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REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--i2c Inc., a global financial technology innovator, today announced it has been awarded Excellence in Tech: Best AI Solution–Fraud Fighter at the PayTech Awards USA 2025, recognizing the company’s AI-driven fraud risk management solution. Hosted by Fintech Futures, a trusted media platform that offers insights into the fintech ecosystem, the PayTech Awards USA celebrate the creativity, dedication, and groundbreaking contributions that are shaping the future

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pipedrive, the easy and effective sales CRM powering over 100,000 SMBs, today released its State of SMB Hiring Report, revealing how small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are adapting their workforce strategies amid one of the most challenging talent markets in recent years. Based on responses from 1,000 SMB hiring decision-makers across the U.S., the report offers a detailed look at talent scarcity, evolving retention strategies, and the accelerating role of AI in

DES MOINES, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Principal Asset Management®, the investment management unit of Principal Financial Group®, announced today Pensions & Investments has named the firm as a 2025 Best Place to Work in Money Management. This marks the 14th consecutive year Principal has been recognized in the “largest employers” category, marking every year of recognition since the program’s inception. “Maintaining a leading asset management firm is about more than just strong investment capab

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hometap, the Boston-based financial technology company pioneering home equity financing solutions, announced today that it has raised $50 million in funding led by affiliates of Gallatin Point Capital. Hometap will use the funds to accelerate the adoption of its homeowner-first products that help homeowners address life’s challenges and opportunities without adding to their monthly expenses. Hometap’s core home equity investment (“HEI”) product provides homeowners with

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #ai--Fitz Gate Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm founded by Jim Cohen and Mark Poag, raises its third fund despite a tough market for VCs.

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Snap Finance Foundation has announced its 2025 Community Grant recipients, awarding more than $150,000 to 21 nonprofit organizations in their primary office locations throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, and Costa Rica. Now in its fourth year, the program supports nonprofits advancing Snap’s core pillars of financial empowerment, career readiness, and resilient communities, reflecting the company’s continued commitment to helping people thrive.

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KNOREX Ltd. (NYSE American: KNRX) (“KNOREX” or the “Company”), a leading provider of AI-driven programmatic online advertising products and solutions, today announced that its AI-driven cross-channel marketing platform, KNOREX XPOSM, has been successfully deployed by one of Canada’s largest dental care networks to accelerate new patient acquisition across more than 450 clinic locations nationwide. Before implementing KNOREX XPOSM, the dental network relied on

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Eldridge Real Estate Credit, the real estate investing strategy of Eldridge Capital Management, today announced it has provided a $104.2 million bridge loan to Breslin Realty and Fields Grade Development to refinance The Langdon, a seven-story luxury multifamily property located in Lynbrook, New York, on Long Island. This transaction marks Eldridge Real Estate Credit’s continued expansion into the transitional and bridge lending space, complementing its history in dev

DALLAS & NEWARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lincoln Property Company (“Lincoln”), a global, full-service real estate firm, and PGIM’s real estate business (“PGIM”), the world’s third largest real estate investment manager, today announced the formation of a strategic joint venture partnership to pursue outpatient medical investments across the United States. The joint venture extends Lincoln and PGIM’s longstanding relationship and underscores a shared commitment to expanded healthcare real estate

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Winged Keel Group (“Winged Keel”) is proud to announce the addition of William “Bill” Ventura as a Senior Director and Client Relationship Manager. Based in Orlando, Ventura will play a key role in advancing Winged Keel’s growth by strengthening the firm’s relationships with financial institutions and advisors across Florida. Ventura reports to Donna Litke, Managing Director, Sales and Development, at Winged Keel. “We’re excited to welcome Bill to the team and to bene

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #fintech--Parafin, a leading embedded financial infrastructure company, today announced a partnership with NMI, a global leader in embedded payments infrastructure, to offer flexible capital to small business merchants through NMI’s extensive reseller network. Through this partnership, over one million merchants in the U.S. will gain access to financing designed to help them scale their businesses. NMI’s 4,000 channel partners, including Independent Sales Organizations (IS

PADUCAH, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CSI announced a strategic reorganization and senior leadership appointments to accelerate innovation for financial institutions.

BOZEMAN, Mont.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Destra Multi-Alternative Fund (the “Fund” or “DMA”), a closed-end fund traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DMA, is pleased to announce that its Board of Trustees have approved distributions for December 2025 through September 2026. The rate has been declared at $0.1125 per share in each month. Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep DMA Pay Date 12/30/2025 1/30/2026 2/27/2026 3/31/2026 4/30/2026 5/29/2026 6/30/2026 7/31/2026 8/31/2026 9/30

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LRN Corporation, a global leader in ethics and compliance technology and solutions, today appointed Bob Lemmond as Chief Executive Officer. Lemmond will also join the company’s Board of Directors. For more than three decades, LRN has set the standard in ethics and compliance—shaping the category through unmatched expertise and technology. LRN focuses on inspiring principled performance, strengthening cultures, and elevating behavior for more than 2,500 organizations w

DISTRIBUTED-WORK-MODEL/SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Afterpay today announced a fresh wave of new partnerships just in time for the holiday shopping season, empowering consumers with flexible payment options across fashion, lifestyle, and home categories. This latest expansion includes Jenni Kayne, Hibbett, Diesel, Thursday Boots, Tecovas, Z Gallerie, The GLD Shop, Coolibar, The Woobles, Effy Jewelry, Von Dutch, SP5DER Worldwide, and Christy Dawn, among others. As consumers prepare for holida

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SURMOUNT, a leading full-service net lease real estate advisory and investment platform, announced today the sale-leaseback of a portfolio of automotive service properties on behalf of VIVE Collision. The transaction marks the 40th sale-leaseback in SURMOUNT’s exclusive advisory partnership with VIVE, which has generated more than $100 million in growth capital to fuel VIVE’s expansion across the U.S. The three-property portfolio comprises more than 45,000 square feet

GLOUCESTER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HireClix, a leading recruitment marketing services company, today announces the launch of its Second Chance Page functionality – a career site enhancement that automatically directs candidates who click on closed job listings to openings that match closely with the job for which they were originally searching. This feature transforms the candidate experience, maintaining engagement and ensuring qualified job seekers never hit a dead end during their engagemen

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--D.A. Davidson is pleased to announce that Jake Civiello has joined the Equity Capital Markets Institutional Equities team as Senior Analyst, focusing on small- and mid-cap publicly traded companies in the financial institutions sector. Civiello brings nearly 25 years of professional experience to his new role, including two decades as a sell-side research analyst at RBC Capital Markets and Janney Montgomery Scott, where he specialized in small- and mid-cap publicly tr

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alto, the leading self-directed IRA platform bringing private markets to individual retirement portfolios, today announced a new partnership with Canopy, an SPV management solution empowering fund managers and investors to seamlessly close and manage private transactions. The collaboration makes it easier than ever for investors to use self-directed IRAs to invest in private offerings directly through Canopy, without the paperwork, delays, or manual back-and-f

JERSEY CITY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Plynk®, the app designed to simplify the investing process and empower users with intuitive tools, is celebrating a successful year of expanded features that enhance investors’ experiences. Plynk’s AI-powered news feature, provided by Pebble, a fintech focused on turning complexity into clarity, scans, summarizes, and delivers current insights tailored to a user’s stock portfolio and watchlist so they can stay informed without sifting through endless headline