MoneyGram International, a leading global money transfer company, said it has signed three new agents in Morocco that will offer money transfer services under the MoneyGram name.

These agents are Credit Immobilier et Hotelier (CIH), MEA Finance / Canal M and WafaCash.

Credit Immobilier et Hotelier, a mortgage lender, will broaden it services to offer money transfer in 150 locations and will introduce MoneyGram to a new set of customers.

MEA Finance / Canal M, an experienced money transfer service provider with branches in immigrant neighbourhoods, brings 100 locations to the network and WafaCash, a local bank, will strengthen MoneyGram’s network by adding 400 new agent locations across the country.

With these new additions, MoneyGram has 2,022 agent locations in Morocco.

'We are very pleased to enter into new partnerships that not only allow us to meet customer needs by the kinds of services we provide as well as the proximity to where customers work and live, but will strengthen our brand via their established businesses,' stated Nigel Lee, MoneyGram executive vice president of Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific regions.

MoneyGram also signed five-year renewal agreements with Casablanca-based EuroSol and Quick Money/Efloussy, two money transfer providers that have been agents since 2003.

MoneyGram, which has had a presence in Morocco since 1998, has a total of eight agents in Morocco. Other agents are Credit du Maroc, Damane Cash and Cash One.-TradeArabia News Service