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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form10-Q

(Mark One)
Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2020.2021.
Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the transition period from                    to                    .
Commission File Number: 001-31950
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MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 16-1690064
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
2828 N. Harwood St., 15th Floor
Dallas, Texas
 
75201
(Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices) 
(214) 999-7552
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
Not applicable
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Securities Registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, $0.01 par value MGIThe NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Preferred Stock Purchase RightsN/AThe NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes          No  
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit files).    Yes          No  
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large"large accelerated filer,” “accelerated" "accelerated filer,” “smaller" "smaller reporting company," and “emerging"emerging growth company”company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.:
Large accelerated filer   Accelerated filer 
Non-accelerated filer   Smaller reporting company 
Emerging growth company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes          No  
Securities Registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, $0.01 par value MGIThe NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
As of oApril 29, 2020, 63,438,859f May 5, 2021, 79,674,091 shares of commoncommon stock, $0.01 par value, were outstanding.




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GLOSSARY OF TERMS
This glossary highlights some of the terms used in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and is not a complete list of all the defined terms used herein.

AbbreviationTerm
Amended DPAAmendment to and Extension of Deferred Prosecution Agreement
APIApplication Programming Interface
CIDCivil Investigative Demand
Consent Order
Stipulated Order for Compensatory Relief and Modified Order for Permanent Injunction
CorridorWith regard to a money transfer transaction, the originating "send" location and the designated "receive" location are referred to as a corridor
COVID-19Coronavirus disease
Digital ChannelTransactions in which either the send transaction, receive transaction or both occur through one of the Company's digital properties such as moneygram.com, the native mobile application or virtual agents or end in an account deposit, wallet or card such as the Visa Direct program
Dodd-Frank ActDodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
DPADeferred Prosecution Agreement
FCPAForeign Corrupt Practices Act
FitchFitch Ratings, Inc.
FTCFederal Trade Commission
IRSInternal Revenue Service
LIBORLondon Interbank Offered Rate
MDPAU.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
Moody'sMoody's Investor Service
Non-U.S. dollarThe impact of non-U.S. dollar exchange rate fluctuations on the Company's financial results is typically calculated as the difference between current period activity translated using the current period's exchange rates and the comparable prior-year period's exchange rates; this method is used to calculate the impact of changes in non-U.S. dollar exchange rates on revenues, commissions and other operating expenses for all countries where the functional currency is not the U.S. dollar.
NYDFSNew York Department of Financial Services
ODLOn Demand Liquidity
OFACU.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control
PensionThe Company’s Pension Plan and SERPs
Pension PlanDefined benefit pension plan
Postretirement BenefitsDefined benefit postretirement plan
P2PPeer-to-peer
ReceiverPerson receiving a money transfer transaction
ROEReport of Examination
ROURight-of-use
SERPsSupplemental executive retirement plans
S&PStandard & Poor's
SECU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
SPASecurities Purchase Agreement
U.S. DOJU.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section
U.S. GAAPAccounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
Retail ChannelTransactions in which both the send transaction and receive transaction occur at one of the Company's physical agent locations



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CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and certain documents incorporated by reference herein may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Reform Act"), including statements with respect to, among other things, the financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance and business of MoneyGram and its subsidiaries. Statements preceded by, followed by or that include words such as “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “projects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “continues,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “may,” “might,” “would,” “goals,” “predicts,” “potential,” “target,” “forecast,” “outlook,” “currently,” and other similar expressions are intended to identify some of the forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Reform Act and are included, along with this statement, for purposes of complying with the safe harbor provisions of the Reform Act. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations, beliefs and assumptions as of the date of this report, are not historical facts or guarantees of future performance, and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control due to a number of factors. These factors include, but are not limited to:
the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic or future pandemics on our business, including the potential for work stoppages, lockdowns, shelter-in-place or restricted movement guidelines, service delays and lower consumer and commercial activity;
our ability to compete effectively;
our ability to maintain key agent or biller relationships, or a reduction in business or transaction volume from these relationships, including with our largest agent, Walmart, through its introduction of additional competing white-label money transfer products or otherwise;
our ability to continue to grow our Digital Channel, including through our direct-to-consumer digital business, MoneyGram Online;
a security or privacy breach in systems, networks or databases on which we rely;
current and proposed regulations addressing consumer privacy and data use and security;
our ability to manage fraud risks from consumers or agents;
our ability to extend or refinance the First and Second Lien Credit Facilities, and refinance such facilities, or comply with the terms thereof;
the ability of us and our agents to comply with U.S. and international law and regulations;
litigation and regulatory proceedings involving us or our agents and other commercial relationships, which could result in material settlements, fines or penalties, revocation of required licenses or registrations, termination of contracts, other administrative actions or lawsuits and negative publicity;
disruptions to our computer systems and data centers and our ability to effectively operate and adapt our technology;
the ability of us and our agents to maintain adequate banking relationships;
our ability to successfully develop and timely introduce new and enhanced products and services and our investments in new products, services or infrastructure changes;
our high degree of leverage and substantial debt service obligations, significant debt covenant requirements and our ability to comply with such requirements;
our below investment-grade credit rating;
our ability to maintain sufficient capital;
weakness in economic conditions, in both the U.S. and global markets;
the financial health of certain European countries or the secession of a country from the European Union;
a significant change, material slow down or complete disruption of international migration patterns;
our ability to manage risks associated with our international sales and operations, including exchange rates among currencies;
our offering of money transfer services through agents in regions that are politically volatile or, in a limited number of cases, that may be subject to certain OFAC restrictions;
major bank failure or sustained financial market illiquidity, or illiquidity at our clearing, cash management and custodial financial institutions;


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changes in tax laws or unfavorable outcomes of tax positions we take, or a failure by us to establish adequate reserves for tax events;
our ability to manage credit risks from our agents and official check financial institution customers;
our ability to adequately protect our brand and intellectual property rights and to avoid infringing on the rights of others;
our ability to manage risks related to the operation of retail locations and the acquisition or start-up of businesses;
any restructuring actions and cost reduction initiatives that we undertake may not deliver the expected results and these actions may adversely affect our business;
our capital structure; and
the risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our 2020 Form 10-K, as well as any additional risk factors that may be described in our other filings with the SEC from time to time.
These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and MoneyGram undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements for any reason, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by federal securities law.


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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
UNAUDITED
 
(Amounts in millions, except share data)(Amounts in millions, except share data)March 31, 2020December 31, 2019(Amounts in millions, except share data)March 31, 2021December 31, 2020
ASSETSASSETSASSETS
Cash and cash equivalentsCash and cash equivalents$131.0  $146.8  Cash and cash equivalents$152.8 $196.1 
Settlement assetsSettlement assets2,944.5  3,237.0  Settlement assets3,667.0 3,702.9 
Property and equipment, netProperty and equipment, net169.6  176.1  Property and equipment, net142.7 148.1 
GoodwillGoodwill442.2  442.2  Goodwill442.2 442.2 
Right-of-use assetsRight-of-use assets54.5 55.1 
Other assetsOther assets208.4  182.9  Other assets128.4 129.7 
Total assetsTotal assets$3,895.7  $4,185.0  Total assets$4,587.6 $4,674.1 
LIABILITIESLIABILITIESLIABILITIES
Payment service obligationsPayment service obligations$2,944.5  $3,237.0  Payment service obligations$3,667.0 $3,702.9 
Debt, netDebt, net877.5  850.3  Debt, net858.8 857.8 
Pension and other postretirement benefitsPension and other postretirement benefits76.8  77.5  Pension and other postretirement benefits75.0 74.5 
Lease liabilitiesLease liabilities58.0 59.1 
Accounts payable and other liabilitiesAccounts payable and other liabilities264.6  260.6  Accounts payable and other liabilities188.0 216.8 
Total liabilitiesTotal liabilities4,163.4  4,425.4  Total liabilities4,846.8 4,911.1 
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (NOTE 12)COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (NOTE 12)COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (NOTE 12)00
STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
Participating convertible preferred stock - series D, $0.01 par value, 200,000 shares authorized, 71,282 issued at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019183.9  183.9  
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 162,500,000 shares authorized, 65,061,090 shares issued at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 20190.7  0.7  
STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICITSTOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 162,500,000 shares authorized, 80,273,419 and 72,530,770 shares issued, 79,741,398 and 72,517,539 shares outstanding at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectivelyCommon stock, $0.01 par value, 162,500,000 shares authorized, 80,273,419 and 72,530,770 shares issued, 79,741,398 and 72,517,539 shares outstanding at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively0.8 0.7 
Additional paid-in capitalAdditional paid-in capital1,118.8  1,116.9  Additional paid-in capital1,297.8 1,296.0 
Retained lossRetained loss(1,488.5) (1,460.1) Retained loss(1,490.8)(1,475.3)
Accumulated other comprehensive lossAccumulated other comprehensive loss(70.3) (63.5) Accumulated other comprehensive loss(63.4)(58.4)
Treasury stock: 1,630,770 and 2,329,906 shares at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively(12.3) (18.3) 
Total stockholders’ deficit(267.7) (240.4) 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit$3,895.7  $4,185.0  
Treasury stock: 532,021 and 13,231 shares at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectivelyTreasury stock: 532,021 and 13,231 shares at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively(3.6)
Total stockholders' deficitTotal stockholders' deficit(259.2)(237.0)
Total liabilities and stockholders' deficitTotal liabilities and stockholders' deficit$4,587.6 $4,674.1 
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MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
UNAUDITED
 
Three Months Ended March 31,Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions, except per share data)(Amounts in millions, except per share data)20202019(Amounts in millions, except per share data)20212020
REVENUEREVENUEREVENUE
Fee and other revenueFee and other revenue$280.8  $301.0  Fee and other revenue$308.1 $280.8 
Investment revenueInvestment revenue10.1  14.4  Investment revenue2.0 10.1 
Total revenueTotal revenue290.9  315.4  Total revenue310.1 290.9 
EXPENSES
Fee and other commissions expense143.2  149.6  
COST OF REVENUECOST OF REVENUE
Commissions and other fee expenseCommissions and other fee expense149.9 143.2 
Investment commissions expenseInvestment commissions expense3.0  6.3  Investment commissions expense0.2 3.0 
Direct transaction expenseDirect transaction expense8.2  5.0  Direct transaction expense15.2 8.2 
Total commissions and direct transaction expenses154.4  160.9  
Total cost of revenueTotal cost of revenue165.3 154.4 
GROSS PROFITGROSS PROFIT144.8 136.5 
OPERATING EXPENSESOPERATING EXPENSES
Compensation and benefitsCompensation and benefits53.4  59.4  Compensation and benefits62.2 53.4 
Transaction and operations supportTransaction and operations support38.0  52.1  Transaction and operations support43.4 38.0 
Occupancy, equipment and suppliesOccupancy, equipment and supplies14.9  15.4  Occupancy, equipment and supplies15.5 14.9 
Depreciation and amortizationDepreciation and amortization17.1  19.0  Depreciation and amortization15.3 17.1 
Total operating expensesTotal operating expenses277.8  306.8  Total operating expenses136.4 123.4 
OPERATING INCOMEOPERATING INCOME13.1  8.6  OPERATING INCOME8.4 13.1 
Other expensesOther expensesOther expenses
Interest expenseInterest expense23.8  13.9  Interest expense22.3 23.8 
Other non-operating expenseOther non-operating expense1.1  1.6  Other non-operating expense1.0 1.1 
Total other expensesTotal other expenses24.9  15.5  Total other expenses23.3 24.9 
Loss before income taxesLoss before income taxes(11.8) (6.9) Loss before income taxes(14.9)(11.8)
Income tax expenseIncome tax expense9.7  6.6  Income tax expense0.5 9.7 
NET LOSSNET LOSS$(21.5) $(13.5) NET LOSS$(15.4)$(21.5)
Basic and diluted loss per common shareBasic and diluted loss per common share$(0.28) $(0.21) Basic and diluted loss per common share$(0.19)$(0.28)
Basic and diluted weighted-average outstanding common shares and equivalents used in computing loss per share77.4  64.8  
Basic and diluted weighted-average outstanding common shares and equivalents used in computing loss per common shareBasic and diluted weighted-average outstanding common shares and equivalents used in computing loss per common share79.6 77.4 
See Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
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MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
UNAUDITED
 
Three Months Ended 
March 31,
Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)(Amounts in millions)20202019(Amounts in millions)20212020
NET LOSSNET LOSS$(21.5) $(13.5) NET LOSS$(15.4)$(21.5)
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSSOTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSSOTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
Net change in unrealized holding gains on available-for-sale securities arising during the period—  0.2  
Net change in pension liability due to amortization of prior service credit and net actuarial loss, net of tax benefit of $0.1 for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 20190.4  0.8  
Net change in unrealized holding loss on available-for-sale securities arising during the period, net of tax expense of $0.1 and $0.0 for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectivelyNet change in unrealized holding loss on available-for-sale securities arising during the period, net of tax expense of $0.1 and $0.0 for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively0.3 
Net change in pension liability due to amortization of prior service credit and net actuarial loss, net of tax benefit of $0.1 and $0.1 for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectivelyNet change in pension liability due to amortization of prior service credit and net actuarial loss, net of tax benefit of $0.1 and $0.1 for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively0.5 0.4 
Unrealized non-U.S. dollar translation adjustments, net of tax benefit of $0.0 for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019(7.2) (3.1) 
Unrealized non-U.S. dollar translation adjustments, net of tax expense of $0.0 and $0.0 for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectivelyUnrealized non-U.S. dollar translation adjustments, net of tax expense of $0.0 and $0.0 for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively(5.8)(7.2)
Other comprehensive lossOther comprehensive loss(6.8) (2.1) Other comprehensive loss(5.0)(6.8)
COMPREHENSIVE LOSSCOMPREHENSIVE LOSS$(28.3) $(15.6) COMPREHENSIVE LOSS$(20.4)$(28.3)
See Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
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MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
UNAUDITED
 
Three Months Ended March 31,Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)(Amounts in millions)20202019(Amounts in millions)20212020
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net lossNet loss$(21.5) $(13.5) Net loss$(15.4)$(21.5)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortizationDepreciation and amortization17.1  19.0  Depreciation and amortization15.3 17.1 
Signing bonus amortizationSigning bonus amortization12.5  11.7  Signing bonus amortization14.3 12.5 
Change in right-of-use assetsChange in right-of-use assets3.6 3.0 
Amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costsAmortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs2.9  0.7  Amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs2.9 2.9 
Non-cash compensation and pension expenseNon-cash compensation and pension expense3.1  4.1  Non-cash compensation and pension expense2.8 3.1 
Signing bonus paymentsSigning bonus payments(25.0) (10.1) Signing bonus payments(13.0)(25.0)
Change in other assetsChange in other assets(21.2) (4.0) Change in other assets(12.9)(24.2)
Change in lease liabilitiesChange in lease liabilities(3.9)(4.4)
Change in accounts payable and other liabilitiesChange in accounts payable and other liabilities5.7  (12.0) Change in accounts payable and other liabilities(20.7)10.1 
Other non-cash items, netOther non-cash items, net—  4.4  Other non-cash items, net0.1 
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities(26.4) 0.3  
Net cash used in operating activitiesNet cash used in operating activities(26.9)(26.4)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchases of property and equipment(10.1) (12.7) 
Payments for capital expendituresPayments for capital expenditures(11.2)(10.1)
Net cash used in investing activitiesNet cash used in investing activities(10.1) (12.7) Net cash used in investing activities(11.2)(10.1)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Principal payments on debtPrincipal payments on debt(1.6) (2.5) Principal payments on debt(1.6)(1.6)
Proceeds from revolving credit facilityProceeds from revolving credit facility23.0  —  Proceeds from revolving credit facility23.0 
Payments to tax authorities for stock-based compensationPayments to tax authorities for stock-based compensation(0.7) (0.7) Payments to tax authorities for stock-based compensation(3.6)(0.7)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities20.7  (3.2) 
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activitiesNet cash (used in) provided by financing activities(5.2)20.7 
NET CHANGE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTSNET CHANGE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS(15.8) (15.6) NET CHANGE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS(43.3)(15.8)
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS—Beginning of period146.8  145.5  
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS—Beginning of yearCASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS—Beginning of year196.1 146.8 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS—End of periodCASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS—End of period$131.0  $129.9  CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS—End of period$152.8 $131.0 
Supplemental cash flow information:Supplemental cash flow information:Supplemental cash flow information:
Cash payments for interestCash payments for interest$17.6  $12.8  Cash payments for interest$11.9 $17.6 
See Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
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MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
UNAUDITED

(Amounts in millions)(Amounts in millions)Preferred
Stock
Common
Stock
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
Retained
Loss
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
Treasury
Stock
Total(Amounts in millions)Common
Stock
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
Retained LossAccumulated Other Comprehensive LossTreasury
Stock
Total
January 1, 2020$183.9  $0.7  $1,116.9  $(1,460.1) $(63.5) $(18.3) $(240.4) 
January 1, 2021January 1, 2021$0.7 $1,296.0 $(1,475.3)$(58.4)$$(237.0)
Net lossNet loss—  —  —  (21.5) —  —  (21.5) Net loss— — (15.4)— — (15.4)
Stock-based compensation activityStock-based compensation activity—  —  1.9  (6.9) —  6.0  1.0  Stock-based compensation activity— 1.9 (0.1)— (3.6)(1.8)
Exercise of Ripple WarrantsExercise of Ripple Warrants0.1 (0.1)— — — — 
Other comprehensive lossOther comprehensive loss—  —  —  —  (6.8) —  (6.8) Other comprehensive loss— — — (5.0)— (5.0)
March 31, 2020$183.9  $0.7  $1,118.8  $(1,488.5) $(70.3) $(12.3) $(267.7) 
March 31, 2021March 31, 2021$0.8 $1,297.8 $(1,490.8)$(63.4)$(3.6)$(259.2)

