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MSL Enters The European Employee Benefits Market with new clients in Europe.

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MSL is excited to announce it has entered the Employee Benefits Market (“EBM”) in Europe, covering meal vouchers and employee benefit solutions, through a multi-year agreement with a new client in Southern Europe.

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Globally, the EBM is worth over USD$68 billion and is expected to grow by USD$37 billion between 2024 to 20302. Europe represents 38%  of this market, or in excess of USD $26 billion per annum, making it one of the largest prepaid verticals in Europe. MSL’s first client is one of the three biggest providers in Southern Europe, with over 1 million users across approximately over 4,700 corporate clients and 92.500 beneficiaries.

Conor Doyle, Co-founder of MSL, said ‘Having won a detailed and technically challenging RFP against a number of global and regional issuing processors and technology providers, MSL was delighted to be selected. The deal with our initial client provides MSL with a platform to showcase its proprietary technology, enabling real-time benefit and payment with just one transaction, accessing multiple accounts and data in the background to orchestrate a seamless user experience. MSL has partnered with the first client to drive the transition to digital cards within Southern Europe in the EBM market and other verticals, and in the medium term in countries outside of Southern Europe’.   He went on to say ‘The vast experience of the MSL team in payments globally over decades, both in issuing and acquiring, gives us a huge competitive advantage against other players in the market and we believe we can give a unique product in the EBM marketplace’.

‘This contract with our first major client in the sector is a milestone agreement for us given the size of the EBM and the continued transition of meal voucher programs moving from physical vouchers to digital payment solutions. Our client is a proven market leader and we look forward to growing this program with them and continuing to build out our presence in the EBM industry”.   said Emilio Gutierrez Garcia, Head of Partnerships at MSL.

Lee Britton, fellow founder of MSL went on to sayIn our solution we provide one card with many EMB wallets sat alongside the card, thus enabling Meal Voucher spend via one wallet and, say, travel payments to be routed and debited to another wallet. This solution provides a mechanism to roll out multiple wallets sitting behind just one card, thus enabling complete control over where the funds are spent and how much at a time, configurable at the wallet, not just at the card.  This type of spend control has many applications across the payments industry, not just EBM.  It is also the same approach we take to our multi-currency solution, where a wallet can be a currency or, say, specifically set aside for types of spend, controlled by type of merchant type, currency, country, time of day, transaction type etc or any combination thereof.  We know multiple companies that have spent millions and tried to deliver this type of product and failed, so to see it working successfully in the marketplace is exciting”

The EBM ecosystem at a glance:

  • Meal vouchers have become a common part of employee benefit programs, growing to a €68 billion (€62 billion EURO) worldwide market annually;
  • Meal vouchers include physical programs, and the digitisation of these physical vouchers provides a better user experience with heightened controls and reconciliation processes.
  • The EBM market is expected to grow by an estimated USD$37 billion ($33 billion EURO) globally in the period 2024-2030;
  • In the period to 2030, it is estimated that the EBM will accelerate at a CAGR of 6.5%;
  • 38% of the market growth is expected to originate from Europe during the period to 2030;
  • France, Italy, and Spain are the largest countries for the EBM solutions in Europe.
  • The market is concentrated due to the presence of several large players.
  • The tax benefits of meal vouchers is one of the key reasons expected to boost the meal vouchers and employee benefit solutions market growth in the next 5+ years.
  • The evolving buying pattern of consumers, such as the developing preference for making online payments and digital payment methods, is expected to facilitate the growth in the EBM in Europe in the period to 2030.

 

About MSL Payments

Headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with offices in USA and Spain, MSL provides an innovative payment solutions platform for banks, credit card issuers, eMoney and Payment Institutions and programs and program managers.  Currently already certified in Europe and Latin America Caribbean, MSL will continue to obtain certifications globally to help businesses all over the world create awesome customer experiences.

MSL offers a full range of services, including issuing processing either as managed service or as a licence (where the client becomes the processor) as well as market-leading program management and highly skilled payments expertise to create customisable feature-rich solutions for issuers, businesses, brands and their customers.

Come and explore the many opportunities our platform has to offer by visiting us at www.themsl.com  or contact us via [email protected]

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Ralph Good Releases Helping the Wounded Heal, a Faith-Based Book on Freedom from Legalism, Fear, and Spiritual Abuse

Harrisburg , PA  Christian author Ralph Good, in association with Lumera Publishing, announces the release of Helping the Wounded Heal: A Journey from Legalism, Fear, and Confusion to Grace, Freedom, and a Restored Relationship with God, a deeply personal and biblically grounded book written for readers seeking healing from church hurt, spiritual manipulation, fear-based teaching, and religious […]

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Christian author Ralph Good, in association with Lumera Publishing, announces the release of Helping the Wounded Heal: A Journey from Legalism, Fear, and Confusion to Grace, Freedom, and a Restored Relationship with God, a deeply personal and biblically grounded book written for readers seeking healing from church hurt, spiritual manipulation, fear-based teaching, and religious control.

