According to Foresight News, FTX Trading and approximately 101 other affiliated companies (collectively referred to as FTX debtors) stated that most subsidiaries are resuming the payment of wages and benefits to employees worldwide, and resuming the payment of wages to some non-US contractors and service providers. FTX CEO John J. Ray III said, "With the court's approval of our first-day motion and work on global cash management, I am pleased that the FTX Group is resuming the normal process of paying wages and benefits to the remaining employees around the world. FTX also pays cash to selected non-US regions, while suppliers and service providers maintain business operations when necessary, subject to restrictions approved by the bankruptcy court."