(Amounts in millions)(Amounts in millions)Preferred
Stock
Common
Stock
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
Retained
Loss
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
Treasury
Stock
Total(Amounts in millions)Preferred
Stock
Common
Stock
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
Retained
Loss
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
Treasury
Stock
Total
January 1, 2019$183.9  $0.6  $1,046.8  $(1,403.6) $(67.5) $(29.0) $(268.8) 
January 1, 2020January 1, 2020$183.9 $0.7 $1,116.9 $(1,460.1)$(63.5)$(18.3)$(240.4)
Net lossNet loss—  —  —  (13.5) —  —  (13.5) Net loss— — — (21.5)— — (21.5)
Stock-based compensation activityStock-based compensation activity—  —  2.6  (9.5) —  9.0  2.1  Stock-based compensation activity— — 1.9 (6.9)— 6.0 1.0 
Cumulative effect of adoption of ASU 2018-02—  —  —  15.1  (15.1) —  —  
Other comprehensive lossOther comprehensive loss—  —  —  —  (2.1) —  (2.1) Other comprehensive loss— — — — (6.8)— (6.8)
March 31, 2019$183.9  $0.6  $1,049.4  $(1,411.5) $(84.7) $(20.0) $(282.3) 
March 31, 2020March 31, 2020$183.9 $0.7 $1,118.8 $(1,488.5)$(70.3)$(12.3)$(267.7)
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MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - UNAUDITED

Note 1 — Description of the Business and Basis of Presentation
References to “MoneyGram,”"MoneyGram," the “Company,” “we,” “us”"Company," "we," "us" and “our”"our" are to MoneyGram International, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
Nature of Operations — MoneyGram offers products and services under its 2    reporting segments: Global Funds Transfer and Financial Paper Products. The Global Funds Transfer segment provides global money transfer services and bill payment services to consumers through two primary distribution channels: walk-inretail and digital. Through our walk-in channel,Retail Channel, we offer services through third-party agents, including retail chains, independent retailers, post offices and other financial institutions. Additionally, we have limited Company-operated retail locations. We offer solutionsservices such as moneygram.com, mobile solutions, fintechaccount deposit and digital partners, wallets and account depositkiosk-based services as part of our digital channel.Digital Channel. The Financial Paper Products segment provides official check outsourcing services and money orders through financial institutions and agent locations.
Basis of Presentation — The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of MoneyGram are prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”)U.S. GAAP for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets are unclassified due to the timing uncertainty surrounding the payment of settlement obligations. The condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments of a normal recurring nature that, in the opinion of management, are necessary in order to make the financial statements not misleading.
Impact of Novel Coronavirus (“COVID-19”("COVID-19") Pandemic On Our Financial Statements — The global spread of COVID-19 and the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is complex and rapidly-evolving.ever-evolving. In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic and recommended extensive containment and mitigation measures worldwide. The outbreak has reached all of the regions in which we do business, and governmental authorities around the world have implemented numerous measures attempting to contain and mitigate the effects of the virus, including travel bans and restrictions, border closings, quarantines, shelter-in-place orders, shutdowns, limitations or closures of non-essential businesses, school closures and social distancing requirements. The global spread of COVID-19 and resulting government actions taken in response to the virus have negatively affected our workforce, agents, customers, financial markets, employment rates, consumer spendingcaused, and credit markets, causedmay continue to cause significant economic and business disruption, volatility and financial uncertainty, and leda continued significant global economic downturn. This has had, and may continue to have, a significantnegative impact on our workforce, agents, customers, financial markets, consumer spending and credit markets. Even after the COVID-19 pandemic has subsided, we may continue to experience adverse impacts to our business as a result of any economic downturn.
We have assessed various accounting estimates and other matters, including thoserecession or depression that require consideration of forecasted financial information,has occurred or may occur in context of the unknownfuture. Therefore, the Company cannot reasonably estimate the future impacts of COVID-19 using information that is reasonably available to usimpact at this time. The accounting estimates and other matters we assessed included, but
There were not limited to, our goodwill and other long-lived assets, allowance for credit losses, pension and other postretirement benefits and valuation allowances for tax assets. Based on our current assessment of these estimates, the Company recorded an increase in its deferred tax asset valuation allowance of $10.6 million, of which $10.1 million related to balances which existed at the beginning of the year. See Note 11 — Income Taxes for more information. There was no other material impactimpacts to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the quarter ended March 31, 2020,2021, based on the Company's assessment of its estimates. As additional information becomes available to us, our future assessment of these estimates, including our expectations at the time regarding the duration, scope and severity of the pandemic, as well as other factors, could materially and adversely impact our consolidated financial statementsUnaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in future reporting periods.
Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. These estimates and assumptions are based on historical experience, future expectations, impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors and assumptions the Company believes to be reasonable under the circumstances. These estimates and assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis and are revised when necessary. Changes in estimates are recorded in the period of change. Actual amounts may differ from these estimates.
RecentPrinciples of Consolidation — The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of MoneyGram International, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Intercompany profits, transactions and account balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
Reclassification — Certain prior amounts have been reclassified in order to conform to the current year presentation. In 2020, the Company changed the presentation of its right-of-use assets and associated lease liabilities in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. Increases to our right-of-asset and liabilities that result from new operating leases, extension of existing operating leases or modifications of existing operating leases are excluded from the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows as these are non-cash items in the period they occur.
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Presentation — During the first quarter of 2021, the Company changed its presentation to disclose "Gross profit" in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. The presentation of gross profit is intended to supplement investors with an understanding of our operating performance. Gross profit is calculated as total revenue less commissions and direct transaction expenses. These expenses were previously included within "Operating expenses" and are now presented within "Cost of revenue" in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. The change in presentation was applied retrospectively to all periods presented in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and it had no effect on Operating income, Net loss or Loss per share. The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss, Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Deficit and Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows are not affected by this change in presentation.
Recently Issued Accounting PronouncementsStandards and Related DevelopmenDevelopments Not Yet Adopted ts — In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”("ASU") 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. The new credit impairment standard changes the impairment model for most financial assets and certain other instruments. For trade and other receivables, held-to-maturity debt securities, loans and other instruments, entities will be required to use a new forward-looking expected loss model that generally will result in the earlier recognition of allowances for credit losses. For available-for-sale debt securities with unrealized losses, entities will measure credit losses in a manner similar to what they do today, except that the losses will be recognized as allowances rather than as reductions in the amortized cost of the securities. To further assist with adoption and implementation of ASU 2016-13, the FASB issued the following ASUs:
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ASU 2018-19 (Issued November 2018) — Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses
ASU 2019-04 (Issued April 2019) — Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses, Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, and Topic 825, Financial Instruments
ASU 2019-05 (Issued May 2019) — Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Targeted Transition Relief
ASU 2019-10 (Issued November 2019) — Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326), Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815), and Leases (Topic 842): Effective Dates
ASU 2019-11 (Issued November 2019) — Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses
ASU 2020-02 (Issued February 2020) — Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326) and Leases (Topic 842): Amendments to SEC Paragraphs Pursuant to SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 119 and Update to SEC Section on Effective Date Related to Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) (SEC Update)
ASU 2020-03 (Issued March 2020) Codification Improvements to Financial Instruments
ASU 2019-10 changed the effective date of ASU 2016-13 for public business entities that meet the definition of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") filer but that are eligible to be a smaller reporting company to fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022. MoneyGram is a smaller reporting company and, as such, willhas elected to adopt the amendments in these standards in 2023. We are still evaluating these ASUs, but we do not believe the adoption will have a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.
In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-14, Compensation - Retirement Benefits - Defined Benefit Plans - General (Subtopic 715-20): Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Defined Benefits Plans. The amendments in this standard require that entities now disclose the weighted-average interest credit ratings for cash balance plans and other plans with promised interest credit ratings and an explanation of the reasons for significant gains and losses related to changes in the benefit obligation for the period, as well as clarify and remove certain other disclosures. This standard is effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2020, and, as such, its disclosure requirements will be reflected in the 2020 Annual Report on Form 10-K. This standard does not impact our consolidated financial statements.
In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. The amendments in this ASU provide, if certain criteria are met, optional expedients and exceptions for applying the GAAP requirements for contract modifications, hedging relationships and sales or transfers of debt securities that reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be discontinued because of reference rate reform through December 31, 2022. The adoption of this ASU is optional and the election can be made anytime during the effective period. The amendments in this ASU are effective as of March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. MoneyGram is currently evaluating the impact of this standard and has not yet determined whether we will elect the optional expedients.
In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-06, Debt - Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging - Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity's Own Equity. This ASU changes how entities account for convertible instruments and contracts in an entity's own equity and simplifies the accounting for convertible instruments by removing certain separation models for convertible instruments. This ASU also modifies the guidance on diluted earnings per share calculations. The amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, including interim periods within those fiscal years. We are currently evaluating the impact of this standard on our condensed consolidated financial statements.
The Company has determined that there have been no other recently adopted or issued accounting standards that had, or will have, a material impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Note 2 — Reorganization Costs
In the fourthfirst quarter of 2019,2021, the Company committed to an operational plan to reduce overall operating expenses, including the elimination of approximately 120110 positions acrossacross the Company and certain actions to reduce other ongoing operating expenses, including real estate-related expenses (the “2019“2021 Organizational Realignment”). The workforce reduction wasactions are designed to streamline operations and structure the Company in a way that will be more agile and aligned around ourits plan to execute digital and market-specific strategies tailored to different segments.strategies. The workforce reduction portion of the 2021 Organizational Realignment was substantially completed in the first quarter of 2020 with $7.5 million2021 and the Company anticipates related cash expenditures to be substantially paid out by the end of costs2021. Costs incurred consistingin the first quarter of 2021 consisted primarily of one-time termination benefits for employee severance and related costs, which are recorded in “Compensation"Compensation and benefits”benefits" on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of OperationsOperations. The Company’s estimates are based on a number of assumptions. Actual results may differ materially, and additional charges not currently expected may be incurred in connection with, or as a result of, the Global Funds Transfer reporting segment.2021 Organizational Realignment.
The following table is a roll-forward of the reorganization costs accrual as of March 31, 2020:2021:
(Amounts in millions)20192021 Organizational
Realignment
Balance at December 31, 20192020$4.60 
Expenses0.75.9 
Cash payments(4.6)(4.3)
Balance at March 31, 20202021$0.71.6 
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The following table is a summary of the cumulative reorganization costs incurred to date in operating expenses and the estimated remaining reorganization costs to be incurred as of March 31, 2020:2021:
(Amounts in millions)20192021 Organizational
Realignment
Balance, December 31, 2019Cumulative reorganization costs incurred to date in operating expenses$6.85.9 
First quarter 2020Estimated additional reorganization costs to be incurred0.73.8 
Total cumulative reorganization costs incurred and to datebe incurred$7.59.7 

The following table is a summary of the cumulative reorganization costs incurred to date in operating expenses by reporting segment:
(Amounts in millions)Global Funds TransferFinancial Paper ProductsTotal
Balance at December 31, 2020$$$
First quarter 20215.7 0.2 5.9 
Total cumulative reorganization costs incurred to date$5.7 $0.2 $5.9 

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Note 3 — Settlement Assets and Payment Service Obligations
The Company records payment service obligations relating to amounts payable under money transfers, money orders and consumer payment service arrangements. These obligations are recognized by the Company at the time the underlying transaction occurs. The Company records corresponding settlement assets, which represent funds received or to be received for unsettled money transfers, money orders and consumer payments.
The following table summarizes the amount of settlement assets and payment service obligations:
(Amounts in millions)(Amounts in millions)March 31, 2020December 31, 2019(Amounts in millions)March 31, 2021December 31, 2020
Settlement assets:Settlement assets:Settlement assets:
Settlement cash and cash equivalentsSettlement cash and cash equivalents$1,371.6  $1,531.1  Settlement cash and cash equivalents$1,846.4 $1,883.2 
Receivables, netReceivables, net579.5  715.5  Receivables, net824.9 825.0 
Interest-bearing investmentsInterest-bearing investments989.1  985.9  Interest-bearing investments992.3 991.2 
Available-for-sale investmentsAvailable-for-sale investments4.3  4.5  Available-for-sale investments3.4 3.5 
Total settlement assetsTotal settlement assets$3,667.0 $3,702.9 
$2,944.5  $3,237.0  
Payment service obligationsPayment service obligations$(2,944.5) $(3,237.0) Payment service obligations$(3,667.0)$(3,702.9)


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Note 4 — Fair Value Measurement
Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability, or the exit price, in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date.

Assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis:
Available-for-sale investments — For residential mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government agencies, fair value measures are obtained from an independent pricing service. As market quotes are generally not readily available or accessible for these specific securities, the pricing service measures fair value through the use of pricing models utilizing reported market quotes adjusted for observable inputs, such as market prices for comparable securities, spreads, prepayment speeds, yield curves and delinquency rates. Accordingly, these securities are classified as Level 2 financial instruments.
For asset-backed and other securities, which include investments in limited partnerships, market quotes are generally not available. The Company utilizes broker quotes to measure market value, if available. Because the inputs and assumptions that brokers use to develop prices are unobservable, valuations that are based on brokers' quotes are classified as Level 3. Also, the Company uses pricing services that utilize pricing models based on market observable and unobservable data. The observable inputs include quotes for comparable securities, yield curves, default indices, interest rates, historical prepayment speeds and delinquency rates. These pricing models also apply an inactive market adjustment as a significant unobservable input. Accordingly, asset-backed and other securities valued using third-party pricing models are classified as Level 3.
Derivative financial instruments — Derivatives consist of forward contracts to manage income statement exposure to non-U.S. dollar exchange risk arising from the Company's assets and liabilities denominated in non-U.S. dollar currencies. The Company's forward contracts are well-established products, allowing the use of standardized models with market-based inputs. These models do not contain a high level of subjectivity, and the inputs are readily observable. Accordingly, the Company has classified its forward contracts as Level 2 financial instruments. See Note 6Derivative Financial Instruments for additional disclosure on the Company's forward contracts.
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The following table summarizes the Company’sCompany's financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value by hierarchy level on a recurring basis:
(Amounts in millions)(Amounts in millions)Level 2Level 3Total(Amounts in millions)Level 2Level 3Total
March 31, 2020
March 31, 2021March 31, 2021
Financial assets:Financial assets:Financial assets:
Available-for-sale investments:Available-for-sale investments:Available-for-sale investments:
Residential mortgage-backed securitiesResidential mortgage-backed securities$3.5  $—  $3.5  Residential mortgage-backed securities$2.8 $$2.8 
Asset-backed and other securitiesAsset-backed and other securities—  0.8  0.8  Asset-backed and other securities0.6 0.6 
Forward contractsForward contracts4.3  —  4.3  Forward contracts2.3 2.3 
Total financial assetsTotal financial assets$7.8  $0.8  $8.6  Total financial assets$5.1 $0.6 $5.7 
Financial liabilities:Financial liabilities:Financial liabilities:
Forward contractsForward contracts$—  $—  $—  Forward contracts$0.1 $$0.1 
December 31, 2019
December 31, 2020December 31, 2020
Financial assets:Financial assets:Financial assets:
Available-for-sale investments:Available-for-sale investments:Available-for-sale investments:
Residential mortgage-backed securitiesResidential mortgage-backed securities$3.6  $—  $3.6  Residential mortgage-backed securities$3.0 $$3.0 
Asset-backed and other securitiesAsset-backed and other securities—  0.9  0.9  Asset-backed and other securities0.5 0.5 
Forward contractsForward contracts—  —  —  Forward contracts0.1 0.1 
Total financial assetsTotal financial assets$3.6  $0.9  $4.5  Total financial assets$3.1 $0.5 $3.6 
Financial liabilities:Financial liabilities:Financial liabilities:
Forward contractsForward contracts$0.8  $—  $0.8  Forward contracts$2.2 $$2.2 
Assets and liabilities that are disclosed at fair value Debt and interest-bearing investments are carried at amortized cost; however, the Company estimates the fair value of debt for disclosure purposes. The fair value of the first lien credit facility is estimated using an observable market quotation (Level 2). As of March 31, 20202021 and December 31, 2019,2020, the fair value of the first lien credit facility was $460.9$633.7 million and $577.6$635.3 million, respectively, with a carrying value of $640.2 $633.7 million and $641.8$635.3 million, respectively. The fair value of the second lien credit facility is estimated using unobservable market inputs (Level 3), including broker quotes for comparable traded securities and yield curves. As of March 31, 20202021 and December 31, 2019,2020, the fair value of the second lien credit facility was $185.7 $248.8 million and $236.7$254.3 million, respectively, with a carrying value of $254.6 million and $251.4$254.6 million, respectively.
The carrying amounts for the Company's cash and cash equivalents, settlement cash and cash equivalents, receivables, interest-bearing investments and payment service obligations approximate fair value as of March 31, 20202021 and December 31, 2019.2020.
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Note 5 — Investment Portfolio
The following table shows the components of the investment portfolio:
(Amounts in millions)(Amounts in millions)March 31, 2020December 31, 2019(Amounts in millions)March 31, 2021December 31, 2020
CashCash$1,500.1  $1,675.4  Cash$1,999.2 $2,076.8 
Money market securitiesMoney market securities2.5  2.5  Money market securities2.5 
Cash and cash equivalents (1)
Cash and cash equivalents (1)
1,502.6  1,677.9  
Cash and cash equivalents (1)
1,999.2 2,079.3 
Interest-bearing investmentsInterest-bearing investments989.1  985.9  Interest-bearing investments992.3 991.2 
Available-for-sale investmentsAvailable-for-sale investments4.3  4.5  Available-for-sale investments3.4 3.5 
Total investment portfolioTotal investment portfolio$2,496.0  $2,668.3  Total investment portfolio$2,994.9 $3,074.0 
(1) For purposes of the disclosure of the investment portfolio as a whole, the cash and cash equivalents balance includes settlement cash and cash equivalents.
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The following table is a summary of the amortized cost and fair value of available-for-sale investments:
(Amounts in millions)(Amounts in millions)Amortized
Cost
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
Fair
Value
(Amounts in millions)Amortized
Cost
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Fair
Value
March 31, 2020
March 31, 2021March 31, 2021
Residential mortgage-backed securitiesResidential mortgage-backed securities$3.1  $0.4  $3.5  Residential mortgage-backed securities$2.5 $0.3 $$2.8 
Asset-backed and other securitiesAsset-backed and other securities0.2  0.6  0.8  Asset-backed and other securities0.6 0.6 
TotalTotal$3.3  $1.0  $4.3  Total$2.5 $0.9 $$3.4 
December 31, 2019
December 31, 2020December 31, 2020
Residential mortgage-backed securitiesResidential mortgage-backed securities$3.3  $0.3  $3.6  Residential mortgage-backed securities$2.6 $0.4 $$3.0 
Asset-backed and other securitiesAsset-backed and other securities0.2  0.7  0.9  Asset-backed and other securities0.2 0.5 (0.2)0.5 
TotalTotal$3.5  $1.0  $4.5  Total$2.8 $0.9 $(0.2)$3.5 
As of March 31, 20202021 and December 31, 2019,2020, 81%82% and 80%86%, respectively, of the fair value of the available-for-sale portfolio were invested in residential mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government agencies. These securities have the implicit backing of the U.S. government, and the Company expects to receive full par value upon maturity or pay-down, as well as all interest payments.
Gains and Losses For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company had no realized gains or losses.
Contractual Maturities — Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities as borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations, sometimes without call or prepayment penalties. Maturities of residential mortgage-backed and asset-backed and other securities depend on the repayment characteristics and experience of the underlying obligations. 

