Laramie, USA, September 23rd, 2026, FinanceWire

The new closing date honours the anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison and reinforces the initiative’s commitment to financial empowerment and inclusion.

Mandela Digital today announced that the Application Stage of the Mandela Dollar (MUSD) Early Access Programme will be extended until 11 February 2027, following a strong response to the initiative.

The extension gives institutional partners additional time to complete registration of their interest and help build financial infrastructure that empowers underserved communities and broadens participation in the financial system.

The Programme opened on Nelson Mandela International Day, 18 July 2026, with an initial application window of 67 days, honouring Mandela’s 67 years of service to humanity. The new closing date connects that tribute to another defining moment in his legacy: his release from prison.

From The Promise of Freedom to the Power of Participation

On 11 February 1990, Nelson Mandela walked free from Victor Verster Prison after more than 27 years of imprisonment. His release marked a historic turning point in the struggle against apartheid and became a symbol of hope and possibility around the world. 11 February 2027 will mark the 37th anniversary of that moment.

For Mandela Digital, marking this anniversary is an opportunity to connect remembrance with purpose. The initiative seeks to carry the principle of inclusion into financial life: helping more people access the tools to receive payments, support their families, build businesses and exercise greater control over their financial futures.

The original 67-day window honoured a lifetime of service. The extension reaffirms a commitment to turning that inspiration into practical financial empowerment.

Mustaq Patel, Chairman, Mandela Digital, said:

“The tremendous response to our Early Access Programme reinforces our conviction that financial empowerment and inclusion must be at the centre of the next generation of financial infrastructure.

Nelson Mandela’s release on 11 February 1990 opened a new chapter of possibility. We have chosen this anniversary to reaffirm our own purpose: helping people who have been excluded from the financial system gain access to the tools and opportunities to participate in it.

Financial inclusion opens the door. Financial empowerment gives people the ability to move forward to support a family, grow a business, and take greater control of their future.

By extending the Early Access Programme to 11 February 2027, we are giving more prospective partners time to join that mission. Our ambition is not simply to introduce a digital currency. It is to help widen financial access and make that access meaningful in people’s everyday lives.”

Zaziwe Dlamini-Manaway, Director, Mandela Digital and granddaughter of Nelson Mandela, added:

“For our family, 11 February holds a deeply personal significance. My grandfather’s release from prison marked a new chapter for our family and a moment of hope for millions around the world. As his granddaughter, I believe that honouring his legacy means not only remembering what he stood for but finding meaningful ways to widen opportunity for others.

Financial inclusion and empowerment are central to the work we want Mandela Digital to do. Access to financial services should not be a privilege reserved for a few. People need the tools, knowledge and confidence to support their families, build livelihoods and take greater control of their financial futures.

Our original 67-day invitation honoured my grandfather’s lifetime of service. Extending the Programme to 11 February 2027 connects that spirit of service with the anniversary of his freedom. It is an invitation to partners who share our commitment to making financial participation more accessible and to ensuring that technology opens doors for communities too often left behind.

Building Infrastructure for Financial Empowerment

Mandela Digital is developing MUSD as a proposed digital currency designed for 1:1 US-dollar backing, with an institutional approach to financial infrastructure. The initiative aims to expand access to dollar-denominated financial services, remittances and digital payments across the Global South and diaspora communities, with a focus on people underserved by existing systems.

Its intended commitment to education, skills development and poverty alleviation includes directing a portion of future MUSD protocol revenue towards these causes.

For Mandela Digital, financial empowerment means more than access alone. It means helping people develop the knowledge, confidence and capabilities to use financial tools effectively, make informed decisions and participate more fully in economic life.

An Extended Invitation to Participate

The extended Application Stage provides additional time for eligible financial institutions, payment businesses, professional liquidity providers and institutional technology partners to register interest in the Programme. Engagement is intended to support institutional onboarding, product development and commercial partnership discussions, subject to compliance checks and applicable requirements in each jurisdiction.

The Revised Application Deadline is 11 February 2027.

Interested organisations are invited to register through Mandela Digital’s official website, www.mandela.digital, using an official business email address.

About Mandela Digital

Mandela Digital is a US-headquartered joint venture aiming to develop the Mandela Dollar and expand financial inclusion across the Global South and global diaspora.

