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                            July 21, 2020

       Lawrence Angelilli
       Chief Financial Officer
       MoneyGram International Inc
       2828 N. Harwood St., 15th Floor
       Dallas, Texas 75201

                                                        Re: MoneyGram
International Inc
                                                            Form 10-K for the
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2019
                                                            Response dated May
29, 2020
                                                            File No. 1-31950

       Dear Mr. Angelilli:

              We have reviewed your May 29, 2020 response to our comment letter
and have the
       following comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide
us with information
       so we may better understand your disclosure.

              Please respond to these comments within ten business days by
providing the requested
       information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If
you do not believe our
       comments apply to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in
your response.

             After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have
additional
       comments. Unless we note otherwise, our references to prior comments are
to comments in our
       May 18, 2020 letter.

       Response dated May 29, 2020

       EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Free Cash Flow and Constant Currency,
page 35

   1.                                                   We reviewed your
response to comment 1. Please tell us your consideration of the
                                                        guidance in Question
100.01 of the Non-GAAP Compliance and Disclosure
                                                        Interpretations related
to your presentation of Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Free Cash
                                                        Flow and the exclusion
of normal, recurring, cash operating expenses necessary to operate
                                                        your business from the
non-GAAP measures.
       Note 18 - Related Parties, page F-44

   2.                                                   We note your response
to comment 4 and the additional details you provided on a
                                                        conference call on July
9, 2020. Please address the following items:
                                                            Further explain
your analysis of the commercial agreement and if and how you
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              considered whether the commercial agreement should be combined
with the SPA and
              treated as a multiple element arrangement. Alternatively, tell us
if the commercial
              agreement and SPA were accounted for separately.
                If applicable, please tell us what authoritative accounting
guidance you applied (or
              applied by analogy) when determining the appropriate method to
separate and
              allocate the total consideration received under the SPA and
commercial agreement.
              Please explain any alternative views you considered when applying
the authoritative
              guidance.
                If you did not believe determining the fair value of the
commercial agreement was
              relevant or necessary to your accounting conclusion, please
explain the basis for that
              determination.
                If you were to have determined that the consideration paid
under the SPA was in
              excess of the fair value of the equity instruments issued to
Ripple, tell us how you
              would have allocated that excess consideration. To the extent the
excess would be
              allocated to the commercial agreement, please tell us how the
amount would be
              recognized.



       You may contact Tony Watson at (202) 551-3318 or Bill Thompson at (202)
551-3344 if
you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related
matters.



FirstName LastNameLawrence Angelilli                           Sincerely,
Comapany NameMoneyGram International Inc
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Corporation Finance
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