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Note 6 — Derivative Financial Instruments
The Company uses forward contracts to manage its non-U.S. dollar needs and non-U.S. dollar exchange risk arising from its assets and liabilities denominated in non-U.S. dollars. While these contracts may mitigate certain non-U.S. dollar risk, they are not designated as hedges for accounting purposes and will result in gains and losses.losses in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company also reports gains and losses from the spread differential between the rate set for its transactions and the actual cost of currency at the time the Company buys or sells in the open market.
The following net gains (losses) gains related to assets and liabilities denominated in non-U.S. dollar are included in “Transaction"Transaction and operations support”support" in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and in the "Net cash provided byused in operating activities" line in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows:
Three Months Ended March 31,Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)(Amounts in millions)20202019(Amounts in millions)20212020
Net realized non-U.S. dollar lossNet realized non-U.S. dollar loss$(3.8) $(3.5) Net realized non-U.S. dollar loss$(8.2)$(3.8)
Net gain from the related forward contractsNet gain from the related forward contracts6.3  5.1  Net gain from the related forward contracts6.6 6.3 
Net gain from non-U.S. dollar transactions and related forward contracts$2.5  $1.6  
Net (loss) gain from non-U.S. dollar transactions and related forward contractsNet (loss) gain from non-U.S. dollar transactions and related forward contracts$(1.6)$2.5 
As of March 31, 20202021 and December 31, 2019,2020, the Company had $389.4501.5 million and $349.1$643.8 million, respectively, of outstanding notional amounts relating to its non-U.S. dollar forward contracts.
As of March 31, 20202021 and December 31, 2019,2020, the Company reflects the following fair values of derivative forward contract instruments in its Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets: 
Gross Amount of Recognized AssetsGross Amount of OffsetNet Amount of Assets Presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheets Gross Amount of Recognized AssetsGross Amount of OffsetNet Amount of Assets Presented in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Amounts in millions)(Amounts in millions)Balance Sheet LocationMarch 31, 2020December 31, 2019March 31, 2020December 31, 2019March 31, 2020December 31, 2019(Amounts in millions)Balance Sheet LocationMarch 31, 2021December 31, 2020March 31, 2021December 31, 2020March 31, 2021December 31, 2020
Forward contractsForward contractsOther assets$4.8  $0.2  $(0.5) $(0.2) $4.3  $—  Forward contracts"Other assets"$4.0 $1.0 $(1.7)$(0.9)$2.3 $0.1 

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Gross Amount of Recognized LiabilitiesGross Amount of OffsetNet Amount of Liabilities Presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheets Gross Amount of Recognized LiabilitiesGross Amount of OffsetNet Amount of Liabilities Presented in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Amounts in millions)(Amounts in millions)Balance Sheet LocationMarch 31, 2020December 31, 2019March 31, 2020December 31, 2019March 31, 2020December 31, 2019(Amounts in millions)Balance Sheet LocationMarch 31, 2021December 31, 2020March 31, 2021December 31, 2020March 31, 2021December 31, 2020
Forward contractsForward contractsAccounts payable and other liabilities$0.5  $1.0  $(0.5) $(0.2) $—  $0.8  Forward contracts"Accounts payable and other liabilities"$1.8 $3.1 $(1.7)$(0.9)$0.1 $2.2 
The Company’sCompany's forward contracts are primarily executed with counterparties governed by International Swaps and Derivatives Association agreements that generally include standard netting arrangements. Asset and liability positions from forward contracts and all other non-U.S. dollar exchange transactions with the same counterparty are net settled upon maturity.
The Company is exposed to credit loss in the event of non-performance by counterparties to its derivative contracts. The Company actively monitors its exposure to credit risk through the use of credit approvals and credit limits and by selecting major international banks and financial institutions as counterparties. Collateral generally is not required of the counterparties or of the Company. In the unlikely event the counterparty fails to meet the contractual terms of the derivative contract, the Company’sCompany's risk is limited to the fair value of the instrument. The Company has not had any historical instances of non-performance by any counterparties, nor does it anticipate any future instances of non-performance.
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Note 7 — Debt
The following is a summary of the Company's outstanding debt:
(Amounts in millions, except percentages)(Amounts in millions, except percentages)March 31, 2020December 31, 2019(Amounts in millions, except percentages)March 31, 2021December 31, 2020
6.95% first lien revolving credit facility due 2022$23.0  $—  
7.00% first lien credit facility due 20237.00% first lien credit facility due 2023640.2  641.8  7.00% first lien credit facility due 2023$633.7 $635.3 
13.00% second lien credit facility due 202413.00% second lien credit facility due 2024254.6  251.4  13.00% second lien credit facility due 2024254.6 254.6 
Senior secured credit facilitiesSenior secured credit facilities917.8  893.2  Senior secured credit facilities888.3 889.9 
Unamortized debt issuance costs and debt discountsUnamortized debt issuance costs and debt discounts(40.3) (42.9) Unamortized debt issuance costs and debt discounts(29.5)(32.1)
Total debt, netTotal debt, net$877.5  $850.3  Total debt, net$858.8 $857.8 
First Lien Credit Agreement and Revolving Credit Facility — The First Lien Credit Agreement provides for (i)(a) a senior secured three-year revolving credit facility that may be used for revolving credit loans, swingline loans and letters of credit up to an aggregate principal amount of $35.0 million, which matures September 30, 2022 (the “First"First Lien Revolving Credit Facility”Facility") and (ii)(b) a senior secured four-year term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of $645.0 million (the “First"First Lien Term Credit Facility”Facility" and together with the First Lien Revolving Credit Facility, the “First"First Lien Credit Facility”Facility").
As of March 31, 2020, the Company had $23.0 million borrowings under the First Lien Revolving Credit Facility, which are used for general corporate purposes. The First Lien Credit Agreement also provides that in the event the Company’sCompany's cash balance exceeds $130.0 million at the end of any month, the Company would be required to use such excess cash to pay any outstanding obligations to the revolving lenders under our First Lien Revolving Credit Facility, and that the Company may not draw on the First Lien Revolving Credit Facility to the extent that the Company would have a cash balance in excess of $130.0 million after giving effect to such borrowing. As of March 31, 2021, the Company had 0 borrowings and nominal outstanding letters of credit under the First Lien Revolving Credit Facility.
Second Lien Credit Agreement — The Second Lien Credit Agreement provides for a second lien secured five-year term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of $245.0 million (the “Second"Second Lien Term Credit Facility”Facility" and together with the First Lien Credit Facility, the “Credit Facilities”"Credit Facilities"). Subject to certain conditions and limitations, the Company may elect to pay interest under the Second Lien Term Credit Facility partially in cash and partially in kind. The outstanding principal balance for the Second Lien Credit Agreement is due on the maturity date.
The Credit Facilities are secured by substantially all of the Company’sCompany's assets and its material domestic subsidiaries that guarantee the payment and performance of the Company’sCompany's obligations under the Credit Facilities.
Debt Covenants and Other Restrictions — The Credit Facilities contain various limitations that restrict the Company’sCompany's ability to: incur additional indebtedness; create or incur additional liens; effect mergers and consolidations; make certain acquisitions or investments; sell assets or subsidiary stock; pay dividends and make other restricted payments; and effect loans, advances and certain other transactions with affiliates. In addition, the First Lien Revolving Credit Facility requires the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries (w) to maintain a minimum interest coverage ratio, (x) to maintain a minimum asset coverage ratio, (y) to not exceed a maximum first lien leverage ratio and (z) to not exceed a total leverage ratio. The First Lien Credit Facility requires the Company to not exceed a maximum first lien leverage ratio of 4.00:1.00 and the Second Lien Credit Facility requires the Company to not exceed a maximum secured leverage ratio of 5.50:1.00, commencing September 30, 2019.
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The asset coverage covenant contained in the First Lien Credit Agreement requires the aggregate amount of the Company’sCompany's cash and cash equivalents and other settlement assets to exceed its aggregate payment service obligations. The Company's assets in excess of payment service obligations used for the asset coverage calculation were $131.0 $152.8 million and $146.8$196.1 million as of March 31, 20202021 and December 31, 2019,2020, respectively. The table below summarizes the Revolver Financial Covenants Under the First Lien Credit Agreement, the interest coverage, first lien and total leverage ratio covenants, which are calculated based on the four-fiscal quarter period ending on each quarter end beginning September 30, 2019 through the maturity of the First Lien Credit Facility:
 Interest Coverage Minimum RatioFirst Lien Leverage Ratio Not to ExceedTotal Leverage Ratio Not to Exceed
July 1, 2019 through June 30, 20202.50:13.750:15.125:1
July 1, 2020 through December 31, 20202.50:13.500:15.000:1
January 1, 2021 through maturity2.50:13.000:14.500:1
As of March 31, 2020,2021, the Company was in compliance with its financial covenants: our interest coverage ratio was 3.374 3.161 to 1.00, our first lien leverage ratio was 2.9002.527 to 1.00 and our total leverage ratio was 4.0133.542 to 1.00. We continuously monitor our compliance with our debt covenants.
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Note 8 — Pension and Other Benefits
The following table is a summary of net periodic benefit expense for the Company's defined benefit pension planPension Plan and supplemental executive retirement plans, collectively referred to as "Pension":
Three Months Ended March 31, Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)(Amounts in millions)20202019(Amounts in millions)20212020
Interest costInterest cost$0.8  $1.7  Interest cost$0.5 $0.8 
Expected return on plan assetsExpected return on plan assets(0.2) (1.1) Expected return on plan assets(0.2)(0.2)
Amortization of net actuarial lossAmortization of net actuarial loss0.5  0.9  Amortization of net actuarial loss0.6 0.5 
Net periodic benefit expenseNet periodic benefit expense$1.1  $1.5  Net periodic benefit expense$0.9 $1.1 
The Company hadhad nominal net periodic benefit expense for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, and 2019,respectively for its postretirement medical benefit plan ("Postretirement Benefits"). Net periodic benefit expense for the Pension and Postretirement Benefits is recorded in "Other non-operating expense" in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Note 9 — Stockholders' Deficit
Common Stock — NaN dividends were paid during the three months ended March 31, 2021 or 2020.
Series D Participating Convertible Preferred Stock (the "D Stock") — In 2011, the Company issued 71,282 shares of D Stock to Goldman Sachs. Each share of D Stock has a liquidation preference of $0.01 and is convertible into 125 shares of common stock. In 2020, Goldman Sachs converted all of its 71,282 shares of D Stock into 8,910,234 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.01 per share. As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had 200,000 shares of D Stock with a par value of $0.01 per share, authorized and none issued.
The following table is a summary of changes in the number of shares of the Company’s authorized, issued and outstanding stock as of March 31, 2021:
 Common StockTreasury
Stock
AuthorizedIssuedOutstanding
December 31, 2020162,500,000 72,530,770 (72,517,539)13,231 
Exercise of Ripple Warrants— 5,948,895 (5,948,895)— 
Release for restricted stock units— 1,793,754 (1,274,964)518,790 
March 31, 2021162,500,000 80,273,419 (79,741,398)532,021 

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss — The following table is a summary of the significant amounts reclassified out of each component of "Accumulated other comprehensive loss":
Three Months Ended 
March 31,
Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)(Amounts in millions)20202019Statement of Operations Location(Amounts in millions)20212020Statement of Operations Location
Pension and Postretirement Benefits adjustments:Pension and Postretirement Benefits adjustments:Pension and Postretirement Benefits adjustments:
Amortization of net actuarial lossAmortization of net actuarial loss$0.5  $0.9  "Other non-operating expense"Amortization of net actuarial loss$0.6 $0.5 "Other non-operating expense"
Total before taxTotal before tax0.5  0.9  Total before tax0.6 0.5 
Tax benefit, netTax benefit, net(0.1) (0.1) Tax benefit, net(0.1)(0.1)
Total reclassified for the period, net of taxTotal reclassified for the period, net of tax$0.4  $0.8  Total reclassified for the period, net of tax$0.5 $0.4 
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The following table is a summary of the changes to Accumulated other comprehensive loss by component:
(Amounts in millions)(Amounts in millions)Net Unrealized Gains on Securities Classified as Available-for-sale, Net of TaxCumulative non-U.S. dollar Translation Adjustments, Net of TaxPension and Postretirement Benefits Adjustment, Net of TaxTotal(Amounts in millions)Net Unrealized Gains on Securities Classified as Available-for-sale, Net of TaxCumulative non-U.S. dollar Translation Adjustments, Net of TaxPension and Postretirement Benefits Adjustment, Net of TaxTotal
January 1, 2020$1.6  $(28.1) $(37.0) $(63.5) 
January 1, 2021January 1, 2021$1.2 $(20.9)$(38.7)$(58.4)
Other comprehensive loss before reclassificationOther comprehensive loss before reclassification—  (7.2) —  (7.2) Other comprehensive loss before reclassification0.3 (5.8)(5.5)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive lossAmounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss—  —  0.4  0.4  Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss0.5 0.5 
Net current period other comprehensive (loss) income—  (7.2) 0.4  (6.8) 
March 31, 2020$1.6  $(35.3) $(36.6) $(70.3) 
Net current period other comprehensive lossNet current period other comprehensive loss0.3 (5.8)0.5 (5.0)
March 31, 2021March 31, 2021$1.5 $(26.7)$(38.2)$(63.4)

(Amounts in millions)Net Unrealized Gains on Securities Classified as Available-for-sale, Net of TaxCumulative non-U.S. dollar Translation Adjustments, Net of TaxPension and Postretirement Benefits Adjustment, Net of TaxTotal
January 1, 2019$1.9  $(24.2) $(45.2) $(67.5) 
Adoption of 2018-02 ASU—  (3.7) (11.4) (15.1) 
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification0.2  (3.1) —  (2.9) 
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss—  —  0.8  0.8  
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)0.2  (3.1) 0.8  (2.1) 
March 31, 2019$2.1  $(31.0) $(55.8) $(84.7) 
(Amounts in millions)Net Unrealized Gains on Securities Classified as Available-for-sale, Net of TaxCumulative non-U.S. dollar Translation Adjustments, Net of TaxPension and Postretirement Benefits Adjustment, Net of TaxTotal
January 1, 2020$1.6 $(28.1)$(37.0)$(63.5)
Other comprehensive loss before reclassification(7.2)(7.2)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss0.4 0.4 
Net current period other comprehensive loss(7.2)0.4 (6.8)
March 31, 2020$1.6 $(35.3)$(36.6)$(70.3)