Important Programme Information

The Early Access Programme is a registration of interest only. Applications do not confer token rights, allocations or priority access. Participation and future deployment remain subject to regulatory approvals, compliance checks and technical validation. The extension does not authorise a token sale or constitute an investment offer. The revised closing date is an application deadline, not a public-launch date.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of U.S. federal securities laws. These statements are based on current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties, including regulatory developments, technology timelines, market conditions, and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially. Mandela Digital does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements except as required by law. Nothing in this release constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation to buy any security or digital asset.

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London, United Kingdom, September 23rd, 2026, FinanceWire

Fast-growing financial technology company combines AI-powered market intelligence, institutional-grade tools, and human expertise within a platform designed to bring sophisticated technology closer to individual investors.

ArcPoint, a fast-growing international financial technology company, today announced the continued expansion of its Institutional Intelligence Platform for Modern Investors, marking a significant stage in the company’s international growth and technology strategy.

With a growing presence spanning London, Ottawa, Zürich and Cape Town, ArcPoint is developing a global financial technology ecosystem around a simple idea: sophisticated market intelligence and advanced analytical technology should not be limited to large institutions.

For decades, some of the most powerful analytical capabilities in financial markets have been concentrated within institutional environments backed by specialist teams, extensive data and sophisticated infrastructure.

ArcPoint believes technology, and particularly artificial intelligence, is changing that equation.

Through www.arcp.vc, ArcPoint is bringing advanced analytics, AI-powered market intelligence, responsive technology and specialist support together within one connected environment built for the modern investor.

Institutional Intelligence, Built for the Individual

Today’s individual investor operates in the same fast moving global markets as professional institutions.

Economic announcements, volatility, corporate developments, changing sentiment and movements across global markets generate enormous amounts of information every day. The challenge is no longer simply accessing information. It is processing it quickly enough to understand what matters.

ArcPoint is building its technology around that challenge.

Its platform is designed to process large volumes of market information continuously, analyze changing conditions and organize complex data into more structured intelligence.

Instead of requiring investors to manually monitor endless streams of information, ArcPoint’s technology is designed to perform much of that analytical work in the background.

The technology does the heavy lifting. The intelligence is delivered to the investor.

AI That Keeps Working

Artificial intelligence sits at the center of ArcPoint’s technology strategy.

ArcPoint’s AI acts as an always-on intelligence layer designed to analyze large quantities of market information, identify patterns, monitor changing conditions and process complex data at a speed and scale that would be difficult to reproduce manually.

Markets do not stop when an investor steps away from a screen, and ArcPoint believes the technology supporting investors should be capable of keeping pace.

While markets move, ArcPoint’s technology keeps working.

For individual investors, this means gaining access to increasingly sophisticated analytical capabilities without requiring the infrastructure or resources traditionally associated with an institutional research environment.

The objective is straightforward: reduce complexity and allow technology to handle more of the analytical workload.

Investors can learn more about the ArcPoint platform and its developing technology ecosystem at www.arcp.vc.

Built for Speed

Powerful intelligence needs powerful infrastructure behind it.

Speed and responsiveness are therefore central to the ArcPoint platform experience. The company is developing a streamlined technology environment intended to provide fast access to market information, analytical resources and platform functionality.

ArcPoint believes institutional intelligence is not simply about presenting more data. It is about combining information, processing power, speed and usability so that sophisticated technology becomes genuinely useful.

As ArcPoint grows internationally, the company is continuing to invest in the scalability and performance of its platform, supporting a broader user base and an expanding range of technological capabilities.

Powerful Technology Meets Human Expertise

While AI performs much of the analytical heavy lifting, ArcPoint continues to place significant importance on human expertise.

Technology can monitor information continuously, process large amounts of data and identify patterns. Human specialists provide another layer of context, education and support.

ArcPoint combines the two within the same ecosystem.

The result is an environment where investors are not simply handed sophisticated technology and expected to understand everything themselves. The platform performs much of the analytical work while ArcPoint’s specialist infrastructure provides an additional human layer.

This combination of institutional intelligence, advanced technology and human expertise sits at the center of the ArcPoint model.

