Hamilton, Bermuda — March 2026 — Powertranz, a leading payment gateway in the Caribbean and Central America, today announced a strategic partnership with 1Money, the first vertically integrated financial stack. The collaboration enables Powertranz clients to settle invoices and pay for Powertranz services using stablecoins and offering a faster, more flexible alternative to traditional international cross-border payment methods.

With over 27 years of experience, Powertranz is at the forefront of payment innovation in the region. This new partnership represents a further step in that journey - one that recognises the growing role of digital assets in the global payments landscape and the evolving expectations of modern merchants.

By integrating 1Money's platform Powertranz clients can now settle Powertranz invoices faster and more efficiently than traditional cross-border transactions. The integration eliminates many of the inefficiencies associated with traditional international transfers, including delays and high conversion costs, while remaining fully compliant with applicable regulations. This is the first phase of a wider stablecoin payments strategy.

At Powertranz, we are committed to giving our clients more choice in how they do business with us. By enabling stablecoin payments for our services, we are making it easier for clients to pay us in a way that is modern, efficient, and aligned with the evolving global payments landscape. We are pleased to be working with 1Money, whose platform is built to support compliant stablecoin and fiat flows with global bank on- and off-ramps."

Key Client Benefits

• Enhanced flexibility: Stablecoins are now available as an additional payment option, giving clients greater freedom in how they settle invoices with Powertranz.
• Improved payment efficiency: Stablecoin settlements are faster and more streamlined than traditional methods, particularly for cross-border payments where delays and currency conversion costs have historically posed challenges.
• Continued innovation: This partnership underscores Powertranz's commitment to evolving alongside the needs of merchants and the broader global payments ecosystem, ensuring clients always have access to best-in-class solutions.

About Powertranz
Powertranz is a leading payment gateway powering online and in-store payments for merchants across the Caribbean and Central America. With over 25 years of experience, PCI DSS Level-1 certification, and integrations with banks and shopping carts across the region, Powertranz provides secure, multi-currency payment solutions, tokenization services and fraud management solutions to more than 10,000 businesses - processing more than 60 million transactions annually. Powertranz is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Website: www.powertranz.com

About 1Money
1Money is the first vertically integrated, full-stack infrastructure company providing a unified technology layer across the lifecycle of stablecoins and real-world assets (RWAs). The 1Money ecosystem consists of three synergistic pillars:

• 1Money Network, a patent-pending Layer-1 blockchain purpose-built to be the fastest, cheapest, and most scalable network for compliant stablecoin and RWA transactions
• 1Money.com, a licensed and regulated orchestration platform that enables users to receive, buy, sell, convert, send, and custody both stablecoins and fiat currencies domestically and globally; and
• 1Money Issuance, an institutional-grade "Issuance-as-a-Service" solution that allows partners to launch white-labeled stablecoins for their own customers.

Operating through fully regulated entities and holding more U.S. money-transmitter licenses than most major stablecoin competitors, 1Money combines the rigor of traditional finance with the always-on speed and efficiency of Web3. This foundation enables faster settlement, lower costs, and enterprise-grade compliance, making 1Money the trusted infrastructure layer for global money movement.

Website: www.1money.com

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