Note 10 — Stock-Based Compensation
The following table is a summary of the Company's stock-based compensation expense:
Three Months Ended March 31,Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)(Amounts in millions)20202019(Amounts in millions)20212020
Stock-based compensation expenseStock-based compensation expense$2.0  $2.6  Stock-based compensation expense$1.8 $2.0 
Stock Options — The following table is a summary of the Company’sCompany's stock option activity: 
SharesWeighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
($000,000)
Options outstanding at December 31, 2019409,296  $19.34  2.4 years$—  
Forfeited/Expired(22,081) 20.65  
Options outstanding, vested or expected to vest, and exercisable at March 31, 2020387,215  $19.27  2.1 years$—  
SharesWeighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
($000,000)
Options outstanding at December 31, 2020277,962 $19.58 1.8 years$
Forfeited/Expired(8,751)17.17 
Options outstanding, vested or expected to vest,
     and exercisable at March 31, 2021
269,211 $19.66 1.6 years$
As of March 31, 2020,2021, the Company had 0 unrecognized stock option expense related to outstanding options.
Restricted Stock UnitsIn March 2020,On February 24, 2021, the Company granted time-based and performance-based restricted stock units. The time-based restricted stock units which vest in three equal installments on each anniversary of the grant date. AsThe performance-based restricted stock units are subject to performance conditions and a one-year performance period. When and if the conditions are satisfied at the end of March 4, 2020,the one-year performance period, vesting of the performance-based restricted stock units are subject only to the passage of time and vest in three equal installments on each anniversary of the grant date, the Company had remaining authorization to issue grants of up to 1,919,406 shares under its 2005 Omnibus Incentive Plan (“2005 Plan”). If the March 2020 grants were to be fully settled in stock, an additional 1,279,888 shares of Company common stock would be needed under the 2005 Plan to be able to settle those awards. At the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the stockholders will be asked to approve the amendment and restatement of the 2005 Plan, which includes among other items, approval for increasing the number of shares that may be issued under the plan by 8,900,000 shares. If the amendment and restatement is approved at the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, it will become effective as of May 6, 2020.date.
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The following table is a summary of the Company’sCompany's restricted stock unit activity:
Total
Shares
Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair ValueWeighted-Average Remaining Contractual TermAggregate Intrinsic Value ($000,000)Total
Shares
Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair ValueWeighted-Average Remaining Contractual TermAggregate Intrinsic Value ($000,000)
Restricted stock units outstanding at December 31, 20192,731,758  $5.02  0.9 years$5.7  
Restricted stock units outstanding at December 31, 2020Restricted stock units outstanding at December 31, 20205,158,235 $2.62 0.95 years$28.2 
GrantedGranted3,199,294  2.12  Granted1,495,575 5.49 
Vested and converted to sharesVested and converted to shares(997,868) 6.90  Vested and converted to shares(1,795,796)3.31 
ForfeitedForfeited(99,042) 3.73  Forfeited(546,259)2.29 
Restricted stock units outstanding at March 31, 20204,834,142  $2.74  1.6 years$6.3  
Restricted stock units vested and deferred at March 31, 202054,472  $8.26  $0.1  
Restricted stock units outstanding at March 31, 2021Restricted stock units outstanding at March 31, 20214,311,755 $3.36 1.42 years$28.3 
Restricted stock units vested and deferred at March 31, 2021Restricted stock units vested and deferred at March 31, 2021215,021 $3.37 $1.4 
The following table is a summary of the Company's restricted stock unit compensation information:
Three Months Ended March 31,Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)(Amounts in millions)20202019(Amounts in millions)20212020
Weighted-average grant-date fair value of restricted stock units vested during the periodWeighted-average grant-date fair value of restricted stock units vested during the period$6.9  $8.9  Weighted-average grant-date fair value of restricted stock units vested during the period$5.9 $6.9 
Total intrinsic value of vested and converted sharesTotal intrinsic value of vested and converted shares$2.5  $2.5  Total intrinsic value of vested and converted shares$12.4 $2.5 
As of March 31, 2020,2021, the Company’sCompany's outstanding restricted stock units had unrecognized compensation expense of $11.0$12.6 million with a remaining weighted-average vesting period of 2.41.9 years. The Company had $0.1 million of expense related to liability classified restricted stock units for the three months ended March 31, 2020.


Note 11 — Income Taxes
For the three months ended March 31, 2020,2021, the Company recognized an income tax expense of $9.7$0.5 million on a pre-tax loss of $11.8$14.9 million primarily due to non-deductible expenses, foreign taxes net of federal income tax benefits, an increase in valuation allowance, U.S. taxation of foreign earnings non-deductible expenses, foreignand state taxes, net of federal income tax benefits and the reversal of tax benefits on share-based compensation, all of which were partially offset by U.S. tax credits. The change in valuation allowance was triggered by a three-year cumulative pre-tax loss position inclusivegeneral business credits and recognition of 2020 forecasted earnings. While the Company has a long history of profitable operations prior to recent declines, the expected cumulative loss position is significant negative evidence in assessing the recoverability of our deferred tax assets. Therefore, we recorded an additional valuation allowance of $10.6 million, of which $10.1 million related to balances which existed at the beginning of the year, against our deferred tax assets for which ultimate realization is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which they become deductible. The valuation allowance does not, however, impact our cash position, our liquidity, or our tax returns.
For the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company recognized an income tax expense of $6.6 million on a pre-tax loss of $6.9 million primarily due to non-deductible expenses, U.S. taxation of foreign earnings, the reversal ofexcess tax benefits on share-based compensation, partially offset by U.S. tax credits net of valuation allowance. Additionally, as a result of the issuance of the final Section 965 regulations by the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") on January 15, 2019, the Company recorded a discrete tax expense of $0.7 million for an increase in its one-time transition tax.compensation.
Unrecognized tax benefits are recorded in “Accounts"Accounts payable and other liabilities”liabilities" in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of March 31, 20202021 and December 31, 2019,2020, the liability for unrecognized tax benefits was $18.2$19.7 million for both periods, exclusive of interest and penalties. For the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, the netThe total amount of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, could impactwould affect the effective tax rate was $18.2$19.7 million in both years.as of March 31, 2021. The Company accrues interest and penalties for unrecognized tax benefits through “Income"Income tax (benefit) expense”expense" in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. For the three months ended March 31, 20202021 and 2019,2020, the Company's accrual for interest and penalties increased by $0.3$0.2 million in each period. and $0.3 million, respectively. As of March 31, 20202021 and December 31, 2019,2020, the Company had a liability of $8.6of $9.6 million and $8.3$9.4 million, respectively, for accrued for interest and penalties within "Accounts payable and other liabilities." As a result of the Company's litigation related to its securities losses discussed in more detail in Note 12 — Commitments and Contingencies, it is possible that there could be a significant decrease to the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits over the next 12 months. However, as of March 31, 2020,2021, it is not possible to reasonably estimate the expected change to the total amount of unrecognized tax positions over the next 12 months.
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Note 12 — Commitments and Contingencies
Letters of Credit — At March 31, 2020,2021, the Company had 0 borrowings and nominal outstanding letters of credit and $23.0 million borrowings underunder the First Lien Revolving Credit Facility.
Legal Proceedings — The matters set forth below are subject to uncertainties and outcomes that are not predictable. The Company accrues for these matters as any resulting losses become probable and can be reasonably estimated. Further, the Company maintains insurance coverage for many claims and litigation matters. In relation to various legal matters, including those described below, the Company had $57.5had $57.0 million of liabilityliability recorded in “Accounts"Accounts payable and other liabilities”liabilities" in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 20202021 and December 31, 2019.2020. For the three months ended March 31, 20202021 and 2019,2020, a nominal charge was recorded for legal proceedings in “Transaction"Transaction and operations support”support" in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.
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Litigation Commenced Against the Company:
Class Action Securities Litigation On November 14, 2018, a putative securities class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against MoneyGram and certain of its executive officers. The lawsuit asserts claims under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and alleges that MoneyGram made material misrepresentations regarding its compliance with the stipulated order for permanent injunction and final judgment that MoneyGram entered into with the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”("FTC") in October 2009 and with the deferred prosecution agreement (the "DPA") that MoneyGram entered into with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and the U.S. Department of Justice in November 2012. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages, equitable relief, interest and costs and attorneys’attorneys' fees. The Company believes the case is without merit and is vigorously defending this matter. We are unable to predict the outcome, or the possible loss or range of loss, if any, related to this matter.
Shareholder Derivative Litigation — On February 19 and 20, 2019, two virtually identical shareholder derivative lawsuits were filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The suits, which have since beenwere consolidated, purport to assert claims derivatively on behalf of MoneyGram against MoneyGram’s directors and certain of its executive officers for violations of Sections 10(b), 14(a) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and for common-law breach of fiduciary duty and unjust enrichment. The complaints assertasserted that the individual defendants caused MoneyGram to make material misstatements regarding MoneyGram’sMoneyGram's compliance with the stipulated order and DPA described in the preceding paragraphbelow and breached their fiduciary duties in connection with MoneyGram’sMoneyGram's compliance programs. The lawsuit seekssought unspecified damages, equitable relief, interest and costs and attorneys’attorneys' fees. On February 24, 2020, the United States District for the Northern District of Texas entered an agreed final judgment dismissing the consolidated case. On December 28, 2019, another MoneyGram shareholder filed a putative derivative action suit in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, New Castle County, against certain of MoneyGram’sMoneyGram's officers and directors. The Delaware suit asserts claims for breach of fiduciary duty and other common law theories and seeks unspecified damages on behalf of MoneyGram based on allegations that the individual defendants failed to take appropriate actions to prevent or remedy noncompliance with the stipulated order and DPA described above.below. On December 31, 2020, the Court of Chancery granted the motion to dismiss filed by MoneyGram and the individual defendants, holding that the complaint failed to plead particularized facts showing a substantial likelihood that MoneyGram’s directors acted in bad faith. The Company believes the derivative cases are without merit and is vigorously defending these matters. We are unable to predict the outcome, or the possible loss or rangeCourt of loss, if any, related to these matters.Chancery entered a judgment of dismissal with prejudice on January 25, 2021. No appeal has been filed.
Books and Records Requests — The Company has received multiple requests from various putative shareholders for inspection of books and records pursuant to Section 220 of the Delaware General Corporation Law relating to the subject matter of the putative class and derivative lawsuits described in the preceding paragraphs. On February 26, 2019, two of these shareholders filed a petition in the Delaware Court of Chancery to compel MoneyGram to produce books and records in accordance with their request but have since dismissed their action. We are unable to predict the outcome, or the possible loss or range of loss, if any, related to these matters.
Class Action Securities Litigation Relating to XRP Cryptocurrency — On March 1, 2021, a putative securities class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against MoneyGram and certain of its executive officers. A second substantially similar putative class action was filed March 10, 2021 in the same court. The lawsuits assert claims under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and allege that MoneyGram made material misrepresentations regarding its business relationship with Ripple Labs, Inc. (“Ripple”) and MoneyGram’s use of Ripple’s XRP cryptocurrency. The lawsuits seek unspecified damages, equitable relief, interest and costs and attorneys' fees. On April 8, 2021, by agreement of the parties, the court consolidated the two lawsuits and transferred the consolidated action to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, where the case remains pending. The Company believes the case is without merit and is vigorously defending this matter. We are unable to predict the outcome, or the possible loss or range of loss, if any, related to this matter.
It is possible that additional shareholder lawsuits could be filed relating to the subject matter of the above class action,actions, derivative actions and Section 220 requests.
Other Matters — The Company is involved in various other claims and litigation that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of the Company’sCompany's business. Management does not believe that after final disposition any of these matters is likely to have a material adverse impact on the Company’sCompany's financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
Government Investigations:
OFAC — In 2015, we initiated an internal investigation to identify any payments processed by the Company that were violations of the U.S. Department of the Treasury’sTreasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”("OFAC") sanctions regulations. We notified OFAC of the internal investigation, which was conducted in conjunction with the Company’sCompany's outside counsel. On March 28, 2017, we filed a Voluntary Self-Disclosure with OFAC regarding the findings of our internal investigation. On April 21, 2021, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with OFAC is currently reviewingto settle all pending matters, which included a nominal payment by the results of the Company’s investigation. AtCompany to OFAC. In assessing this time, it is not possible to determine the outcome of thisnominal penalty, OFAC acknowledged several mitigating factors
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matter, orincluding that MoneyGram discovered and voluntarily disclosed the significance, if any,apparent violations as part of its ongoing efforts to our business, financial condition or operations,improve its compliance program, MoneyGram’s remedial actions, significant investments in compliance-related functions and we cannot predict when OFAC will conclude its review of our Voluntary Self-Disclosure.MoneyGram’s cooperation with OFAC’s investigation.
Deferred Prosecution Agreement — In November 2012, we announced that a settlement was reached with the U.S. Attorney’sAttorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (the “MDPA”"MDPA") and the U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section (the “U.S. DOJ”"U.S. DOJ") relating to the previously disclosed investigation of transactions involving certain of our U.S. and Canadian agents, as well as fraud complaint data and the consumer anti-fraud program, during the period from 2003 to early 2009. In connection with this settlement, we entered into the DPA with the MDPA and U.S. DOJ (collectively, the “Government”"Government") dated November 9, 2012.
On November 1, 2017, the Company agreed to a stipulation with the Government that the five-year term of the Company’sCompany's DPA be extended for 90 days to February 6, 2018. Between January 31, 2018 and September 14, 2018, the Company agreed to enter into various extensions of the DPA with the Government, with the last extension ending on November 6, 2018. Each extension of the DPA extended all terms of the DPA, including the term of the monitorship for an equivalent period. The purpose of the extensions was to provide the Company and the Government additional time to discuss whether the Company was in compliance with the DPA.
On November 8, 2018, the Company announced that it entered into (1) an Amendment to and Extension of Deferred Prosecution Agreement (the “Amended DPA”"Amended DPA") with the Government and (2) a Stipulated Order for Compensatory Relief and Modified Order for Permanent Injunction (the “Consent Order”"Consent Order") with the FTC. The motions underlying the Amended DPA and Consent Order focus primarily on the Company’sCompany's anti-fraud and anti-money laundering programs, including whether the Company had adequate controls to prevent third parties from using its systems to commit fraud. The Amended DPA amended and extended the original DPA entered into on November 9, 2012 by and between the Company and the Government. The DPA, Amended DPA and Consent Order are collectively referred to herein as the “Agreements.”"Agreements." On February 25, 2020, the Company entered into an Amendment to Amendment to and Extension of the DPA Agreement which extended the due date to November 8, 2020 for the final $55.0 million payment due to the Government pursuant to the Amended DPA. TheOn July 24, 2020, the Company continuesentered into the Second Amendment to engage in discussions with the Government regarding a potential further extensionAmendment to and Extension of the deadline to makeDeferred Prosecution Agreement which further extended the finaldue date of the $55.0 million payment to May 9, 2021 and a reduction of such payment. The Company intends to fulfil its obligation regardingalso reduced the final payment and the other termsfrequency of the reporting requirements under the Amended DPA.DPA from monthly to quarterly.
Under the Agreements, as amended, the Company will,agreed to, among other things, (1) pay an aggregate amount of $125.0 million to the Government, of which $70.0 million was paid in November 2018 and the remaining $55.0 million must bewas paid by November 8, 2020,in April 2021, and is to be made available by the Government to reimburse consumers who were the victims of third-party fraud conducted through the Company’sCompany's money transfer services and (2) continue to retain an independent compliance monitor until May 10, 2021 to review and assess actions taken by the Company under the Agreements to further enhance its compliance program. No separate payment to the FTC is required under the Agreements. If the Company fails to comply with the Agreements, it could face criminal prosecution, civil litigation, significant fines, damage awards or regulatory consequences which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’sCompany's business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
On May 4, 2021, the Company, along with the Government filed the Joint Status Report with the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania regarding the status of the DPA, as amended, previously entered into among the parties.
In the Joint Status Report, the parties confirmed that MoneyGram has satisfied its financial obligations under the DPA and that, pursuant to the terms of the DPA, the independent compliance monitor has certified to MoneyGram and the Government that MoneyGram’s anti-fraud and anti-money laundering compliance program, including its policies and procedures, are reasonably designed and implemented to detect and prevent fraud and money laundering and to comply with the Bank Secrecy Act.
In addition, the Joint Status Report states that on May 10, 2021, MoneyGram, through its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, intends to certify to the United States that the Company has fulfilled its obligations under the DPA, and that after the United States receives the required certifications from MoneyGram, and provided that the Company has otherwise complied with the DPA, the Government will move to dismiss the matter underlying the DPA within 45 days of May 10, 2021.
NYDFS — On June 22, 2018, the Company received a request for production of documents from the New York Department of Financial Services (the “NYDFS”"NYDFS") related to the subject of the DPA and FTC matters described above. This request followed previous inquiries by the NYDFS regarding certain of our New York based agents. Following the June 22, 2018 request for production, the Company received and responded to several inquiries from the NYDFS related to this matter and has met with the NYDFS to discuss the matter. The NYDFS did not indicate what, if any, action it intended to take in connection with this matter, although it is possible that it could seek additional information, initiate civil litigation and/or seek to impose fines, damages or other regulatory consequences, any or all of which could have an adverse effect on the Company’sCompany's business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. The Company is unable to predict the outcome, or the possible loss or range of loss, if any, that could be associated with this matter.
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CFPB — On February 12, 2020, the Company received a Report of Examination ("ROE") from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") stating that previous findings from a 2019 exam were not remediated, and the matter would be referred to its Enforcement Unit. On March 18, 2020, the Company received a Civil Investigative Demand ("CID") from the CFPB's Enforcement Unit. On June 11, 2020, the Company provided a timely response to the ROE describing the remedial actions taken and that the findings have been substantially remediated. On August 21, 2020, the Company completed its production in response to the CID. On February 25, 2021, the CFPB provided MoneyGram with a Notice and Opportunity to Respond and Advise (“NORA”) letter, documenting the CFPB’s intent to take legal action against MoneyGram based on four alleged violations under the Remittance Rule, the Electronic Fund Transfer Act and the Consumer Financial Protection Act. MoneyGram provided the CFPB with its written response to the NORA letter on March 17, 2021. At this time, it is not possible to determine the outcome of this matter, or the significance, if any, to our business, financial condition or results of operations.
Other Matters — The Company is involved in various other government inquiries and other matters that arise from time to time. Management does not believe that after final disposition any of these other matters is likely to have a material adverse impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
Actions Commenced by the Company:
Tax Litigation — The IRS completed its examination of the Company’sCompany's consolidated income tax returns through 2013 and issued Notices of Deficiency for 2005-2007 and 2009, and an Examination Report for 2008. The Notices of Deficiency and Examination Report disallow, among other items, approximately $900.0 million of ordinary deductions on securities losses in the 2007, 2008 and 2009 tax returns. In May 2012 and December 2012, the Company filed petitions in the U.S. Tax Court (“("Tax Court”Court") challenging the 2005-2007 and 2009 Notices of Deficiency, respectively. In 2013, the Company reached a partial settlement with the IRS allowing ordinary loss treatment on $186.9 million of deductions in dispute. In January 2015, the Tax
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Court granted the IRS’sIRS's motion for summary judgment upholding the remaining adjustments in the Notices of Deficiency. The Company filed a notice of appeal with the Tax Court on July 27, 2015 for an appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (“("Fifth Circuit”Circuit"). Oral arguments were held before the Fifth Circuit on June 7, 2016, and on November 15, 2016, the Fifth Circuit vacated the Tax Court’s decision and remanded the case to the Tax Court for further proceedings. The Company filed a motion for summary judgment in the Tax Court on May 31, 2017. On August 23, 2017, the IRS filed a motion for summary judgment and its response to the Company’s motion for summary judgment. The Tax Court directed the parties to agree to a joint stipulation of facts, which the parties have filed with the court. Each party has since filed updated memorandums in support of its motions for summary judgment in the Tax Court. The Tax Court held oral arguments on this matter on September 9, 2019 and the Tax Court issued an opinion on December 3, 2019 denying the Company’s motion for summary judgment. MoneyGram disagrees with many of the U.S. Tax Court’sCourt's findings and filed a Notice of Appeal to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on February 21, 2020. The matter is currently pending in the Fifth Circuit and oral arguments were held before a Fifth Circuit panel of judges on March 1, 2021.
The January 2015 Tax Court decision was a change in facts which warranted reassessment of the Company's uncertain tax position. Although the Company believes that it has substantive tax law arguments in favor of its position and has appealed the ruling, the reassessment resulted in the Company determining that it is no longer more likely than not that its existing position will be sustained. Accordingly, the Company re-characterized certain deductions relating to securities losses to be capital in nature, rather than ordinary. The Company recorded a full valuation allowance against these losses in the quarter ended March 31, 2015. This change increased "Income tax expense" in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations in the quarter ended March 31, 2015 by $63.7 million. During 2015, the Company made payments to the IRS of $61.0 million for federal tax payments and associated interest related to the matter. The November 2016 Fifth Circuit decision to remand the case back to the Tax Court did not change the Company’s assessment regarding the likelihood of whether these deductions would ultimately be sustained. Accordingly, no change in the valuation allowance was made for this matter as of March 31, 2020.2021.
Pending the ultimate outcome of the Tax Court proceeding, the Company may be required to file amended state returns and make additional cash payments up to $20.5 $21.4 million for various state taxes on amountsamounts that have previously been accrued. The Company recently filed a Notice of Appeal to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on February 21, 2020, and therefore expects that any potential payment wouldhas not be due before 2021.yet received a decision on the matter.
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Note 13 — Earnings perLoss Per Common Share
For all periods in which they are outstanding, outstanding, the Seriesshares of D Participating Convertible Preferred Stock (the "D Stock") and the second lien warrants are included in the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding utilized to calculate basic earnings per common share because the shares of D Stock isare deemed a common stock equivalent and the second lien warrants are considered outstanding common shares.
The following table summarizes the weighted-average share amounts used in calculating loss per common share:
Three Months Ended March 31,Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)(Amounts in millions)20202019(Amounts in millions)20212020
Basic and diluted common shares outstandingBasic and diluted common shares outstanding77.4  64.8  Basic and diluted common shares outstanding79.6 77.4 
Potential common shares issuable to employees upon exercise or conversion of shares under the Company's stock-based compensation plans and upon exercise of the Ripple Warrants (as defined below) are excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per common share when the effect would be anti-dilutive. All potential common shares are anti-dilutive in periods of net loss available to common stockholders. Stock options are anti-dilutive when the exercise price of these instruments is greater than the average market price of the Company’sCompany's common stock for the period, regardless of whether the Company is in a period of net loss available to common shareholders.
The following table summarizes the weighted-average potential common shares excluded from diluted loss per common share as their effect would be anti-dilutive:
Three Months Ended March 31,Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)(Amounts in millions)20202019(Amounts in millions)20212020
Shares related to stock optionsShares related to stock options0.4  1.3  Shares related to stock options0.3 0.4 
Shares related to restricted stock unitsShares related to restricted stock units2.8  2.5  Shares related to restricted stock units4.8 2.8 
Shares related to warrants6.0  —  
Shares related to Ripple WarrantsShares related to Ripple Warrants4.3 6.0 
Shares excluded from the computationShares excluded from the computation9.2  3.8  Shares excluded from the computation9.4 9.2 

