<h1>Global payments company and IT services firm partner to integrate cross-border money-movement with core banking to speed onboarding</h1> A global payments company and a multinational IT services firm announced a commercial partnership to integrate the payments company's cross-border money-movement platform with the IT firm's core banking solution, aiming to accelerate onboarding of financial institutions and shorten implementation timelines while reducing integration resource needs. The collaboration targets banks, non-bank financial institutions and disbursers, enhancing access to near-real-time, multi-currency transfers across numerous jurisdictions and emphasizing operational, liquidity and risk controls. Regulatory considerations include cross-border payments compliance under applicable foreign exchange and central bank frameworks. The announcement contains forward-looking statements subject to business, technological and regulatory risks.