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Now available on Amazon, Helping the Wounded Heal shares Good’s journey from a childhood shaped by legalism and fear to a life-changing encounter with Christ that led him toward grace, truth, and spiritual freedom. Through honest reflection, biblical study, and personal testimony, the book examines how distorted teachings on authority can damage a believer’s relationship with God and create confusion, shame, and fear.

Good writes from experience, addressing the pain caused when leaders misuse Scripture to demand blind submission or control the direction of another person’s life. Rather than turning away from Christ, he turned deeper into Scripture, studying the meaning of authority, the fear of God, discipleship, servant leadership, and the difference between God’s truth and human manipulation.

The book is divided into three major sections: “My Story,” “Exposing the Lies,” and “Celebrating Freedom.” Across these sections, Good leads readers through a personal and spiritual journey that moves from confusion and religious pressure toward clarity, courage, and a restored relationship with Jesus.

Helping the Wounded Heal is written for believers, survivors of spiritual abuse, church leaders, ministry workers, and anyone who has struggled to separate the voice of God from the demands of fear-based religious systems. With compassion and conviction, Good reminds readers that true faith is not built on terror, coercion, or control, but on grace, love, truth, and the freedom found in Christ.

The book is now available on Amazon in print and digital formats.

About the Author

Ralph Good is a Christian author whose writing focuses on faith, biblical truth, spiritual freedom, and healing from harmful religious systems. Through Helping the Wounded Heal, he shares his personal journey and biblical insight to help others move from fear and confusion toward grace, courage, and a restored relationship with God.

Author Name: Ralph Good  Book Title: Helping the Wounded Heal

Book Published by: Lumera Publishing

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Altherum Launches Tokenization of Bonds, ETFs and Third-Party Financial Products

LONDON, UKThe platform is extending its infrastructure to instruments issued by third parties, with digital processes covering access, subscription, cash flows and redemption.

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The platform is extending its infrastructure to instruments issued by third parties, with digital processes covering access, subscription, cash flows and redemption.

Altherum, the investment platform developed within the CGPH Banque d’affaires ecosystem, announces the launch of a new business line dedicated to the tokenization of financial products issued by third parties.

The program will initially focus on bonds and private placement debt transactions, before expanding to other instruments, including ETFs, wherever the applicable legal, regulatory and distribution framework allows for their digital representation.

The initiative broadens Altherum’s current scope, which includes club deals in private equity, venture capital and the real economy, as well as rare and non-replicable physical assets. With this new business line, the platform will also be able to accommodate financial instruments originated by issuers, asset managers and other professional market participants outside the group.

The objective is not to create an undifferentiated catalogue of digital products, but to select instruments with a clearly identified issuer, comprehensive documentation, defined economic terms and a clearly structured redemption process.

How it will work in practice

Every financial product will undergo a review process before being admitted to the Altherum infrastructure.

In the case of a bond, the assessment will consider, among other factors, the identity and creditworthiness of the issuer, the size of the transaction, its maturity, the applicable interest rate or expected yield, the intended use of proceeds, any guarantees or collateral, repayment seniority, and the issuer’s ability to service coupon payments and repay principal at maturity.

The operating process will consist of five stages:

  • Product selection. The issuer or originator submits the instrument, the relevant financial documentation and the terms of the transaction.
  • Analysis and structuring. The product’s economic mechanics, risks, investor eligibility requirements, distribution rules and any transfer restrictions are reviewed.
  • Digital representation. The rights established under the contractual documentation are represented through digital units recorded on the blockchain.
  • Access and subscription. Qualified investors complete the required checks, review the transaction documentation and subscribe to the product in accordance with the applicable terms.
  • Lifecycle management. The platform supports the recording of holdings and product-related events, including coupon payments, distributions, investor communications, maturity and redemption.

 

For each transaction, the minimum investment amount, maturity, return, redemption terms and access requirements will be determined according to the characteristics of the instrument and the applicable distribution framework.

Tokenization creates value when it makes an already well-structured financial process more orderly and verifiable,” said Kolyo Boichev, Director at CGPH Banque d’affaires and Altherum. “We will begin with selected bonds, where coupon payments, maturity and redemption can be represented and managed in a clear and transparent manner. The expansion into ETFs will take place only where the regulatory and distribution framework allows it.

An infrastructure for issuers and investors

For issuers and originators, Altherum provides an infrastructure through which they can organize product presentation, investor onboarding, subscription recording and information management throughout the entire life of the transaction.

For qualified investors, the platform provides a single access point where they can review the characteristics of the instrument, available documentation, economic terms, risks, periodic updates and scheduled events through to maturity or exit from the investment.

