PARIS, Feb. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- XBP Europe Holdings, Inc. (“XBP Europe” or “the Company”) (NASDAQ: XBP), a pan-European integrator of bills, payments, and related solutions and services seeking to enable the digital transformation of its clients, announced today that its French subsidiary has been selected as a supplier on a large-scale framework for sourcing data processing and payments services. The AGIRC-ARRCO framework is estimated to be in excess of a cumulative total of €25 million for all suppliers.
AGIRC-ARRCO manages a compulsory supplementary pension scheme for private-sector employees in France. This is achieved via a confederation structure involving multiple member pension funds. The fund collects contributions from 27 million employees and 1.8 million companies, paying out €90 billion each year, making AGIRC-ARRCO a crucial service provider in the French pension system.
AGIRC-ARRCO has selected XBP Europe France, along with three other suppliers, to support pension applications and administrative services relating to pension contributions. XBP Europe intends to compete for multiple projects within the framework, aiming to deploy its state-of-the-art IDP/TTY, workflow solutions, and Digital Mailroom platforms.
"Our participation in the AGIRC-ARRCO framework reinforces XBP Europe's position as a trusted partner for digital transformations. We are proud to support AGIRC-ARRCO and its members with our expertise in data digitisation and workflow automation, ensuring efficiency, accuracy, and operational excellence," said Vitalie Robu, President at XBP Europe.
About XBP Europe
XBP Europe is a pan-European integrator of bills, payments and related solutions and services seeking to enable digital transformation of its more than 2,000 clients. The Company’s name – ‘XBP’ – stands for ‘exchange for bills and payments’ and reflects the Company’s strategy to connect buyers and suppliers, across industries, including banking, healthcare, insurance, utilities and the public sector, to optimize clients’ bills and payments and related digitization processes. The Company provides business process management solutions with proprietary software suites and deep domain expertise, serving as a technology and services partner for its clients. Its cloud-based structure enables it to deploy its solutions across the European market, along with the Middle East and Africa. The physical footprint of XBP Europe spans 15 countries and 32 locations and a team of approximately 1,500 individuals. XBP Europe believes its business ultimately advances digital transformation, improves market wide liquidity by expediting payments, and encourages sustainable business practices. For more information, please visit: www.xbpeurope.com.
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