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OKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Paycom Software, Inc. (NYSE: PAYC) (“Paycom”), a leading provider of comprehensive, cloud-based human capital management software, revealed findings by Forrester Consulting on the potential cost savings and benefits enabled by Paycom’s Time-Off Requests featuring GONE®, which automates the historically undermanaged time-off request process. According to the Forrester study, a composite organization representative of interviewed Paycom clients received a projected

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Franklin Templeton appoints George Stephan to the newly created position of Global Chief Operating Officer of Wealth Management Alternatives.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Flexa Expands Partnership with Sheetz to Enable Digital Currency Payments for In-Store Purchases

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $SOUN #conversationalAI--SoundHound AI, Inc. (Nasdaq: SOUN), a global leader in voice artificial intelligence, announced today that the company’s AI phone ordering technology has crossed a milestone, processing over 100 million interactions with restaurant customers, including hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of food orders. SoundHound’s current roster of customers using its Smart Ordering AI service includes Chipotle, Jersey Mike’s, Applebee’s, Habit Burger, Noodles & Co

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MacKay Shields, the $151 billion asset management firm1, today announced industry veteran Alison Micucci will be its next CEO, starting January 1, 2025. Micucci will be based in New York and report to Naïm Abou-Jaoudé, CEO of New York Life Investment Management and Chairman of MacKay Shields. “I am excited for Alison to lead MacKay’s next stage of growth because of what she will bring to our clients and to our culture,” said Abou-Jaoudé. “With Alison’s leadership, Mac

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RRD, a global provider of marketing, packaging, print, and supply chain solutions, is expanding its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction plan from manufacturing locations in the United States and Mexico to worldwide locations, now including Asia, Europe, and Latin America. RRD made significant progress towards its global 10 year 25% GHG emissions reduction goal by realizing a GHG reduction of more than 12.5% in 2023 when compared to its 2022 baseline. The annual em

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #investing--Bee Partners, a pre-seed venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley and Denver, today announced the promotion of Austin Grisham to Principal, Portfolio & Firm Operations. This move underlines Bee Partners as an established manager with Austin’s recent contributions in portfolio and firm support. Austin joined Bee Partners in 2022 after spending three years in private equity and founding two companies. His promotion to Principal, Portfolio & Firm

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Candidly, the category leader in student debt and savings solutions, today announced the launch of Onward, a revolutionary consumer debt optimization solution designed to help financial institutions empower their end-customers to better manage their financial futures. Initially available as an API-only offering, with a full front-end experience coming in early 2025, Onward is poised to reshape how American workers allocate their hard-earned money across debt, savings,

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #AI--Everlaw, the cloud-native investigation and litigation platform, announced the 2024 Everlaw Summit Award winners at Everlaw Summit, the company's annual, in-person experience for the greater ediscovery community. The Everlaw Summit Awards highlight the inspiring work of innovative legal professionals. The 2024 winners are: Corporate Breakthrough of the Year: For corporate legal departments transforming their approach to litigation and investigations in-house, w

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Xsolla, a global video game commerce company, has partnered with Long Tale Games to launch a charity campaign. 50% of the proceeds from the 3-month subscription package to Life is Feudal will be donated to Games For Change. This initiative, running until December 31st, reflects Xsolla’s commitment to leveraging the power of gaming to drive positive change. The campaign offers players an exciting adventure in Life is Feudal: MMO and allows them to make a tangible im

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zayo, a leading communications infrastructure provider, today announced it will deliver ultra-low-latency, high-bandwidth connectivity to Miami International Holdings, Inc.’s (MIH) newest U.S. multi-listed options exchange, MIAX Sapphire™, when the exchange opens its physical trading floor in Miami in 2025. MIAX Sapphire will be the first national securities exchange to establish operations in Miami when it opens next year. As Miami emerges as ‘Wall Street South,’ Zayo'

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Colbeck Capital Management (“Colbeck”), a leading middle-market private credit firm focused on strategic lending, is pleased to share that Alex Sarver, Head of Investor Relations, will be attending SuperReturn Private Credit US. The event, to be held November 12-13 at the Marriott Marquis in New York, will convene senior LPs, GPs, and other private credit leaders for two days of networking and engaging discussion around the latest global market intelligence. SuperRetu

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Atomic, the leader in payroll connectivity, is excited to announce the expansion of its partnership with Spruce built by H&R Block. Spruce is the first to go live with Atomic's latest solution, PayLink Switch, furthering its mission to help people be better with their money. Spruce focuses on helping consumers improve their financial lives by designing experiences that empower them to improve their financial well-being. Recognizing that people often feel ove

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #AI--Tavus, a leading generative AI video research company, today announced the expansion of its executive team. Effie Goenawan, Head of Product, and Julia Szatar, Head of Marketing, have joined the company in pivotal roles as Tavus aggressively scales to meet the opportunity for its latest advancement, Conversational Video Interface (CVI). “Conversational AI Video is the future. Its limitless use cases will transform communications, applications, and experiences for

PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Finance of America Reverse LLC (“Finance of America” or the “Company”), a leading provider of home equity-based financing solutions for a modern retirement, today announced it has lowered the interest rate for its proprietary reverse HomeSafe Second loan from 9.99% to 9.49%, and broadened its availability in four additional states: Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, and Utah. HomeSafe Second is a second-lien loan exclusively offered by Finance of America, and specifically d

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Accelerant, the private equity-backed unicorn focused on the specialty insurance market, today announced the public launch of its digital platform, app.accelerant.ai. Since 2023, Accelerant’s MGA Members and internal teams have leveraged the digital platform for comprehensive risk analytics. Now insurers and risk capital partners can harness the same powerful tools to optimize risk management and drive superior underwriting results. In addition to expanding the univers

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Modern Data Company, a pioneer in data products that radically simplify how enterprises activate their data, today announced the Data Product Hub, a powerful new addition to its DataOS® platform. The Data Product Hub streamlines data consumption, serving the majority of data product use cases and enabling business users to leverage data products independently. The DataOS Hub democratizes access to trusted data and accelerates digital transformation across

NEW YORK & ST. LOUIS & SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #ETH--Varro Holdings, Inc. (“Varro”), an emerging leader in products that disrupt the transmission of infectious disease, today announced it has entered into an agreement with Vitalik Buterin to receive 20 million USDC (equal to $20 million) in non-dilutive financial support for the development of its novel pathogen detection technology, and to make the technology available via open source. The funds will be provided via Buterin’s scientific finance

DALLAS & WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--McCarthy Hatch, a leading tech-enabled financial services consulting firm, today unveiled FSAi, an innovative technology designed to help financial institutions proactively identify potential consumer harm before it escalates and minimize regulatory penalties. FSAi empowers financial institutions to reduce risk in real time, allowing them to proactively address potential issues before they intensify. This enables them to take swift corrective actions, ensur

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tungsten Automation, formerly Kofax, is excited to announce the appointment of Mike Verdeyen as its first Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In this role, Mike will lead all technology functions within the company, overseeing research and development, information technology, cloud services, compliance and information security. Mike brings over 20 years of relevant leadership experience, having held senior positions at several enterprise software companies, includin