The technology does not, however, alter the economic nature of the product. A tokenized bond remains dependent on the issuer’s ability to pay coupons and repay principal. Likewise, the digital representation of an ETF does not eliminate market risk, costs, fluctuations in the underlying assets or the rules governing its distribution.

Tokenization also does not, in itself, create liquidity. Transfers of digital holdings will only be possible where permitted by the contractual documentation, the structure of the product, the applicable regulatory framework and the availability of an eligible counterparty.

Club deals remain at the core of the Altherum model

The expansion into third-party financial products does not replace Altherum’s club deal activity. The platform will continue to develop dedicated transactions in private equity, venture capital, real estate and other sectors of the real economy.

In these transactions, CGPH Banque d’affaires identifies, analyzes and structures each individual opportunity, while Altherum organizes the documentation, investor access and the management of the related holdings.

The new business line will therefore enable Altherum to bring together three distinct investment categories within a single infrastructure: club deals originated and structured by CGPH, selected real-world assets, and financial products issued by third parties.

“We will not measure success by the number of tokens issued,” Boichev added. “Our benchmarks will be the quality of the products admitted to the platform, the capital actually invested, the proper execution and management of transactions, and our ability to build long-term relationships with investors, issuers and originators.”

About Altherum

Altherum is an investment platform developed within the CGPH Banque d’affaires ecosystem. The platform enables qualified investors to access club deals, private-market opportunities, tokenized real-world assets and selected financial products.

Altherum combines financial expertise, transaction analysis and digital infrastructure to make the access to, representation and management of investment holdings more efficient, while ensuring that their economic value and risk remain anchored to the underlying company, asset or financial instrument.

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Colorado Real Estate Investors Turn to DSCR Cash-Out Refinance Loans to Unlock Rental Property Equity

DENVER, COThe Home Loan Arranger’s Jason Ruedy explains how Colorado investors may qualify using rental income—without personal tax returns or traditional income documentation

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The Home Loan Arranger’s Jason Ruedy explains how Colorado investors may qualify using rental income—without personal tax returns or traditional income documentation

Colorado real estate investors seeking to access the equity in their rental properties are increasingly exploring DSCR cash-out refinance loans, according to Jason Ruedy, president and CEO of The Home Loan Arranger.

A DSCR loan short for debt service coverage ratio loan is an investment property mortgage that evaluates whether a property’s rental income can support its proposed mortgage payment. Unlike a conventional investment property refinance, qualifying DSCR programs generally do not require personal tax returns, W-2s or traditional employment-income documentation.

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“For many real estate investors, the property’s performance tells the story better than a personal tax return,” Ruedy said. “A DSCR cash-out refinance may allow an investor to access rental property equity based primarily on the income generated by the property.”

Colorado investors may use proceeds from an investment property cash-out refinance to:

  • Consolidate qualifying debt into a single monthly payment
  • Purchase another rental or investment property
  • Renovate or improve an existing rental property
  • Strengthen cash reserves
  • Reinvest capital in a growing real estate portfolio

 

The financing option may be especially relevant to self-employed investors and property owners whose tax returns do not fully reflect their available cash flow because of legitimate business deductions, depreciation or other real estate expenses.

“Colorado property owners may have substantial equity but find that conventional income-documentation requirements limit their financing options,” Ruedy said. “DSCR financing shifts the focus toward the rental income and financial strength of the investment property.”

Demand for Colorado DSCR loans extends beyond Denver to rental property owners and real estate investors in Colorado Springs, Aurora, Lakewood, Arvada, Boulder, Fort Collins, Longmont, Castle Rock and other communities throughout the state.

Choosing the Right Colorado DSCR Mortgage Lender

Ruedy cautions investors to look beyond a lender’s advertised interest rate when comparing Colorado investment property loans. Interest rate, closing costs, prepayment provisions, loan-to-value limits, property eligibility and DSCR requirements can all influence the true cost and suitability of a loan.

“The right loan officer should do more than quote a rate,” Ruedy said. “Investors deserve clear communication, competitive financing options and an experienced professional who understands how to move a DSCR loan from application to closing.”

With 33 years of mortgage industry experience, Ruedy has built his business around responsive service, strategic loan guidance and an ability to navigate complex mortgage transactions. The Home Loan Arranger serves borrowers in 34 states, according to the company.

Colorado investors interested in a DSCR loan, rental property refinance, investment property cash-out refinance or no-tax-return mortgage option may contact Jason Ruedy directly at 303-862-4742.

About The Home Loan Arranger

The Home Loan Arranger provides mortgage solutions for homeowners and real estate investors. Led by president and CEO Jason Ruedy, the company helps borrowers evaluate conventional, refinance and investment property financing options. Ruedy brings 33 years of mortgage experience and serves clients with an emphasis on competitive loan options, clear communication and attentive customer service.

 

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