Closing the Institutional Technology Gap

ArcPoint sees artificial intelligence as part of a much broader transformation in financial technology.

Capabilities that once required extensive institutional infrastructure can increasingly be delivered through modern digital platforms.

Computing power has increased. Data moves faster. Analytical systems are becoming more sophisticated. Artificial intelligence can process information continuously and at extraordinary scale.

ArcPoint’s ambition is to bring more of those capabilities within reach of the individual investor.

Institutional capability. Individual access. AI doing the heavy lifting.

The company believes this shift will play an important role in the next generation of financial technology.

From London to Ottawa, Zürich and Cape Town

ArcPoint’s technology development is being accompanied by international expansion.

The company now maintains a presence across London, Ottawa, Zürich and Cape Town, establishing a growing footprint across Europe, North America and Africa.

These locations form the foundation of an increasingly international organization and reflect ArcPoint’s ambition to build technology for a market that no longer operates within traditional geographic boundaries.

As its footprint grows, ArcPoint plans to continue investing in artificial intelligence, analytical infrastructure, platform performance and its overall technology ecosystem.

More information about ArcPoint’s platform and international presence is available at www.arcp.vc.

About ArcPoint

ArcPoint is a fast-growing international financial technology company developing an Institutional Intelligence Platform for Modern Investors.

The ArcPoint ecosystem brings together AI-powered market intelligence, advanced analytical technology, a fast and responsive platform experience and dedicated human support.

At the center of the platform is an AI-driven intelligence layer designed to continuously process complex market information and transform large volumes of data into more structured and accessible intelligence.

ArcPoint has a growing international presence spanning London, United Kingdom; Ottawa, Canada; Zürich, Switzerland; and Cape Town, South Africa.

For more information, visit www.arcp.vc.

ArcPoint. Institutional Intelligence for Modern Investors.

Contact

CMO
Robert Richards
ArcPoint
hello@arcp.vc

LedgerBPO, the accounting and billing division of SS Support Network LLC, has published its full service catalogue, offering small businesses and accounting firms a named remote accountant for bookkeeping, invoicing, receivables, reconciliation and month-end close across four countries.

Vancouver, WA, United States, 23rd Sep 2026, Grand Newswire – Ledger BPO, the accounting and billing division of SS Support Network LLC, has set out the full scope of its services for small and mid-sized businesses and accounting firms, one week after the brand’s public launch. The catalogue, published at https://ledgerbpo.com/services/, runs to more than eighty remote functions grouped into ten areas, from monthly bookkeeping and invoicing to reconciliation, month-end close, payroll preparation support and a billing help desk staffed by trained agents.

The timing is deliberate. Industry data published this year puts the number of accountants and auditors who have left the profession since its 2019 peak at more than 300,000, with roughly half of finance leaders reporting that accounting vacancies now take sixty days or longer to fill. Professional-body surveys indicate about a quarter of accounting firms already outsource some portion of their bookkeeping or accounting work, and that share is rising as small and rural firms report the greatest difficulty hiring. For business owners, the shortage shows up as books that fall behind, invoices that go out late and receivables that age past ninety days while the owner looks for help that is not there.

LedgerBPO’s answer is a staffing model rather than a software product. Every client is assigned a named accountant who works the file each month, a trained substitute who knows the file well enough to step in, and a team lead who reviews the work before it reaches the client. The team operates inside the client’s existing accounting platform during the client’s business hours, whether those hours are in New York, London, Toronto or Sydney.

“The businesses we talk to are not asking for another app. They are asking for a person who will actually own the ledger,” said Nimra Khalid, chief operating officer of SS Support Network. “So that is what we built. One accountant who knows the file, one backup who can cover it, one reviewer who checks it. It is a simple structure, and simple structures are the ones that survive a busy month.”

At the centre of the catalogue is bookkeeping in its everyday and emergency forms: monthly and weekly transaction processing, catch-up work for businesses months or years behind, clean-up and rebuild for books that no longer reconcile, chart-of-accounts design and software setup or migration. The division also handles multi-entity groups, inventory and cost of goods, and fixed-asset registers.

