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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Echelon, the AI platform automating enterprise IT implementations, development, operations and managed services, today emerged from stealth and announced $4.75 million in seed funding led by Bain Capital Ventures. Its AI agents compress ServiceNow implementations from months to days, replacing the need for offshore developers that have made enterprise IT rollouts slow, expensive and often unreliable. Additional investors include leading angels and executives from

LONDON & KIGALI, Rwanda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IHS Holding Limited, (NYSE: IHS) (“IHS Towers”), one of the largest independent owners, operators and developers of shared communications infrastructure in the world by tower count, has today announced the completion of the sale of 100% of IHS Rwanda Limited (“IHS Rwanda”) including its approximately 1,467 sites1 to Paradigm Tower Ventures through the Paradigm Infrastructure Holdings (PIH) vehicle, as part of a consortium with Convergence Partners Digit

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HCM Unlocked today announced the acquisition of Forensic Payroll Consultants (FPC).

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CAIS, the leading alternative investment platform for independent financial advisors, announced today an expanded technology integration with Schwab Advisor Services, the industry leader and largest custodian of registered investment advisor (RIA) assets. This collaboration enables advisors to scale execution of ticker-traded alternative investment products—as well as subscription-based funds— through the CAIS platform, reinforcing CAIS as the single destination for a

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Edge Focus, a technology-enabled private-credit firm focused on consumer assets, today announced the closing of EDGEX 2025-2, its second asset-backed securitization, a $200 million Rule 144A transaction backed by unsecured consumer loans. The transaction advances Edge Focus’s multi-platform capital markets strategy and leverages its proprietary underwriting and analytics platforms, Origin and Lens. The transaction was led by Performance Trust Capital Partners (Structu

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Webster Financial Corporation (NYSE: WBS), the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A. (“Webster Bank”), celebrates its 90th anniversary on Saturday, October 11. Since its founding in 1935, Webster has grown to a national financial services company with over $80 billion in assets. Founder Harold Webster Smith opened First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Waterbury in Connecticut with $25,000 from friends and family to help people build and buy homes durin

RED BANK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LoanGeek, a technology platform that connects real estate investors with private, non-bank lending options nationwide, has been named the 2025 Broker of the Year by the National Private Lenders Association at the recent NPLA conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. The award recognizes excellence in broker leadership, client outcomes, lender partnerships, and industry impact. “We are honored to receive this award,” said Christopher Pepe, Co-Founder & CEO of LoanGe

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DSWD, LLP (“DSWD”) is pleased to announce a strategic investment by 119th Street Capital, an Indiana-based family office that exclusively invests in privately-owned financial services firms. The investment marks an exciting new chapter for DSWD’s professional service offerings - one that will fuel continued growth, support its people-first culture, and expand its ability to serve clients with excellence. Since its founding in 2009 by Joseph DeMarco, John Sciaccotta and

LEHI, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sirion, the global leader in AI-native contract lifecycle management (CLM), today launched its next-generation agentic CLM platform. The platform, powered by practitioner-grade AI agents, introduces the industry’s first 360 conversational contracting experience, AskSirion, built for enterprise-grade trust, speed, and scale. AskSirion unlocks the full spectrum of the platform’s agentic capabilities, giving users instant access to expert agents across every step in th

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pryor Cashman announced today that Caitlin Connolly has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Family Law Group. Caitlin is an experienced litigator whose practice spans all aspects of divorce, custody, and family law matters. Her broad and deep skill set includes negotiation, mediation, and drafting of prenuptial, postnuptial, cohabitation, and modification agreements, as well as trials, post-judgment enforcement proceedings, and appeals involving comp

GREENWICH, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #IBKR--Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR) introduced enhancements to its professional tax planning toolkit with the launch of Tax Planner.

LISLE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #AI--DeVry University Expands DeVryPro’s AI Learning Courses

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Effective October 9, 2025, the Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.460 per share on its common stock to be paid November 14, 2025, to stockholders of record as of October 24, 2025. About Unum Group Unum Group (NYSE: UNM), a leading international provider of workplace benefits and services, has been helping workers and their families thrive for more than 175 years. Through its Unum and Colonial Life brands, the compan

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Crow Holdings, a leading national real estate investment and development firm, announced today the recapitalization of a 194-property, 4.5 million square foot national retail portfolio (the “Portfolio”) across 30 states. Facilitated by Crow Holdings Capital (“CHC”), the firm’s investment management business, the transaction brings in a new investment partner to the platform, building on the joint-venture CHC had previously formed with a global institutional investor in

NEW CANAAN, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: BWFG), the holding company for Bankwell Bank, today announced that it will issue its earnings release for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, on Thursday, October 23, 2025. Management will also host an audio webcast and conference call at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time, on Thursday, October 23, 2025, to review the Company's financial performance and operating results. The audio webcast link, along with the corresponding pres

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Figment, the leading independent institutional staking provider, has been selected as a staking partner for Grayscale Investments® in the first U.S. launch of staking in Ethereum (ETH) ETPs and a Solana (SOL) Trust. Grayscale’s staking launch in ETPs marks a significant milestone for staking adoption in the U.S. Figment is proud to partner with Grayscale, bringing security, compliance, and performance expertise to support the continued growth of staking at an institut

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #AccreditedInvestor--Stratus Financial, a leading provider of aviation-training financing solutions, today announced that its investment fund has reached $20 million in assets and has distributed over $2.7 million in returns to investors since its inception in 2021. The milestone underscores Stratus Financial’s continued growth and success in providing financing for aspiring pilots while delivering attractive returns to investors. Launched in 2021, the Stratus Financial Fund

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP) debuted on the New York Stock Exchange in October of 2005 as the sixth largest spin-off in U.S. history—emerging as a new company and new brand with the distinction of being among the few firms in the U.S. with more than a century of corporate history. Over the last 20 years, the senior leadership team led by Jim Cracchiolo, chairman and chief executive officer, established Ameriprise Financial as a leading diversified financi

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #AndersenConsulting--Andersen Consulting continues to build out its platform through a Collaboration Agreement with Insight Experience, a leadership development firm.

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #HRTech--Phenom Named CODiE Awards Finalist for Best Human Capital or Talent Management Solution