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Note 14 — Segment Information
The Company’sCompany's reporting segments are primarily organized based on the nature of products and services offered and the type of consumer served. The Company has 2 reporting segments: Global Funds Transfer and Financial Paper Products. See Note 1 — Description of the Business and Basis of Presentation for further discussion on our segments. Walmart Inc. ("Walmart") is our only agent, for both the Global Funds Transfer segment and the Financial Paper Products segment, that accounts for more than 10% of total revenue. For the three months ended March 31, 20202021 and 2019,2020, Walmart accounted for 14%12% and 16%14%, respectively, of total revenue.
The following table is a summary of the total revenue by segment:
Three Months Ended 
March 31,
Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)(Amounts in millions)20202019(Amounts in millions)20212020
Global Funds Transfer revenueGlobal Funds Transfer revenueGlobal Funds Transfer revenue
Money transfer revenueMoney transfer revenue$255.9  $273.3  Money transfer revenue$285.4 $255.9 
Bill payment revenueBill payment revenue13.4  15.9  Bill payment revenue10.8��13.4 
Total Global Funds Transfer revenueTotal Global Funds Transfer revenue269.3  289.2  Total Global Funds Transfer revenue296.2 269.3 
Financial Paper Products revenueFinancial Paper Products revenueFinancial Paper Products revenue
Money order revenueMoney order revenue12.1  13.9  Money order revenue10.4 12.1 
Official check revenueOfficial check revenue9.5  12.3  Official check revenue3.5 9.5 
Total Financial Paper Products revenueTotal Financial Paper Products revenue21.6  26.2  Total Financial Paper Products revenue13.9 21.6 
Total revenueTotal revenue$290.9  $315.4  Total revenue$310.1 $290.9 
The following table is a summary of the gross profit by segment:
Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)20212020
Global Funds Transfer gross profit$131.1 $118.0 
Financial Paper Products gross profit13.7 18.5 
Total gross profit$144.8 $136.5 
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The following table is a summary of the operating income by segment and detail of the (loss) incomeloss before income taxes:
Three Months Ended 
March 31,
Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)(Amounts in millions)20202019(Amounts in millions)20212020
Global Funds Transfer operating incomeGlobal Funds Transfer operating income$6.7  $1.1  Global Funds Transfer operating income$6.0 $6.7 
Financial Paper Products operating incomeFinancial Paper Products operating income7.0  8.2  Financial Paper Products operating income2.5 7.0 
Total segment operating incomeTotal segment operating income13.7  9.3  Total segment operating income8.5 13.7 
Other operating lossOther operating loss(0.6) (0.7) Other operating loss(0.1)(0.6)
Total operating incomeTotal operating income13.1  8.6  Total operating income8.4 13.1 
Interest expenseInterest expense23.8  13.9  Interest expense22.3 23.8 
Other non-operating expenseOther non-operating expense1.1  1.6  Other non-operating expense1.0 1.1 
Loss before income taxesLoss before income taxes$(11.8) $(6.9) Loss before income taxes$(14.9)$(11.8)

The following table sets forth assets by segment:
(Amounts in millions)(Amounts in millions)March 31, 2020December 31, 2019(Amounts in millions)March 31, 2021December 31, 2020
Global Funds TransferGlobal Funds Transfer$1,259.4  $1,318.3  Global Funds Transfer$1,370.7 $1,397.2 
Financial Paper ProductsFinancial Paper Products2,581.5  2,819.1  Financial Paper Products3,182.5 3,247.4 
OtherOther54.8  47.6  Other34.4 29.5 
Total assetsTotal assets$3,895.7  $4,185.0  Total assets$4,587.6 $4,674.1 

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Note 15 — Revenue Recognition
The following table is a summary of the Company's revenue streams disaggregated by services and products for each segment and timing of revenue recognition for such services and products excluding other revenue:
Three Months Ended March 31,Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)(Amounts in millions)20202019(Amounts in millions)20212020
Global Funds Transfer revenueGlobal Funds Transfer revenueGlobal Funds Transfer revenue
Money transfer fee revenueMoney transfer fee revenue$251.5  $269.9  Money transfer fee revenue$279.2 $251.5 
Bill payment services fee revenueBill payment services fee revenue13.4  15.9  Bill payment services fee revenue10.8 13.4 
Other revenueOther revenue4.4  3.4  Other revenue6.2 4.4 
Total Global Funds Transfer fee and other revenueTotal Global Funds Transfer fee and other revenue269.3  289.2  Total Global Funds Transfer fee and other revenue296.2 269.3 
Financial Paper Products revenueFinancial Paper Products revenueFinancial Paper Products revenue
Money order fee revenueMoney order fee revenue2.0  2.3  Money order fee revenue1.7 2.0 
Official check outsourcing services fee revenueOfficial check outsourcing services fee revenue2.0  2.1  Official check outsourcing services fee revenue1.8 2.0 
Other revenueOther revenue7.5  7.4  Other revenue8.4 7.5 
Total Financial Paper Products fee and other revenueTotal Financial Paper Products fee and other revenue11.5  11.8  Total Financial Paper Products fee and other revenue11.9 11.5 
Investment revenueInvestment revenue10.1  14.4  Investment revenue2.0 10.1 
Total revenueTotal revenue$290.9  $315.4  Total revenue$310.1 $290.9 
Timing of revenue recognition:Timing of revenue recognition:Timing of revenue recognition:
Services and products transferred at a point in timeServices and products transferred at a point in time$266.9  $288.1  Services and products transferred at a point in time$291.7 $266.9 
Products transferred over timeProducts transferred over time2.0  2.1  Products transferred over time1.8 2.0 
Total revenue from services and productsTotal revenue from services and products268.9  290.2  Total revenue from services and products293.5 268.9 
Investment revenueInvestment revenue10.1  14.4  Investment revenue2.0 10.1 
Other revenueOther revenue11.9  10.8  Other revenue14.6 11.9 
Total revenueTotal revenue$290.9  $315.4  Total revenue$310.1 $290.9 
Due to the short-term nature of the Company's services and products, the amount of contract assets and liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 20202021 and December 31, 2019,2020, is negligible. Assets for unsettled money transfers, money orders and consumer payments are included in "Settlement assets" with a corresponding liability
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recorded in "Payment service obligations" on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. For more information on these assets and liabilities see Note 3 — Settlement Assets and Payment Service Obligations.

Note 16 — Related Parties
On March 7, 2021, the Company and Ripple signed an agreement to terminate, effective immediately, the commercial agreement between the parties that was originally entered into in June of 2019. The Company had ceased transacting under the commercial agreement in early December 2020. The Company did not resume transacting under the commercial agreement from that period through the termination date and as such, will not receive any market development fees in 2021.

