MoneyGram is not new to cryptocurrency having been connected with Ripple and XRP before and so its new service for cryptocurrency holders is not anymore a big surprise...in fact I would consider the decision to be a little late considering that many other entities involved with money transfers are already into cryptocurrency. At any rate, this is still good news and one of the many new manifestations that we are slowly getting into mainstream adoption. Hopefully, there will be seamless integration between the world of fiat money and cryptocurrency so that funds can move freely as it should be on a global scale.
I remember there was news to it. This is almost like the kind of PayPal, they'd be obsolete if they don't adopt cryptocurrency actually. If they don't join the crypto craze, they'd lose relevance to their existence and Paypal had realized this the first. Other payment systems and digital cash systems I think should just be adopting crypto. Westernunion will follow it's just a matter of time that local remittances will also do the same.