EXHIBIT 99.4
 
                                    CONSENT
 
  The undersigned, Sanford Miller, hereby consents, pursuant to Rule 438 under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to being named in the Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (the "Registration Statement") of MoneyGram Payment
Systems, Inc. (the "Registrant") as a person anticipated to become a director
of the Registrant prior to the offering registered thereby, and to the filing
of this Consent as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.
 
                                                   /s/ Sanford Miller
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October 4, 1996