Note 17 — Subsequent Events
DPA — On May 4, 2021, the Company, along with the Government filed a Joint Status Report (the “Joint Status Report”) with the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania regarding the status of the DPA, as amended, previously entered into among the parties.
In June 2019,the Joint Status Report, the parties confirmed that MoneyGram has satisfied its financial obligations under the DPA and that, pursuant to the terms of the DPA, the independent compliance monitor has certified to MoneyGram and the Government that MoneyGram’s anti-fraud and anti-money laundering compliance program, including its policies and procedures, are reasonably designed and implemented to detect and prevent fraud and money laundering and to comply with the Bank Secrecy Act.
In addition, the Joint Status Report states that on May 10, 2021, MoneyGram, through its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, intends to certify to the United States that the Company has fulfilled its obligations under the DPA, and that after the United States receives the required certifications from MoneyGram, and provided that the Company has otherwise complied with the DPA, the Government will move to dismiss the matter underlying the DPA within 45 days of May 10, 2021.
OFAC — On April 21, 2021, the Company entered into a multiple element arrangementsettlement agreement with Ripple Labs Inc. ("Ripple") consisting of two contracts:OFAC to settle all pending matters, which included a securities purchase agreement (the “SPA”) and a commercial agreement. Pursuant to the SPA,nominal payment by the Company issuedto OFAC. In assessing this nominal penalty, OFAC acknowledged several mitigating factors including that MoneyGram discovered and soldvoluntarily disclosed the apparent violations as part of its ongoing efforts to Ripple an aggregate of 6,237,523 shares of common stockimprove its compliance program, MoneyGram’s remedial actions, significant investments in compliance-related functions, and warrants to purchase 5,957,600 shares of common stock (“Ripple Warrants”) pursuant to separate issuances of common stock and Ripple Warrants, one in June 2019 and another in November 2019. Through the commercial agreement, which is scheduled to expire on July 1, 2023, we utilize Ripple’s On Demand Liquidity ("ODL") platform (formerly known as xRapid), as well as XRP, to facilitate cross-border non-U.S. dollar exchange settlements.
Related party transactions are not necessarily indicative of an arm’s length transaction or comparable to a transaction that had been entered intoMoneyGram’s cooperation with independent parties.
The “Transaction and operations support” line on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations includes market development fees of $16.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020. As of March 31, 2020, the “Other assets” line in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets included accounts receivable and a cryptocurrency indefinite-lived intangible asset of $0.9 million and $3.1 million, respectively.OFAC’s investigation.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’SMANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The purpose of this Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ("MD&A") is to provide an understanding of MoneyGram International, Inc.'s (“("MoneyGram," the “Company,” “we,” “us”"Company," "we," "us" and “our”"our") financial condition, results of operations and cash flows by focusing on changes in certain key measures. This MD&A is provided as a supplement to, and should be read in conjunction with, our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes included in the Company'sour Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.2020. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. MoneyGram’sMoneyGram's actual results could differ materially from those anticipated due to various risks and factors discussed belowabove under Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking Statements and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.10-Q and in our 2020 Form 10-K, as well as any additional risk factors that may be described in our other periodic filings with the SEC from time to time.
The comparisons presented in this MD&A refer to the same period in the prior year, unless otherwise noted. This MD&A is organized in the following sections:
Overview
Results of Operations
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
OVERVIEW
MoneyGram is a global leader in cross-border peer-to-peerP2P payments and money transfers. Our consumer-centric capabilities enable the quick and affordable transfer of money to family and friends around the world. Whether through online and mobile platforms, integration with mobile wallets, a kiosk,kiosks, or any one of the hundreds of thousands of agent locations in approximatelyover 200 countries and territories, with over 70 countries94 now digitally enabled, the innovative MoneyGram platform connects consumers in ways designed to be convenient for them. In the U.S. and in select countries and territories, we also provide bill payment services, issue money orders and process official checks. We primarily offer our services and products through third-party agents and directly to consumers through our direct-to-consumer digital solutions.business. Third-party agents include retail chains, independent retailers, post offices and financial institutions. Digital solutions include moneygram.com, mobile solutions, fintechvirtual agents, account deposit and digital partners, wallets, card solutions such as Visa Direct and account depositkiosk-based services. MoneyGram also has a limited number of Company-operated retail locations.
We manage our revenue and related commissions expense through two reporting segments: Global Funds Transfer and Financial Paper Products. The Global Funds Transfer segment provides global money transfer services in more than 380,000410,000 agent locations. Our global money transfer services are our primary revenue driver, accounting for 88%92% of total revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2020.2021. The Global Funds Transfer segment also provides bill payment services to consumers through substantially all of our money transfer agent locations in the U.S., at certain agent locations in select Caribbean and European countries and through our digital solutions. The Financial Paper Products segment provides money order services to consumers through retail locations and financial institutions located in the U.S. and Puerto Rico and provides official check services to financial institutions in the U.S. Corporate expenses that are not related to our segments’ performance are excluded from operating income for Global Funds Transfer and Financial Paper Products segments.
COVID-19 Update
General Economic Conditions and MoneyGram Impact
OverThe global spread and unprecedented impact of COVID-19 is complex and ever-evolving. In March 2020, the past few months,World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic and recommended extensive containment and mitigation measures worldwide. The outbreak reached all of the regions in which we do business. Since the outbreak, we have seen the profound impact the outbreak of COVID-19effect it is having on human health, the global economy and society at large. Public and private sector policies aimed at reducing the transmission of COVID-19 have varied significantly acrossin different regions of the globeworld, but have resulted in stay-at-homeshelter-in-place orders and the mandatory closing of retail establishmentsvarious businesses across many of the countries in which we operate.
MoneyGram observed a decline in transaction volumeIt is impossible to predict the scope and related revenue in its walk-in channel in the middleduration of March 2020 as the impact of mandatory closures and stay-at-home orders took effect. Many of our agents around the world were forced to suspend operations due to mandatory government closure orders. In addition, demand for money transfer servicesCOVID-19 pandemic as the situation has decreased as lower levels of economic activity and increases in unemployment have impacted consumers.
been different on a country by country basis. The impact of COVID-19 for the remainder of the yearin 2021 and beyond will depend significantly on the duration and potential cyclicalityseverity of economic conditions resulting from the health crisis, and the relatedits impact on public health, public policy actions, additionalexpansion and duration of returns to lockdowns and shelter-in-place orders by governments, new initiatives we undertakeundertaken by the Company and changes in response to employee, market or regulatory needs or demands, the length and severity of the global economic slowdown, the rate and nature of any economic recovery and whether and how our customers change their behaviorsconsumer behavior over the longerlong term.
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MoneyGram Response to COVID-19
The Company has been actively addressing the COVID-19 situation and its impact globally with a COVID Task Force working to mitigate the potential impacts to our people and business. MoneyGram has taken the following steps to preserve value and maintain continuity of operations in response to the pandemic:
Implementing its global Business Continuity Plan;
Establishing employee support initiatives including mandatory work from home arrangements;
Reducing expenses and preserving cash by:
Suspending a majority of discretionary expenses not directly related to revenue-generating activity;
Reducing salaries of non-hourly employees, including executive officers and board of director cash retainers, by 20%;
Deferring employer Social Security tax payments as allowed by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act; and
Borrowing $23.0 million under the revolving credit facility to increase our cash position and preserve financial flexibility.
Conducting proactive outreach to governmental and regulatory bodies;
Proactively managing fraud prevention programs to protect consumers from COVID-19-related financial scams; and
Alerting and directing consumers to the website and app, and encouraging direct-to-account transfers.
We continue to place a priority on business continuity and contingency planning, including for potential extended closures of any key agents or disruptions related to our contractual counterparties that might arise as a result of COVID-19. While we have not experienced material disruptions in our service offerings aside from mandatorytemporary agent location closures, it is possible that further disruptions could occur as the pandemic continues, though wecontinues. We cannot reasonably estimate the potential impact or timing of those events, and we may not be able to mitigate such impact.
Business Environment and Recent Developments
Worldwide political and economic conditions remained highly dynamic,MoneyGram reported positive developments as evidenced by political unrest in certain markets, currency controls in select countries and a volatile immigration environment. Givenit nears the global extentend of the current politicalterm of its DPA. On May 4, 2021, the Company, along with the Government filed the Joint Status Report with the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania regarding the status of the DPA, as amended, previously entered into among the parties.
In the Joint Status Report, the parties confirmed that MoneyGram has satisfied its financial obligations under the DPA and economic conditions, money transfer volumesthat, pursuant to the terms of the DPA, the independent compliance monitor has certified to MoneyGram and the average face value ofGovernment that MoneyGram’s anti-fraud and anti-money laundering compliance program, including its policies and procedures, are reasonably designed and implemented to detect and prevent fraud and money transfers continuelaundering and to be highly variable by corridorcomply with the Bank Secrecy Act.
In addition, the Joint Status Report states that on May 10, 2021, MoneyGram, through its Chief Executive Officer and country. The World Bank is predicting significant reductions in global remittance levels for the remainder of this year dueChief Compliance Officer, intends to certify to the economic impactUnited States that the Company has fulfilled its obligations under the DPA, and that after the United States receives the required certifications from MoneyGram, and provided that the Company has otherwise complied with the DPA, the Government will move to dismiss the matter underlying the DPA within 45 days of COVID-19.May 10, 2021.
The competitive environment continues to change as both established players and new, digital-only entrants work to innovate and deliver a low costan affordable and convenient customer experience to win market share. Our competitors include a small number of large money transfer and bill payment providers, financial institutions, banks and a large number of small niche money transfer service providers that serve select regions. We generally compete on the basis of customer experience, price, agent commissions, brand awareness, customer experience and convenience.
In 2018, the Company and Walmart announced the launch of Walmart2World, Powered by MoneyGram, a new white-label money transfer service that allows customers to send money from Walmart in the U.S. to any non-U.S. MoneyGram location. The lower price point of the white-label service has negatively impacted our revenue and operating income. On November 4, 2019, Walmart announced that the white-label money transfer service would be joined by other brands in becoming part of a marketplace of money transfer services at Walmart stores across the U.S. For the first quarter of 2020, the MoneyGram “powered by” white-label Walmart2World product represented approximately 9% of total revenue. In the first quarter of 2020, the Walmart marketplace impacted revenue but had a negligible impact on transaction volumes on a year-over-year basis.
As of March 31, 2020,2021, the Company hashad digital capabilities through which consumers can send and receive money in over 7094 countries acrossaround the globe. Furthermore, the Company is expanding its online presence through the continued growth of its native application, which was available in 26 countries as of March 31, 2020. In the first quarter of 2020, the Company removed its kiosk-based services from its digital channel. Prior year amounts have been updated to reflect this change.world. Digital solutions revenue for the three months ended March 31, 20202021 was $33.0$60.4 million, or 13%21% of money transfer revenue, compared to $28.3$34.1 million or 10% of13% for the same period in the prior year. Total digital money transfer revenue, for the three months ended March 31, 2019. Total digital transactions represented 18%31% and 19% of money transfer transactions for the three months ended March 31, 2020.2021 and 2020, respectively.
In 2019, we announced a commercial agreement with Ripple, which is scheduled to expire on July 1, 2023. The commercial agreement allows MoneyGram to utilize Ripple's ODL platform (formerly known as xRapid), as well as XRP, to facilitate foreign exchange trading. The Company is compensated by Ripple for developing and bringing trading volume and liquidity to
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foreign exchange markets, facilitated by the ODL platform, and providing a reliable level of foreign exchange trading activity. The Company anticipates that this partnership, at scale, could reduce our working capital needs in the future. The Company also expects that the partnership willWe continue to positively impact EBITDAinvest in innovative products and services, such as our leading mobile app and integrations with mobile wallets, and account deposit services, to position the Company to meet consumer needs. Furthermore, our partnership with Visa Direct provides consumers with additional choices on how to receive funds across a broader number of countries. We believe that combining our cash flows during the termand digital capabilities enables us to differentiate against digital-only competitors who are not able to serve a significant portion of the commercial agreement.remittance market that relies on cash.
On January 19, 2021, Walmart informed us of a new agreement that would enable Western Union money transfer, bill payment and money order services at U.S. Walmart locations. For the three months ended March 31, 2020,2021, Walmart international marketplace represented less than 9% of total revenue. Currently, it is difficult to predict exactly how Western Union's participation in the Company receivedWalmart marketplace will impact current transaction volumes and profit margins. Any impact to financial results will depend on a net benefitvariety of $12.1 million composedfactors including the timing of $16.6 millionthe rollout of Ripple market development fees, which were partially offset by related transactionthe Western Union products into Walmart Stores, how the products are placed at the point-of-sale and trading expenses of $4.5 million, both of which were included in "Transaction and operations support" line onhow the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.competitive price environment develops.
In addition to the fourth quarter of 2019,changes in the Companycompetitive environment, MoneyGram’s global compliance requirements have remained complex, which has affected our top line growth and profit margin in certain markets. We continue to enhance and automate our compliance tools to comply with various government and other regulatory programs around the world, as well as address Corridor-specific risks associated with fraud and money laundering.
On January 11, 2021, MoneyGram committed to an operational plan to reduce overall operating expenses, including the elimination of approximately 120110 positions across the Company and certain actions to reduce other ongoing operating expenses, including real estate-related expenses (the “2019“2021 Organizational Realignment”). The workforce reduction wasactions are designed to streamline operations and structure the Company in a way that will be more agile and aligned around ourits plan to execute market-specific strategies tailoredstrategies. The total expected cost of the 2021 Organizational Realignment is approximately $9.7 million, which includes approximately $6.2 million in one-time cash severance expenditures and $3.5 million in real estate-related and other cash expenditures. The Company expects the 2021 Organizational Realignment to different segments.reduce operating expenses by approximately $18.0 million on an annualized basis. The workforce reduction portion of the 2021 Organizational Realignment was substantially completed in the first quarter of 2020 with $7.5 million of costs incurred consisting primarily of one-time termination benefits for employee severance2021 and the Company anticipates related costs, all of which resulted in cash expenditures that wereto be substantially paid out by the end of 2021.The Company’s estimates are based on a number of assumptions.Actual results may differ materially, and additional charges not currently expected may be incurred in connection with, or as a result of, the first quarter2021 Organizational Realignment.
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On March 7, 2021, the Company and Ripple signed an agreement to terminate, effective immediately, the commercial agreement between the parties that was originally entered into in June of 2019. The Company had ceased transacting under the commercial agreement in early December 2020. We expectThe Company did not resume transacting under the 2019 Organizational Realignment to reduce annualized operating expenses by approximately $18.0 million beginningcommercial agreement from that period through the termination date and as such, will not receive any market development fees in 2020.2021.
Anticipated Trends
This discussion of trends expected to impact our business in 20202021 is based on information presently available and reflects certain assumptions, including assumptions regarding future economic conditions. Differences in actual economic conditions compared with our assumptions could have a material impact on our results. See Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking Statements and Part II, Item 1A, Risk Factors of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Part I, Item 1A, Risks Factors of our 2020 Form 10-K for additional factors that could cause results to differ materially from those contemplated by the following forward-looking statements.
As a result of the uncertainty created by the COVID-19 pandemic,In 2021, MoneyGram focused on positioning the Company is unable to predict whetherbetter compete by building and expanding customer-direct capabilities, accelerating digital growth, expanding through partnerships, and modernizing operations.
Through 2021, we believe the trends discussed belowindustry will continue duringto see a number of trends: the remaindergrowth of digital transactions, aggressive pricing strategies, the year. As a resultimportance of COVID-19, we expect pricing pressurecustomer experience, and competition to be continuous challenges through 2020. Currency volatility, liquidity pressure on central banks, geopolitical volatility and pressure on labor markets may also continue to impact our business.continuing global economic weakness. To positionposition the Company to respond to these trends, we are continuing to focus on our strategy to deliver a differentiated customer experience, acceleratescale our digital growth,properties, be the preferred partner for agents and evaluatein cross-border transactions, capture new revenue streams by pursuing business modelsmonetizing our capabilities and have continuous improvement in the cost structure and efficiency of the future.
From a digital channel perspective,Company. In 2021, we are focusing on new products and expanding our digital capabilities into new countries. In February 2020, the Company launched MoneyGram FastSend, a new service through which consumers can send money quickly and easily to their friend's mobile phone number via the MoneyGram website and mobile app.
In 2020, we expect towill continue to enhancebroaden our global walk-in business across several key regions. digital footprint through innovative digital partnerships while continuing to focus on enhancing our direct to account reach and real-time deposit capabilities.
In the first quarter of 2020, we signed2021, the Company announced the following:
The expansion of our Visa Direct relationship through Checkout.com. The new partnership provides our consumers with near real-time deposit capabilities to Visa debit card holders in 25 countries and 575 Corridors.
The launch of a real-time peer-to-peer payment solution to Vietnam with our partnership with EBIX Inc.Visa, Sacombank and other leading bank across the country, enabling customers to becometransfer money from the Company’s exclusive walk-in providerUnited States, United Kingdom and 18 European countries.
A five-year extension to our partnership with Ooredoo Qatar, the leading telecommunications operator in India.Qatar. The renewal enables MoneyGram customers to continue to send money in near real-time to family and friends through Ooredoo Money Wallet, a virtual account that allows customers to easily deposit, access or withdraw money.
We signed an agreement to launch our leading international money transfer capabilities on Pay+, a mobile wallet powered by Ooredoo Oman and the National Bank of Oman. This partnership will providegive customers the Companyability to use the mobile wallet to transfer money in near real-time with significantly increased reachaccess to the MoneyGram global distribution network.
The launch of MoneyGram as a Service, a new business line that enables other companies to access its leading global money transfer network through its powerful API-driven infrastructure and best-in-class technology. With this launch, enterprise customers can now leverage the Company's core capabilities as productized service offerings to meet their various business needs and quickly add services and scale.
We expect pricing pressure and competition to be continuous challenges through 2021. Currency volatility, liquidity pressure on central banks, immigration limitations, and pressure on labor markets in the rural areas of India, the world’s largest receive market. Additionally, we have signed a strategic partnership with LuLu Moneyspecific countries may also continue to extend the Company’s network in the Asia-Pacific region and Oman.impact our business.
For our Financial Paper Products segment, we expect the decline in overall paper-based transactions to continue primarily due to continued gradual migration by customers to other payment methods. Our investment revenue, which consists primarily of interest income generated through the investment of cash balances received from the sale of our Financial Paper Products, is dependent on the prevailing interest rate environment.environment in the United States. The Company would see a positive impact on its investment revenue if U.S. interest rates rise, and conversely, a negative impact if interest rates decline. The decline in interest-rates due to the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted our investment revenue.

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Financial Measures and Key Metrics
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes financial information prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP as well as certain non-GAAP financial measures that we use to assess our overall performance.
U.S. GAAP Measures We utilize certain financial measures prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP to assess the Company's overall performance. These measures include fee and other revenue, feecommissions and other commissionsfee expense, fee and other revenue less commissions, gross profit, operating income and operating margin.
Non-GAAP Measures Generally, a non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of financial performance, financial position or cash flows that excludes (or includes) amounts that are included in (or excluded from) the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The non-GAAP financial measures should be viewed as a supplement to, and not a substitute for, financial measures presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. We strongly encourage investors and stockholders to review our financial statements and publicly-filed reports in their entirety and not to rely on any single financial measure. While we believe that these metrics enhance investors' understanding of our business, these metrics
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are not necessarily comparable with similarly named metrics of other companies. The following are non-GAAP financial measures we use to assess our overall performance:
EBITDA (Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, including agent signing bonus amortization).
Adjusted EBITDA (EBITDA adjusted for certain significant items) Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments on our indebtedness or tax payments that may result in a reduction in cash available.
Adjusted Free Cash Flow (Adjusted EBITDA less cash interest, cash taxes, cash payments for capital expenditures and cash payments for agent signing bonuses) Adjusted Free Cash Flow does not reflect cash payments related to the adjustment of certain significant items in Adjusted EBITDA.
Constant Currency Constant currency metrics assume that amounts denominated in non-U.S. dollars are translated to the U.S. dollar at rates consistent with those in the prior year.
The Company utilizes specific terms related to our business throughout this document, including the following:
Corridor With regard to a money transfer transaction, the originating "send" location and the designated "receive" location are referred to as a corridor.
Corridor mix The relative impact of increases or decreases in money transfer transaction volume in each corridor versus the comparative prior period.
Face value The principal amount of each completed transaction, excluding any fees related to the transaction.
Non-U.S. Dollars The impact of non-U.S. dollar exchange rate fluctuations on our financial results is typically calculated as the difference between current period activity translated using the current period’s exchange rates and the comparable prior-year period’s exchange rates. We use this method to calculate the impact of changes in non-U.S. dollar exchange rates on revenues, commissions and other operating expenses for all countries where the functional currency is not the U.S. dollar.
Walk-In Channel — Transactions in which both the send transaction and the receive transaction occur at one of our physical agent locations.
Digital Channel — Transactions in which either the send transaction, the receive transaction, or both occur through one of our digital solutions such as moneygram.com, mobile solutions, fintech and digital partners, wallets or account deposit services.
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following table is a summary of the results of operations:
Three Months Ended March 31,Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions, except percentages)(Amounts in millions, except percentages)20202019% Change(Amounts in millions, except percentages)20212020% Change
RevenueRevenueRevenue
Fee and other revenueFee and other revenue$280.8  $301.0  (7)%Fee and other revenue$308.1 $280.8 10 %
Investment revenueInvestment revenue10.1  14.4  (30)%Investment revenue2.0 10.1 (80)%
Total revenueTotal revenue290.9  315.4  (8)%Total revenue310.1 290.9 %
Expenses
Fee and other commissions expense143.2  149.6  (4)%
Cost of revenueCost of revenue
Commissions and other fee expenseCommissions and other fee expense149.9 143.2 %
Investment commissions expenseInvestment commissions expense3.0  6.3  (52)%Investment commissions expense0.2 3.0 (93)%
Direct transaction expenseDirect transaction expense8.2  5.0  64 %Direct transaction expense15.2 8.2 85 %
Total commissions and direct transaction expenses154.4  160.9  (4)%
Total cost of revenueTotal cost of revenue165.3 154.4 %
Gross profitGross profit144.8 136.5 %
Operating expensesOperating expenses
Compensation and benefitsCompensation and benefits53.4  59.4  (10)%Compensation and benefits62.2 53.4 16 %
Transaction and operations supportTransaction and operations support38.0  52.1  (27)%Transaction and operations support43.4 38.0 14 %
Occupancy, equipment and suppliesOccupancy, equipment and supplies14.9  15.4  (3)%Occupancy, equipment and supplies15.5 14.9 %
Depreciation and amortizationDepreciation and amortization17.1  19.0  (10)%Depreciation and amortization15.3 17.1 (11)%
Total operating expensesTotal operating expenses277.8  306.8  (9)%Total operating expenses136.4 123.4 11 %
Operating incomeOperating income13.1  8.6  52 %Operating income8.4 13.1 (36)%
Other expensesOther expensesOther expenses
Interest expenseInterest expense23.8  13.9  71 %Interest expense22.3 23.8 (6)%
Other non-operating expenseOther non-operating expense1.1  1.6  (31)%Other non-operating expense1.0 1.1 (9)%
Total other expensesTotal other expenses24.9  15.5  61 %Total other expenses23.3 24.9 (6)%
Loss before income taxesLoss before income taxes(11.8) (6.9) 71 %Loss before income taxes(14.9)(11.8)26 %
Income tax expenseIncome tax expense9.7  6.6  47 %Income tax expense0.5 9.7 (95)%
Net lossNet loss$(21.5) $(13.5) 59 %Net loss$(15.4)$(21.5)(28)%

