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Elite and Western Union Business Solutions Partner to Streamline International Online Payments

Integration with Western Union Business Solutions Now Enables Global Payments Directly into Elite Systems – Saving Elite Clients Time and Increasing Efficiency

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28, 2011 – Elite, a Thomson Reuters business, is happy to announce a strategic alliance with Western Union Business Solutions, the newly named international business payments and foreign exchange service from Western Union. Working collaboratively, the companies launched a new integrated online payment platform that facilitates global payments directly into Elite Enterprise and ELITE enterprise financial management systems. As a certified Elite Integration Partner, Western Union Business Solutions now provides Elite clients with a wealth of specialized services designed to help speed up processing times and improve operational efficiency when making global payments.

“International payments processing is a complicated business when managing multiple currencies and keeping up with exchange rates. Our partnership with Western Union Business Solutions as a trusted payments provider helps Elite clients navigate this process and alleviates the burden with more built-in automation,” said Kim Massana, president, Elite.

The specialized international online payment service is now available to Elite clients 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and provides the ability to simplify processes and tasks when making payments in over 140 global currencies. Designed specifically for business and accounting professionals, the integrated payment system will help cut down on duplicating order entries, reduce errors when processing payments and expedite the overall process when transferring funds in international markets. Elite clients can also benefit from the Western Union international network, which spans more than 200 countries and territories, and other specialized industry services from the Western Union Business Solutions team.

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