Where LedgerBPO departs from most bookkeeping providers is in what it calls order-to-cash. The division’s teams prepare and send invoices, run recurring and subscription billing, manage the receivables ledger, apply incoming payments to open invoices and follow up on late accounts by email, text and telephone under the client’s own brand. A dedicated billing help desk answers customer questions about invoices and sets up payment arrangements. Detail on the receivables service is published at https://ledgerbpo.com/services/accounts-receivable/. The division does not operate as a collection agency and does not hold or move client funds; every payment is approved and released by the client.

On the payables side, LedgerBPO captures and codes supplier invoices, performs three-way matching, routes approvals, prepares payment runs and reconciles vendor statements. Its reconciliation and close service covers bank, card and payment-processor accounts, balance-sheet schedules, payroll and sales-tax liabilities, intercompany balances and loans, culminating in a month-end close package and a year-end handoff prepared for the client’s tax preparer. Reporting services extend to monthly financial statements, cash-flow forecasting, budgeting and dashboards, with a remote controller review available for businesses that want a senior set of eyes on the numbers without a full-time hire.

The catalogue is built country by country rather than translated from a single template. For United Kingdom clients, VAT workings are prepared in software compatible with Making Tax Digital, whose income-tax phase began for higher-earning sole traders and landlords in April 2026. Australian clients receive Business Activity Statement workpapers prepared for lodgement by their own registered agent, alongside payroll and superannuation reconciliation for the Payday Super rules that took effect in July 2026. Canadian clients receive GST, HST, PST and QST workings by province and a month-end package prepared for their chartered professional accountant. In the United States, tax workpapers for accounting-firm clients are prepared only under the firm’s review and signature and with written taxpayer consent, as Internal Revenue Code Section 7216 requires.

For accounting, CPA, EA and bookkeeping practices, the division offers dedicated accountants working in the firm’s own practice-management and tax software, white-label bookkeeping delivered under the firm’s brand, tax-season surge capacity, month-end close support and practice administration such as client onboarding and document chasing. Each file passes through a two-tier review before a partner sees it. The programme for firms is described at https://ledgerbpo.com/for-accounting-firms/.

The division’s call-centre heritage supplies a further group of services rarely found alongside bookkeeping: inbound billing support, outbound payment reminders, insurer and payer follow-up calls for healthcare practices, patient billing calls, vendor inquiry lines and after-hours coverage. Healthcare and specialised billing, including medical billing and revenue-cycle management, home-care and non-emergency medical transportation billing, property-management accounting and marketplace accounting for online sellers, rounds out the catalogue.

“We spent six years learning that the back office is one system. The books do not close if the invoices were never sent, and the invoices do not get paid if nobody follows up,” said Shahzaib Shah, founder and chief executive of SS Support Network. “LedgerBPO exists so a business can hand that whole system to one team and get it back reconciled. That is the promise: books closed, invoices paid, every month.”

Security controls are documented at https://ledgerbpo.com/security/ and include least-privilege access to client systems, read-only bank connections where a platform permits them, multi-factor authentication on every account, background-checked employees, a signed confidentiality agreement for each client, managed devices with no local storage and a written incident-response plan. Healthcare clients work under a business associate agreement with staff trained in HIPAA requirements. The company lists certifications on its website only when it holds them.

LedgerBPO is the third brand of SS Support Network, alongside the parent company’s healthcare back-office services and TransportBPO, its ground-transportation division. The three share delivery teams, quality processes and a client portal.

The LedgerBPO website includes a glossary of more than 150 accounting and billing terms, free calculators for comparing in-house and outsourced finance costs and measuring days sales outstanding, and a resource library. The company has said it will publish original cost and receivables benchmarks for the four markets later this year. Businesses and firms can request a consultation at https://ledgerbpo.com.

About LedgerBPO LedgerBPO is the accounting and billing division of SS Support Network LLC. It provides dedicated remote bookkeeping, invoicing, accounts receivable, accounts payable, reconciliation, month-end close and billing-support services to small and mid-sized businesses and accounting firms in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia.

About SS Support Network LLC SS Support Network LLC is a business process outsourcing company founded in 2020 and registered in Vancouver, Washington, with a second office in Pakistan. The group serves healthcare providers, non-emergency medical transportation operators, ground-transportation fleets and accounting firms through three brands: SS Support Network, TransportBPO and LedgerBPO.

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