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From Back Office to Center Stage: Vena Honors Finance and Operations Heroes With 2025 Venny Awards
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vena, the only Complete FP&A platform powered by agentic AI and purpose-built to fully amplify the Microsoft technology ecosystem, today announced the winners of the 2025 Venny Awards. The awards, presented at this year’s Excelerate Finance 2025 conference, celebrate the Heroes of Finance who are setting new standards for innovation, operational excellence and strategic leadership within their organizations. “The Venny Awards recognize leaders who aren’t just embra
Walker & Dunlop Arranges $87 Million Financing for La Costa’s Largest Community
BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Walker & Dunlop, Inc. announced today that it arranged the $87.2 million acquisition financing for Santa Fe Ranch Apartments, a 320-unit garden-style conventional multifamily property in the coastal submarket of La Costa, California. Walker & Dunlop Capital Markets led by Mark Grace and John Montakab arranged the interest-only, fixed-rate loan on behalf of an institutional investment group, with Freddie Mac providing the capital. Santa Fe Ranch is a 1987-
Is Waiting Until 70 Too Simplistic? Income Lab’s New Social Security Optimizer Challenges the Status Quo
DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #IncomeLab--Income Lab, the #1-rated retirement income planning software two years in a row, today announced the launch of a revolutionary Social Security Optimization tool, giving financial advisors a smarter, more personalized way to model Social Security strategies and help clients answer one of the most emotionally and financially important questions in retirement: “When should I take Social Security and what if I want to retire earlier?” The Social Security Optimization tool i
Charlotte Hogg Appointed Chief Executive Officer of Alter Domus
LONDON & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alter Domus, the leading global provider of tech-enabled fund services for the private equity, real assets and private debt sectors, today appointed Charlotte Hogg as CEO. After a distinguished career of over 25 years in financial services, across both the public and private sectors, Ms. Hogg joins Alter Domus from mid-summer. Ms. Hogg succeeds Doug Hart who has served as CEO since 2019. Her appointment follows that of Mark Wiseman, the former Global Head of
Visa Appoints Antony Cahill as Chief Executive Officer of European Operations
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Visa (NYSE:V) announced today that it has appointed Antony Cahill as the new Regional President and Chief Executive Officer for its European operations, subject to regulatory approval. A longtime banking executive and Visa veteran, Mr. Cahill will replace Charlotte Hogg, who is leaving Visa after eight years to pursue a new external opportunity. Mr. Cahill will be based in London and is expected to transition to his new role in early June. Since 2023, Mr. Cahill has ser
Airship Unveils Branching and Custom Views, Powering Unprecedented Agility and Personalization in Cross-Channel Customer Experiences
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #CustomerExperience--New no-code capabilities in the Airship Experience Platform allow marketers to deliver personalized, interactive experiences that adapt in real-time.
ACI Worldwide Redefines Payments with ACI Connetic
OMAHA, Neb. & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ:ACIW), an original innovator in global payments technology, has announced the integration of the major UK, EU and global networks’ payment capabilities into ACI Connetic, ACI’s transformative, cloud-native payments hub. These include Swift cross-border payments, RTGS payments including Target2, SEPA Instant RT1 and TIPS payments, with the addition of more capabilities planned. For the first time in the industry, ACI Connetic brings to
Assured Guaranty Guarantees €96 Million Project Financing Loan for Spain’s A-127 Aragon Regional Road
PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Assured Guaranty (Europe) SA (AGE)*, an indirect subsidiary of Assured Guaranty Ltd. (together with its subsidiaries, Assured Guaranty), announced that it has guaranteed principal and interest payments on a €96 million loan to Sociedad Concesionaria 5 Villas, S.A., (“SC5”) an entity owned by Acciona Concesiones, S.L. and Papsa Infraestructuras S.A. The 23-year, fixed-rate loan guaranteed by AGE bearing a 3.65% coupon was provided by Bankinter, S.A., Kutxabank S.A., and U