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Revenues
The following table is a summary of the Company's revenues:
Three Months Ended March 31,Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions, except percentages)(Amounts in millions, except percentages)2020Percent of Total Revenue2019Percent of Total Revenue(Amounts in millions, except percentages)2021Percent of Total Revenue2020Percent of Total Revenue
Global Funds Transfer fee and other revenueGlobal Funds Transfer fee and other revenue$269.3  93 %$289.2  92 %Global Funds Transfer fee and other revenue$296.2 95 %$269.3 93 %
Financial Paper Product fee and other revenueFinancial Paper Product fee and other revenue11.5  %11.8  %Financial Paper Product fee and other revenue11.9 %11.5 %
Investment revenueInvestment revenue10.1  %14.4  %Investment revenue2.0 %10.1 %
Total revenueTotal revenue$290.9  100 %$315.4  100 %Total revenue$310.1 100 %$290.9 100 %
For the three months ended March 31, 2020,2021, total revenue declined when compared to the prior reporting period, primarily due to the decline in the Global Funds Transfer fee and other revenue, as a result of agent locations closing due to COVID-19, the Walmart2World service and pricing pressure due to increased competition. For the three months ended March 31, 2020, Financial Paper Product fee and other revenue remained relatively flat when compared to 2019.by $19.2 million. See the "Segments Results" section below for a detailed discussion of revenues by segment.
Cost of Revenue
The following table is a summary of the cost of revenue:
Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions, except percentages)2021Percent of Total Revenue2020Percent of Total Revenue
Commissions and other fee expense$149.9 48 %$143.2 49 %
Investment commissions expense0.2 — %3.0 %
Direct transaction expense15.2 %8.2 %
Total cost of revenue$165.3 53 %$154.4 53 %
For the three months ended March 31, 2020, investment2021, total cost of revenue decreased primarilyincreased by $10.9 million due to lower interest rates when compared toan increase in commissions and direct transaction expenses which are discussed in the prior period."
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" section below.
Operating Expenses
The following table is a summary of the operating expenses:
Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions, except percentages)2020Percent of Total Revenue2019Percent of Total Revenue
Total commissions and direct transaction expenses$154.4  53 %$160.9  51 %
Compensation and benefits53.4  18 %59.4  19 %
Transaction and operations support38.0  13 %52.1  17 %
Occupancy, equipment and supplies14.9  %15.4  %
Depreciation and amortization17.1  %19.0  %
Total operating expenses$277.8  95 %$306.8  97 %
For the three months ended March 31, 2020, total operating expenses as a percentage of total revenue declined when compared to the prior period, primarily due to a decrease in transaction and operations support driven by the benefit from the market development fees received from Ripple and the realization of cost efficiencies from our 2019 Organizational Realignment.
Total Commissions and Direct Transaction Expenses
Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions, except percentages)2021Percent of Total Revenue2020Percent of Total Revenue
Compensation and benefits$62.2 20 %$53.4 18 %
Transaction and operations support43.4 14 %38.0 13 %
Occupancy, equipment and supplies15.5 %14.9 %
Depreciation and amortization15.3 %17.1 %
Total operating expenses$136.4 44 %$123.4 42 %
For the three months ended March 31, 2020,2021, total commissions and direct transactionoperating expenses as a percentage of total revenue increased when compared to the prior period, primarily due to the increase in direct transaction expense.by $13.0 million. See the "Segments Results" section below for more information on commissions and direct transaction expense by segment.information.
Compensation and Benefits
Compensation and benefits include salaries and benefits, management incentive programs, related payroll taxes and other employee related costs. The following table is a summary of the change in compensation and benefits from 2019 to 2020:
(Amounts in millions)Three Months Ended
For the period ended March 31, 2019$59.4 
Change resulting from:
Restructuring and reorganization costs(2.6)
Net salaries, related payroll taxes and cash incentive compensation(1.2)
Employee stock-based compensation(0.6)
Employee capitalized software development(0.5)
Impact from changes in exchange rates(0.5)
Other(0.6)
For the period ended March 31, 2020$53.4 
For the three months ended March 31, 2020,2021, compensation and benefits decreasedincreased by $8.8 million primarily due to a reduction in headcount and the completion of the restructuring and reorganization activities.

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driven by severance expenses.
Transaction and Operations Support
Transaction and operations support primarily includes marketing, professional fees and other outside services, telecommunications, agent support costs, including forms related to our products, non-compensation employee costs, including training, travel and relocation costs, non-employee director stock-based compensation expense, bank charges, the impact of non-U.S. dollar exchange rate movements on our monetary transactions and assets and liabilities denominated in a currency other than the U.S. dollar, and Ripple market development fees and related transaction and trading expenses.
The following table is a summary
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(Amounts in millions)Three Months Ended
For the period ended March 31, 2019$52.1 
Change resulting from:
Market development fees(16.6)
Transaction and trading expenses4.5 
Marketing costs(3.0)
Outsourcing, independent contractor and consultant costs(2.4)
Provision for loss2.1 
Bank charges0.9 
Other0.4 
For the period ended March 31, 2020$38.0 
For the three months ended March 31, 2020,2021, transaction and operations support decreasedincreased by $5.4 million primarily due to athe elimination of the $12.1 million net benefit from Ripple market development fees which was partially offset by related transaction and trading expenses.generated for the same period in the prior year due to the halting of transactions under the commercial agreement with Ripple effective early December 2020.
Occupancy, Equipment and Supplies
Occupancy, equipment and supplies expense includes facilities rent and maintenance costs, software and equipment maintenance costs, freight and delivery costs and supplies.
For the three months ended March 31, 2020,2021, occupancy, equipment and supplies expense remained relatively flat when compared to the prior period.flat.
Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization includes depreciation on computer hardware and software, agent signage, point of sale equipment, capitalized software development costs, office furniture, equipment and leasehold improvements and amortization of intangible assets.
For the three months ended March 31, 2020,2021, depreciation and amortization decreased by $1.9$1.8 million when compared to the prior periodprimarily due to a decrease in capital expenditures as a result of our migration to cloud computing.agent signage.
Segments Results
Global Funds Transfer
The following table sets forth our Global Funds Transfer segment results of operations for thefor the three months ended March 31:31, 2021:
Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)202020192020 vs 2019
Money transfer revenue$255.9  $273.3  $(17.4) 
Bill payment revenue13.4  15.9  (2.5) 
Total Global Funds Transfer revenue$269.3  $289.2  $(19.9) 
Fee and other commissions and direct transaction expenses$151.3  $154.3  $(3.0) 
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Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)202120202021 vs 2020
Money transfer revenue$285.4 $255.9 $29.5 
Bill payment revenue10.8 13.4 (2.6)
Total Global Funds Transfer revenue$296.2 $269.3 $26.9 
Commissions and other fee and direct transaction expenses$165.1 $151.3 $13.8 
Money Transfer Revenue 
The following table details the changes in money transfer fee and other revenue from 2019 to 2020:
(Amounts in millions)Three Months Ended
For the period ended March 31, 2019$273.3 
Change resulting from:
Average face value per transaction and pricing(22.9)
Money transfer volume4.5 
Corridor mix2.8 
Impact from changes in exchange rates(2.8)
Other1.0 
For the period ended March 31, 2020$255.9 
For the three months ended March 31, 2020, the decrease in2021, money transfer fee and other revenue wasincreased by $29.5 million, primarily driven by the decrease in average face value per transaction and pricing, which was impacted by agent locations closing due to COVID-19, the Walmart2World service and pricing pressure from increased competition. The decrease was partially offset by an increase in money transfer transaction volume from an increasedriven by the growth of our Digital Channel and the impact of foreign exchange rates, partially offset by the decrease in moneygram.com transactions.fees per transaction.
Bill Payment Revenue
For thethree months ended March 31, 2021, bill payment revenue decreased by $2.6 million, or 19%, due to increased competition in the Walmart marketplace and continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Commissions and Other Fee RevenueExpense
For the three months ended March 31, 2020, bill payment fee2021, commissions and other revenue decreasedfee expense of $149.9 million, increased by $2.5$6.7 million, or 16% when compared to the prior period due to increased competition and the impact of COVID-19.
Fee and Other Commissions Expense
The following table details the changes in fee and other commissions expense for the Global Funds Transfer segment from 2019 to 2020:
(Amounts in millions)Three Months Ended
For the period ended March 31, 2019$149.3 
Change resulting from:
      Money transfer revenue(7.0)
      Money transfer corridor and agent mix2.0 
      Impact from changes in exchange rates(1.3)
      Signing bonuses1.0 
      Bill payment revenue and commission rates(0.9)
For the period ended March 31, 2020$143.1 
For the three months ended March 31, 2020, fee and other commissions decreased primarily due to decreasesan increase in walk-in money transfer revenue from the decline in pricing discussed above and the impact from changes in exchange rates. The decrease was partially offset by favorable money transfer corridor and agent mix.services as restrictions on mobility eased.
Direct Transaction Expense
For the three months ended March 31, 2020,2021, direct transaction expense of $8.2$15.2 million, increased by $3.2$7.0 million, when compared to the three months ended March 31, 2019,primarily due to an increasehigher volumes in moneygram.com transactions.transactions associated with our Digital Channel.
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Financial Paper Products
The following table sets forth our Financial Paper Products segment results of operations:
Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)202020192020 vs 2019
Money order revenue$12.1  $13.9  $(1.8) 
Official check revenue9.5  12.3  (2.8) 
Total Financial Paper Products revenue$21.6  $26.2  $(4.6) 
Commissions expense$3.1  $6.6  $(3.5) 
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Financial Paper Products revenue decreased by $4.6 million or 18% during the three months ended March 31, 2020, primarily due to the decline in investment revenue.
Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)202120202021 vs 2020
Money order revenue$10.4 $12.1 $(1.7)
Official check revenue3.5 9.5 (6.0)
Total Financial Paper Products revenue$13.9 $21.6 $(7.7)
Investment commissions expense$0.2 $3.1 $(2.9)
For the three months ended March 31, 2020,2021, Financial Paper Products revenue decreased by $7.7 million, or 36%, primarily due to a decline in investment revenue as a result of substantially lower prevailing interest rates driven by a reduction in the federal funds rate in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
For the three months ended March 31, 2021, commissions expense for Financial Paper Products decreased by $3.5 million when compared94%, due to the prior period, due to a decreasedecline in investment commissions expense.expense driven by lower interest rates.
Operating Income and Operating Margin
The following table provides a summary overview of operating income and operating margin:
Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions, except percentages)202020192020 vs 2019
Operating income:
Global Funds Transfer$6.7  $1.1  $5.6  
Financial Paper Products7.0  8.2  (1.2) 
Total segment operating income13.7  9.3  4.4  
Other(0.6) (0.7) 0.1  
Total operating income$13.1  $8.6  $4.5  
Total operating margin4.5 %2.7 %1.8 %
Global Funds Transfer2.5 %0.4 %2.1 %
Financial Paper Products32.4 %31.3 %1.1 %
For the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Global Funds Transfer segment operating income and margin increased when compared to the three months ended March 31, 2019, by $5.6 million and 2.1%, respectively. The increases in operating income and margin were primarily due to the decrease in operating expenses resulting from the benefit of the market development fees received from Ripple, which were partially offset by the decline in money transfer fee and other revenue.
For the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Financial Paper Products segment operating income decreased when compared to the three months ended March 31, 2019, primarily due to the decrease in investment revenue. The Financial Paper Products operating margin for the three months ended March 31, 2020 increased when compared to the prior year period primarily from the decrease in investment commissions expense.
For the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company's other operating loss remained relatively flat.
Other Expenses
Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions, except percentages)202120202021 vs 2020
Operating income:
Global Funds Transfer$6.0 $6.7 $(0.7)
Financial Paper Products2.5 7.0 (4.5)
Total segment operating income8.5 13.7 (5.2)
Other(0.1)(0.6)0.5 
Total operating income$8.4 $13.1 $(4.7)
Total operating margin2.7 %4.5 %(1.8)%
Global Funds Transfer2.0 %2.5 %(0.5)%
Financial Paper Products18.0 %32.4 %(14.4)%
For the three months ended March 31, 2020, total other expenses increased2021, operating income for the Global Funds Transfer and Financial Paper Products segments decreased by $9.4$5.2 million, primarily due to an increase in interest expense as a result of the credit facilities entered into in June 2019, which arefactors discussed in Note 7 — the "Debt Segments Resultsof" section above.
For the Notesthree months ended March 31, 2021, other operating loss decreased due to ongoing cost-savings initiatives.
Other Expenses
For the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.three months ended March 31, 2021, total other expenses decreased by $1.6 million, primarily due the decrease in interest expense driven by principal payments on our indebtedness.
Income Taxes
(Amounts in millions)Three Months Ended March 31,
20212020
Provision for income taxes$0.5 $9.7 

For the three months ended March 31, 2020,2021, the Company recognized an income tax expense of $9.7$0.5 million on a pre-tax loss of $11.8$14.9 million primarily due to non-deductible expenses, foreign taxes net of federal income tax benefits, an increase in valuation allowance, U.S. taxation of foreign earnings non-deductible expenses, foreignand state taxes, net of federal income tax benefits and the reversal of tax benefits on share-based compensation, all of which were partially offset by U.S. tax credits. The change in valuation allowance was triggered by a three-year cumulative pre-tax loss position inclusivegeneral business credits and recognition of 2020 forecasted earnings. While the Company has a long history of profitable operations prior to recent declines, the expected cumulative loss position is significant negative evidence in assessing the recoverability of our deferred tax assets. Therefore, we recorded an additional valuation allowance of $10.6 million, of which $10.1 million related to balances which existed at the beginning of the year, against our deferred tax assets for which ultimate realization is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which they become deductible. The valuation allowance does not, however, impact our cash position, our liquidity, or our tax returns.
For the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company recognized an income tax expense of $6.6 million on a pre-tax loss of $6.9 million primarily due to non-deductible expenses, U.S. taxation of foreign earnings, the reversal ofexcess tax benefits on share-based compensation, partially offset by U.S.compensation. See Note 11 — Income Taxes for additional information related to our unrecognized tax credits net of valuation allowance. Additionally, as a result of the issuance of the final Section 965 regulations by the U.S. Treasury Department and the IRS on January 15, 2019, the Company recorded a discrete tax expense of $0.7 million for an increase in its one-time transition tax.benefits.
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EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Free Cash Flow and Constant Currency
We believe that EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, including agent signing bonus amortization), Adjusted EBITDA (EBITDA adjusted for certain significant items), Adjusted Free Cash Flow (Adjusted EBITDA less cash interest, cash taxes, cash payments for capital expenditures and cash payments for agent signing bonuses) and constant currency measures (which assume that amounts denominated in non-U.S. dollars are translated to the U.S. dollar at rates consistent with those in the prior year) provide useful information to investors because they are indicators of the strength and performance of our ongoing business operations. These calculations are commonly used as a basis for investors, analysts and other interested parties to evaluate and compare the operating performance and value of companies within our industry. In addition, our debt agreements require compliance with covenants that incorporate a financial measure similar to Adjusted EBITDA.
EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Free Cash Flow and constant currency are financial and performance measures used by management in reviewing results of operations, forecasting, allocating resources and establishing employee incentive programs. We also present Adjusted EBITDA growth, constant currency adjusted, which provides information to investors regarding MoneyGram’s performance without the effect of non-U.S. dollar exchange rate fluctuations year-over-year.
Although we believe that EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Free Cash Flow and constant currency measures enhance investors’ understanding of our business and performance, these non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation or as substitutes for the accompanying GAAP financial measures. These metrics are not necessarily comparable with similarly named metrics of other companies. (Non-GAAP Measures)
The following table is a reconciliation of our non-GAAP financial measures to the related GAAP financial measures:
Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)20202019Change
Loss before income taxes$(11.8) $(6.9) $(4.9) 
Interest expense23.8  13.9  9.9  
Depreciation and amortization17.1  19.0  (1.9) 
Signing bonus amortization12.5  11.7  0.8  
EBITDA41.6  37.7  3.9  
Significant items impacting EBITDA:
Direct monitor costs4.8  4.1  0.7  
Compliance enhancement program2.0  1.5  0.5  
Stock-based, contingent and incentive compensation2.0  2.6  (0.6) 
Restructuring and reorganization costs0.5  3.5  (3.0) 
Legal and contingent matters0.4  0.6  (0.2) 
Severance and related costs0.2  0.1  0.1  
Adjusted EBITDA$51.5  $50.1  $1.4  
Adjusted EBITDA change, as reported%
Adjusted EBITDA change, constant currency adjusted%
Adjusted EBITDA$51.5  $50.1  $1.4  
Cash payments for interest(17.6) (12.8) (4.8) 
Cash payments for taxes, net of refunds(2.1) (1.2) (0.9) 
Cash payments for capital expenditures(10.1) (12.7) 2.6  
Cash payments for agent signing bonuses(25.0) (10.1) (14.9) 
Adjusted Free Cash Flow$(3.3) $13.3  $(16.6) 
For the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company generated EBITDA of $41.6 million and Adjusted EBITDA of $51.5 million. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA increased when compared to the same period in 2019 because of cost saving initiatives, which were partially offset by the decrease in fee and other revenue. Additionally, EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA include the impact from the net benefit of $12.1 million, composed of $16.6 million of Ripple market development fees, which were partially offset by related transaction and trading expenses of $4.5 million.
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For the three months ended March 31, 2020, Adjusted Free Cash Flow decreased by $16.6 million when compared to the same periods in 2019. The decline was primarily due to the increase in cash payments for interest and signing bonuses.
Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions, except percentages)20212020Change
Income (loss) before income taxes$(14.9)$(11.8)$(3.1)
Interest expense22.323.8 (1.5)
Depreciation and amortization15.317.1 (1.8)
Signing bonus amortization14.312.5 1.8 
EBITDA37.041.6 (4.6)
Significant items impacting EBITDA:
Restructuring and reorganization costs5.9 0.5 5.4 
Direct monitor costs3.8 4.8 (1.0)
Stock-based, contingent and incentive compensation1.8 2.0 (0.2)
Compliance enhancement program1.1 2.0 (0.9)
Severance and related costs0.2 0.2 — 
Legal and contingent matters0.1 0.4 (0.3)
Adjusted EBITDA$49.9$51.5$(1.6)
Adjusted EBITDA change, as reported(3)%
Adjusted EBITDA change, constant currency adjusted(11)%
Adjusted EBITDA$49.9$51.5 $(1.6)
Cash payments for interest(11.9)(17.6)5.7 
Cash payments for taxes, net of refunds2.7(2.1)4.8 
Cash payments for capital expenditures(11.2)(10.1)(1.1)
Cash payments for agent signing bonuses(13.0)(25.0)12.0 
Adjusted Free Cash Flow$16.5$(3.3)$19.8 
See "Results of OperationsOperations"" and "Analysis of Cash FlowsFlows"" sections for additional information regardingregarding these changes.

