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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fleet, a modern commuter benefits management platform, has announced the close of its $2.5 million seed round led by Congruent Ventures with the participation of Great Oaks Venture Capital, Plug and Play Ventures, Rally Cap, and Virta Ventures. Fleet also brought on a strong bench of angels and advisors, with leaders in HR and fintech, including former execs at Robinhood and Brex, such as ex-COO Michael Tannenbaum. The seed round brings Fleet’s total venture capi

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GoTo, the company making IT management, support, and business communications easy, today announced a series of new integrations across its IT management and support product portfolio. The latest integrations for GoTo Resolve, LogMeIn Rescue, LogMeIn Central, and Miradore make it easier than ever for IT and support teams to provide remote support and endpoint management from within their existing technology ecosystem – streamlining workflows, resolving problems, and crea

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cart.com today announced that luxury skincare brand Erno Laszlo has selected Cart.com to power its omnichannel growth marketing strategy.

DOVER, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Katara, the AI-agent workflow automation platform, has announced a successful $2.2 million seed funding round co-led by Diagram Ventures and Sparkle Ventures, with participation from StreamingFast and other strategic angels. This brings the total amount raised to $2.6 million inclusive of the pre-seed round. The Diagram-incubated AI company will use the funding to further propel development of its AI-agent marketplace, allowing clients to deploy and combine autonom

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #duediligence--Plocamium Holdings, a premier investment and financial services firm, has released an in-depth analysis spotlighting the dynamic private equity opportunities in Southeast Asia, with a particular focus on Vietnam, Thailand, and the Philippines. This research underscores the region's potential as a pivotal area for strategic investments driven by robust economic expansion, favorable governmental frameworks, and emerging market trends. “Private equity activity in Southea

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ezCater, the leading food for work technology company in the US, today released its annual report, "Food for Work 2024: The Growing Role of Food in Today's Workplace." Featuring insights from more than 2,800 employees, employers, food orderers and decision-makers, the report highlights the impact of workplace meals and their ability to drive employee satisfaction, retention, and productivity. According to the report, nearly 90% of employees surveyed have a more favorabl

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PayJunction, a leading tech-focused payments company, announced today it has added Text to Pay capabilities to its No-code Payments Integration®, Virtual Terminal, and API. The new feature enables businesses to seamlessly and securely implement Text to Pay into current invoicing workflows, enabling them to accept customer payments via SMS Message. This helps businesses better meet customer expectations while improving collection rates, contributing to ove

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Every day, American workers earn billions of dollars but more than 70% have to wait at least two weeks to receive their hard earned money.1 With growing inflation on everyday spend for things like gas, groceries, and car insurance, Chime - The #1 Most Loved Banking AppTM 2 - knows people need flexibility and control over their pay now more than ever. Chime is offering a common-sense alternative, MyPay, that lets Americans access up to $500 of their pay when they

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (NYSE: RGA), a leading global life and health reinsurer, today announced it has reached an agreement with American National Insurance Company and its affiliates (collectively, “American National”) to reinsure a diversified block of life business through a coinsurance arrangement. Under the agreement, approximately $3.5 billion of American National’s statutory reserves will be transferred to subsidiaries of RGA. Policyholder

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SMA Technologies, the leading provider of automation solutions for financial services and the maker of OpCon workload automation and orchestration (WLA&O), is proud to announce the launch of Otto, an automation assistant integrated with OpCon in the cloud. Leveraging the power of AI technologies from Azure and OpenAI, Otto is designed to make life even easier for OpCon users. Otto is introduced to cloud customers via the web-based OpCon user interface, Solution Man

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #MastercardImpact--Rellevate, Inc., a fintech empowering consumers with innovative services for flexible money access, has announced a partnership with Mastercard to continue scaling payments and disbursements services in the public sector. Rellevate’s leading digital banking, disbursements, and wallet solutions are designed to unlock access to payments technology for underserved communities. With a suite of public sector solutions that help communities shift to the safety, secur

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Presidio Group LLC (“Presidio”), an independent merchant banking firm focused on mergers and acquisitions, capital raising and investments in the automotive retail and consumer mobility sectors, exclusively advised MileOne Autogroup on the sale of a Honda dealership outside of Charlotte, N.C., to Hudson Automotive Group. The transaction, which was finalized Aug. 26, involved Hall Honda Huntersville of Huntersville, N.C., and its related real estate. MileOne

COSTA MESA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Experian® today announced its Compliance Library solution has been recognized as a 2024 Top HR Product of the Year.

RAMSEY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #BeverageTrends--Cascadia Managing Brands today announced the release of Flavors and Fortunes: Navigating the Food and Beverage World, a no-nonsense handbook now available on the Cascadia Managing Brands website and Amazon.com for $1999. This expansive tome, spanning over 1100 pages, is the culmination of seven years of relentless work and distills three decades of front-line industry experience with giants such as Evian, Naked Juice, Fresh Samantha/Odwalla, Bain, Coca-Cola, Dirty

SOMERVILLE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #AI--Product veteran Ron Trackey joins SmartBear to bring global expertise from RSA, Carbonite, and Microsoft, advancing strategic product direction

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #B2BPayments--Galileo launches Mastercard Smart Data with Rho, boosting B2B expense management by providing enriched transactional data for better spend control.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Flowcode, a marketing technology platform, has partnered with embedded insurance technology company REIN to streamline insurance purchases by making it easier to secure a quote and find coverage wherever and whenever customers are in need. The innovative partnership brings the new Flowcode 2 QR platform capabilities to REIN’s IX embedded insurance platform to drive seamless customer acquisition in online and offline experiences. "Eighty percent of the economy is trans

CHANDLER, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $OPAD #OPAD--Offerpad Solutions Inc. (“Offerpad”) (NYSE: OPAD), a leading tech-enabled platform for residential real estate, today announced that Brian Bair, Offerpad’s Chairman and CEO, will participate in a fireside chat at 8:50 am PT on Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference. The live webcast can be accessed under the “Events & Presentations” section of Offerpad’s Investor Relations website at investor.offerpad.com. A we

DURHAM, N.C. & TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PatientPay, the leading patient billing and payments partner for acute, ambulatory and specialty care, and ClearGage, a leading provider of healthcare estimate and payment solutions, today announced the close of their merger to deliver the industry-leading digital billing and payment platform for medical groups, specialty practices and community hospitals as PatientPay. This collaboration aims to set a new standard in payment technology and patient c

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Open Lending Corporation (NASDAQ: LPRO) (“Open Lending” or the “Company”), an industry trailblazer in automotive lending enablement and risk analytics solutions for financial institutions, today released a new Near- and Non-Prime Consumer Update, continuing its quarterly report series on automotive lending trends among near- and non-prime consumers. The report covers vehicle sales volume, interest rates, payment trends and consumer preferences in the first quarte