EXHIBIT 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each director whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Timothy C. Everett and Kristen N.A. Holovnia, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form 10-K Annual Report of MoneyGram International, Inc. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or her substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

/s/ Thomas M. Hagerty   Thomas M. Hagerty		February 17, 2010
/s/ Jess T. Hay   Jess T. Hay		February 17, 2010
/s/ Scott L. Jaeckel   Scott L. Jaeckel		February 17, 2010
/s/ Seth W. Lawry   Seth W. Lawry		February 17, 2010
/s/ Othón Ruiz Montemayor   Othón Ruiz Montemayor		February 17, 2010
/s/ Pamela H. Patsley   Pamela H. Patsley		February 17, 2010
/s/ Ganesh B. Rao   Ganesh B. Rao		February 17, 2010
/s/ Albert M. Teplin   Albert M. Teplin		February 17, 2010