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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
We have various resources available for purposes of managing liquidity and capital needs, including our investment portfolio, credit facilities and letters of credit. We refer to our cash and cash equivalents, settlement cash and cash equivalents, interest-bearing investments and available-for-sale investments collectively as our “investment"investment portfolio." The Company utilizes cash and cash equivalents in various liquidity and capital assessments.
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Settlement Assets and Payment Service Obligations
The following table shows the components of the Company's cash and cash equivalents and settlement assets:
(Amounts in millions)(Amounts in millions)March 31, 2020December 31, 2019(Amounts in millions)March 31, 2021December 31, 2020
Cash and cash equivalentsCash and cash equivalents$131.0  $146.8  Cash and cash equivalents$152.8 $196.1 
Settlement assets:Settlement assets:Settlement assets:
Settlement cash and cash equivalentsSettlement cash and cash equivalents1,371.6  1,531.1  Settlement cash and cash equivalents1,846.4 1,883.2 
Receivables, netReceivables, net579.5  715.5  Receivables, net824.9 825.0 
Interest-bearing investmentsInterest-bearing investments989.1  985.9  Interest-bearing investments992.3 991.2 
Available-for-sale investmentsAvailable-for-sale investments4.3  4.5  Available-for-sale investments3.4 3.5 
Total settlement assetsTotal settlement assets$3,667.0 $3,702.9 
$2,944.5  $3,237.0  
Payment service obligationsPayment service obligations$(2,944.5) $(3,237.0) Payment service obligations$(3,667.0)$(3,702.9)
Our primary sources of liquidity include cash flows generated by the sale of our payment instruments, our cash and cash equivalents and interest-bearing investment balances, and proceeds from our investment portfolio. Our primary operating liquidity needs are related to the settlement of payment service obligations to our agents and financial institution customers, general operating expenses and debt service.
To meet our payment service obligations at all times, we must have sufficient highly-liquid assets and be able to move funds globally on a timely basis. On average, we receive in and pay out a similar amount of funds on a daily basis to collect and settle the principal amount of our payment instruments sold and related fees and commissions with our end-consumers and agents. This pattern of cash flows allows us to settle our payment service obligations through existing cash balances and ongoing cash generation rather than liquidating investments or utilizing the remaining balance under our First Lien Revolving Credit Facility. We have historically generated, and expect to continue generating, sufficient cash flows from daily operations to fund ongoing operational needs.

We preposition cash in various countries and currencies to facilitate settlement of transactions. We also maintain funding capacity beyond our daily operating needs to provide a cushion through the normal fluctuations in our payment service obligations, as well as to provide working capital for the operational and growth requirements of our business. We believe we have sufficient liquid assets and funding capacity to operate and grow our business for the next 12 months. Should our liquidity needs exceed our operating cash flows, we believe that external financing sources, including the remaining availability under our credit facilities, will be sufficient to meet our anticipated funding requirements.
Cash and Cash Equivalents and Interest-bearing Investments
To ensure we maintain adequate liquidity to meet our payment service obligations at all times, we keep a significant portion of our investment portfolio in cash and cash equivalents and interest-bearing investments at financial institutions rated A- or better by two of the following three rating agencies: Moody’s Investor Service (“Moody’s”), Standard & Poor’s (“Moody's, S&P”)&P and Fitch Ratings, Inc.;Fitch; and in AAA rated U.S. government money market funds. If the rating agencies have split ratings, the Company uses the lower of the highest two out of three ratings across the agencies for disclosure purposes. If the institution has only two ratings, the Company uses the lower of the two ratings for disclosure purposes. As of March 31, 2020,2021, cash and cash equivalents (including unrestricted and settlement cash and cash equivalents) and interest-bearing investments totaled $2.5$3.0 billion. Cash and cash equivalents consist of interest-bearing deposit accounts, non-interest-bearing transaction accounts and money market securities; interest-bearing investments consist of time deposits and certificates of deposit with maturities of up to 24 months.
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Available-for-sale Investments
Our investment portfolio includes $4.3$3.4 million of available-for-sale investments as of March 31, 2020.2021. U.S. government agency residential mortgage-backed securities comprise $3.5$2.8 million of our available-for-sale investments, while asset-backed and other securities compose the remaining $0.8$0.6 million.
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Credit Facilities
The following is a summary of the Company's outstanding debt:
(Amounts in millions, except percentages)(Amounts in millions, except percentages)March 31, 2020December 31, 2019(Amounts in millions, except percentages)March 31, 2021December 31, 2020
6.95% first lien revolving credit facility due 2022$23.0  $—  
7.00% first lien credit facility due 20237.00% first lien credit facility due 2023640.2  641.8  7.00% first lien credit facility due 2023$633.7 $635.3 
13.00% second lien credit facility due 202413.00% second lien credit facility due 2024254.6  251.4  13.00% second lien credit facility due 2024254.6 254.6 
Senior secured credit facilitiesSenior secured credit facilities917.8  893.2  Senior secured credit facilities888.3 889.9 
Unamortized debt issuance costs and debt discountsUnamortized debt issuance costs and debt discounts(40.3) (42.9) Unamortized debt issuance costs and debt discounts(29.5)(32.1)
Total debt, netTotal debt, net$877.5  $850.3  Total debt, net$858.8 $857.8 
As of March 31, 2020,2021, the Company had $23.0 millionno borrowings andand nominal outstanding letters of credit under its revolving credit facility and had $11.9$34.9 million of availability. The First Lien Credit Agreement provides that in the event the Company’sCompany's cash balance exceeds $130.0$130.0 million at the end of any month, the Company would be required to use such excess cash to pay any outstanding obligations to the revolving lenders under ourthe First Lien Revolving Credit Facility, and that the Company may not draw on the First Lien Revolving Credit Facility to the extent that the Company would have a cash balance in excess of $130.0$130.0 million after giving effect to such borrowing. As of March 31, 2020,2021, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $131.0$152.8 million. TheThe effective interest rate on the first lien credit facility decreased from 7.80% as of December 31, 2019, toFirst Lien Credit Facility remained flat and was 7.00% as of March 31, 2020, due to decreases in the Eurodollar rate.2021 and December 31, 2020. See Note 7 — Debt of the Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional disclosuredisclosure related to the credit facilities.
Credit Ratings
As of March 31, 2020,2021, our credit ratings from Moody’sMoody's and S&P were B3 with a negative outlook and B with a stable outlook, respectively. In April 2020, S&P updated their outlook from stable to negative. OurThe Company does not have rating triggers associated with its credit facilities,agreements or its regulatory capital requirements and other obligations are not linked or impacted by changes in our credit ratings.requirements.
Analysis of Cash Flows
Three Months Ended March 31,Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)(Amounts in millions)202020192020 vs 2019(Amounts in millions)202120202021 vs 2020
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities$(26.4) $0.3  $(26.7) 
Net cash used in operating activitiesNet cash used in operating activities$(26.9)$(26.4)$(0.5)
Net cash used in investing activitiesNet cash used in investing activities(10.1) (12.7) 2.6  Net cash used in investing activities(11.2)(10.1)(1.1)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities20.7  (3.2) 23.9  
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activitiesNet cash (used in) provided by financing activities(5.2)20.7 (25.9)
Net change in cash and cash equivalentsNet change in cash and cash equivalents$(15.8) $(15.6) $(0.2) Net change in cash and cash equivalents$(43.3)$(15.8)$(27.5)
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
For the three months ended March 31, 2020, 2021, net cash used in operating cash decreased when compared to the prior period primarily due to an increase in payments for agent signing bonuses and the increase in cash payments for interest.activities remained relatively flat.
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Items impactingFor the three months ended March 31, 2021, net cash used in investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, includedincreased, primarily due to an increase in capital expenditures of $10.1 million and $12.7 million, respectively.expenditures.
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
During the three months ended March 31, 2020,2021, net cash provided byused in financing activities increased, by $23.9 million as a result of borrowingprimarily due to no borrowings on our First Lien Revolving Credit Facility and lower principal payments on debt.Facility.
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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and related disclosures in the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. On a regular basis, management reviews its accounting policies, assumptions and estimates to ensure that our financial statements are presented fairly and in accordance with GAAP. Our significant accounting policies are discussed in Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.2020.
Critical accounting policies are those policies that management believes are very important to the portrayal of our financial position and results of operations, and that require management to make estimates that are difficult, subjective or complex. There were no changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates during the quarter ended March 31, 2020.2021. For further information regarding our critical accounting policies and estimates, refer to Part II, Item 7, Management’sManagement's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates in the Company’s Annual Report onCompany's 2020 Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.10-K.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTSRECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
This Annual Report on Form 10-K and the documents incorporated by reference herein may contain forward-looking statements within the meaningSee Note 1 — Description of the Private Securities Litigation Reform ActBusiness and Basis of 1995 (the “Reform Act”), including statements with respect to, among other things, the financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance and business of MoneyGram and its subsidiaries. Statements preceded by, followed by or that include words such as “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “projects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “continues,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “may,” “would,” “goals” and other similar expressions are intended to identify somePresentation of the forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Reform Act and are included, along with this statement, for purposes of complying with the safe harbor provisions of the Reform Act. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations, beliefs and assumptions as of the date of this report and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and changes in circumstances due to a number of factors. These factors include, but are not limited to:
the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak or future epidemics on our business, including the potential for work stoppages, lockdowns, shelter-in-place or restricted movement guidelines, service delays and lower consumer and commercial activity;
our ability to compete effectively;
our ability to maintain key agent or biller relationships, or a reduction in business or transaction volume from these relationships, including with our largest agent, Walmart, through its introduction of additional competing white-label money transfer products or otherwise, and due to increased costs or loss of business as a result of higher compliance standards;
a security or privacy breach in systems, networks or databases on which we rely;
current and proposed regulations addressing consumer privacy and data use and security;
our ability to manage fraud risks from consumers or agents; litigation and regulatory proceedings involving us or our agents, which could result in material settlements, fines or penalties, revocation of required licenses or registrations, termination of contracts, other administrative actions or lawsuits and negative publicity;
uncertainties relating to compliance with the Amended DPA entered into with the U.S. federal government and the effect of the Amended DPA on our reputation and business and our ability to make payments required under the Amended DPA;
disruptions to our computer systems and data centers and our ability to effectively operate and adapt our technology;
the ability of us and our agents to maintain adequate banking relationships;
our ability to successfully develop and timely introduce new and enhanced products and services and our investments in new products, services or infrastructure changes;
our high degree of leverage and substantial debt service obligations, significant debt covenant requirements and our ability to comply with such requirements, our below investment-grade credit rating and our ability to maintain sufficient capital;
weakness in economic conditions, in both the U.S. and global markets;
a significant change, material slow down or complete disruption of international migration patterns;
our ability to manage risks associated with our international sales and operations, including exchange rates among currencies;
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our offering of money transfer services through agents in regions that are politically volatile or, in a limited number of cases, that may be subject to certain OFAC restrictions;
major bank failure or sustained financial market illiquidity, or illiquidity at our clearing, cash management and custodial financial institutions;
changes in tax laws or unfavorable outcomes of tax positions we take, or a failure by us to establish adequate reserves for tax events;
our ability to manage credit risks from our agents and official check financial institution customers;
our ability to adequately protect our brand and intellectual property rights and to avoid infringing on the rights of others;
our ability to manage risks relatedNotes to the operation of retail locations and the acquisition or start-up of businesses;Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Quarterly Report for information regarding recent accounting pronouncements.
any restructuring actions and cost reduction initiatives that we undertake may not deliver the expected results and these actions may adversely affect our business;
our capital structure; and
the risks and uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” sections of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, as well as any additional risk factors that may be described in our other filings with the SEC from time to time.
These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and MoneyGram undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements for any reason, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by federal securities law.
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
There have been no material changes in our market risk since December 31, 2019.2020. For further information on market risk, refer to Part II, Item 7A, Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk”Risk in the Company’s Annual Report onCompany's 2020 Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.10-K.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
As of the end of the period covered by this report (the “Evaluation Date”"Evaluation Date"), the Company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of management, including the Company’sCompany's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’sCompany's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”"Exchange Act")). Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of the Evaluation Date, the Company’sCompany's disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in the Company’sCompany's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) during the quarter ended March 31, 20202021 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’sCompany's internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
A description of our legal proceedings is included in and incorporated by reference to Note 12 —Commitments and Contingencies of the Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements contained in Part I, Item 1 of this report.
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
The following risk factor disclosuredisclosures should be read in conjunction with the risk factors described in the Company’s Annual Report onCompany's 2020 Form 10-K forand subsequent periodic filings with the year ended December 31, 2019 (the “2019 10-K”). For further information, referSEC. We are supplementing the risk factors previously disclosed in such filings to Part I, Item 1A, "include the following updated risk factors:Risk Factors,"
An “ownership change” could limit our ability to utilize our net operating loss carryforwards and other tax attributes, which could result in our payment of income taxes earlier than if we were able to fully utilize our net operating loss and other tax benefit carryforwards. We have entered into a Rights Plan to reduce the likelihood of an ownership change, but if the preferred share purchase rights were to be exercised pursuant to the Rights Plan, the market price of our common stock could be materially and adversely affected.
Federal tax laws impose restrictions on the utilization of net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards and other tax attributes in the Company's 2019 10-K.event of an “ownership change” as defined by Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code (“Section 382”). A corporation generally will experience an “ownership change” if the percentage of the corporation’s stock owned by its “5-percent shareholders,” as defined in Section 382, increases by more than 50 percentage points over their lowest ownership percentage within the “testing period” as defined in Section 382, which is generally a rolling three-year period. Under Section 382, if a corporation undergoes an “ownership change,” such corporation’s ability to use its pre-change NOL carryforwards and other pre-change tax attributes to offset its post-change income may be limited. While the Company has not experienced an “ownership change,” future changes in our stock ownership, which may be outside of our control, may trigger an “ownership change.” In addition, future equity offerings or acquisitions that have equity as a component of the consideration could result in an “ownership change.” If an “ownership change” occurs in the future, utilization of our NOL carryforwards or other tax attributes may be limited, which could potentially result in increased future tax liability to us.
Accordingly, we have adopted a Tax Benefits Preservation Plan, dated as of July 28, 2020 (the “Rights Plan”), designed to reduce the risk that our ability to use our NOL carryforwards and other tax attributes would become subject to limitations by reason of the Company experiencing an “ownership change.” The recent Novel Coronavirus outbreak,Rights Plan is designed to reduce the likelihood that we will experience an “ownership change” under Section 382 by (i) discouraging any person or group of persons from acquiring beneficial ownership of more than 4.95% of our Company Stock, which has been declared a pandemic byis defined in the World Health OrganizationRights Plan and has spreadincludes, among other things, our common stock and currently outstanding warrants, and (ii) discouraging any existing shareholder beneficially holding 4.95% or more of our Company Stock at the time the Rights Plan was adopted from acquiring any additional shares of Company Stock.
Under the terms of the Rights Plan, an Acquiring Person, as defined in the Rights Plan, that acquires or obtains the right to acquire beneficial ownership of 4.95% or more of our Company Stock could suffer substantial dilution of its ownership interest. In addition, if the preferred share purchase rights issued pursuant to the United StatesRights Plan were exercised, the market price of our common stock could be materially and many other partsadversely affected. Moreover, sales in the public market of any shares of our common stock issued upon such exercise, or the world hasperception that such sales may occur, could also adversely affected, andaffect the market price of our common stock. These issuances may continuealso cause our per share net income, if any, to materiallydecrease in future periods.
Although the Rights Plan is intended to reduce the likelihood of an “ownership change” that could adversely affect our business operations, financial condition, liquidity and cash flow.
The outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus (“COVID-19”) has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization and has spread to the United States and continues to grow both in the U.S. and globally, causing significant macroeconomic uncertainty, volatility and disruption. In response, many governments have initiated social distancing rules, lockdowns or shelter-in-place orders resulting in the closure of many businesses. These actions have resulted in an overall reduction in consumer activity and the closure of many of our agent locations.
COVID-19 and the related economic fallout began to adversely impact MoneyGram’s results of operations in the middle of March 2020. The inability of our agents to operate normally has reduced the volume of consumer transactions in almost all of the 200 countries and territories in whichNOL utilization, we operate. These recent developments have negatively impacted and may continue to negatively impact our sales and operating margin as well as our workforce, agents and customers.
It is impossible to predict the scope and duration of the impact of COVID-19 on our business as the situation is rapidly evolving and there are a number of uncertainties related to this pandemic. These uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the potential adverse effect on the global economy, our agent network, travel and transportation services, our employees and customers. Even after the government begins to lift thecannot provide assurance that these restrictions on citizens and businesses, the resulting economic impact of COVID-19 may continue to negatively impact our business and increases in COVID-19 casestransferability will prevent all transfers that could result in a return to lockdowns and shelter-in-place orders. This situation continues to evolve rapidly, and additional adverse effects may arise that we are not aware of currently. All of these effects discussed above could have a material adverse effect our near-term and long-term revenues, earnings, liquidity and cash flows.

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
The following exhibits are filed or incorporated by reference herein in response to Item 601 of Regulation S-K. The Company files Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K pursuant to the Exchange Act under Commission File No. 1-31950.
Exhibit
Number
Description
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.7
10.1 3.8
10.2* 4.1
10.3* 10.1*
10.2*
10.3*
31.1*
31.2*
32.1**
32.2**
101*The following materials from MoneyGram's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2020,2021, formatted in iXBRL (Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss, (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’Stockholders' Deficit, (v) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (vi) Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
104*Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as iXBRL (Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language) and contained in Exhibit 101).
*Filed herewith.
**Furnished herewith.


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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 MoneyGram International, Inc.
(Registrant)
May 1, 20207, 2021By:/s/ LAWRENCE ANGELILLICHRISTOPHER RUSSELL
Lawrence AngelilliChristopher Russell
Chief FinancialAccounting Officer
(Principal FinancialDuly Authorized Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

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