudulent money transfer agents, violating the conditions laid down by a Federal Trade Commission order in 2009.

09 November 2018

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Zeepay and Moneygram team up for African mobile wallet play

MoneyGram a global provider of money transfer services, teamed up with Zeepay, a leading African FINTECH Giant, to allow customers to send money directly to all mobile wallets in Ghana in minutes.

24 September 2018

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Moneygram taps Visa push payments platform for cross-border remittances

Visa (NYSE:V) and MoneyGram today announced a strategic agreement that will modernize and digitize the process of sending and receiving money overseas.

24 July 2018

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Alipay takes on MoneyGram with blockchain-based remittances

Having failed to buy MoneyGram, Ant Financial is looking to pound it into the ground with the launch of a home-grown blockchain-based cross-border remittance service.

25 June 2018

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Walmart launches global money transfer service

Retailer Walmart is pushing further into the financial sector through a service that lets people transfer money from its US stores to 200 countries.

03 April 2018