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AUSTIN, Texas & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Billd, a leading provider of financial solutions for commercial subcontractors, today announced a $100 million credit facility with Victory Park Capital (“VPC”), a leading global alternative investment firm specializing in private credit and asset-backed finance. The facility will support Billd’s continued growth and expand its ability to provide flexible financing solutions to commercial construction subcontractors across the United States. “For the pa

DES MOINES, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vision Specialty Contracting (“Vision” or the “Company”), a specialized electrical, plumbing and underground utility contractor primarily serving agricultural production facilities, today announced a strategic growth investment from Haven Capital Partners (“Haven”). Mike Blanchard, Chief Executive Officer, and the Company’s leadership team will continue to lead Vision and will remain significant shareholders. In connection with the investment, William Lay has

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A Place for Mom, the nation’s leading senior care advisory platform that has guided millions of families through the aging journey, today released its 2026 State of Caregiving report, an annual study examining how caregivers make decisions, manage ongoing responsibilities, and seek support as their loved ones’ needs change. In recognition of National Family Caregivers Month, the report emphasizes the sustained commitment and challenge of caregiving, while underlining

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Shinka, the independent, agnostic mediation layer for video advertising, today announced it has closed a €1.9M ($2.2M) seed round, led by a group of Irish angel investors, with backing from Enterprise Ireland. Meanwhile, Crowley Millar served as legal counsel to Shinka, supporting it throughout the seed funding round. The timing reflects the market at a tipping point, as digital formats are expected to account for 49% of worldwide OOH advertising revenue in 2026. This n

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Retailers can now use AI to dream up, assort and price a season's worth of products in days, but most of the data behind those tools only knows what sold last season. First Insight, the predictive consumer intelligence platform, is adding two new capabilities. The first is an MCP Server that brings the voice of real shoppers into the AI assistants retailers already use, like Claude, ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot. The second is Storylines, which turns stacks of custo

BENSALEM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Investors who suffered losses on Lululemon Athletica, Inc ("Lululemon" or the "Company") stock may have claims to recover those losses. The Law Offices of Howard G. Smith today reported that it is conducting a securities fraud investigation on behalf of Lululemon Athletica, Inc (NASDAQ: LULU) investors into whether the Company may have violated the federal securities laws. The investigation comes after a September 3, 2026 disclosure concerning Lululemon Athletica,

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Counterpart, the company pioneering Agentic Insurance™, today announced the launch of a Community Association Program developed in collaboration with RT ProExec, the professional and executive liability practice of RT Specialty. Built and brought to market in a matter of weeks, the program demonstrates how Counterpart works with major wholesale trading partners to turn specialized market opportunities into tailored insurance solutions. Designed for homeowners’ associa

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GenNx360 Capital Partners (“GenNx360”), a New York City-based private equity firm investing in U.S. lower middle market industrial services and business services companies, is proud to announce its recognition on Inc.’s 2026 Founder-Friendly Investors list, which recognizes private equity firms with demonstrated track records of supporting founder-led companies. This year’s list recognizes GenNx360 among 294 firms across the investment landscape; it is the second year

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regions Bank on Thursday announced the company is ranked No. 1 in Overall Satisfaction in the JD Power 2026 U.S. Small Business Banking Satisfaction StudySM. The top ranking reinforces Regions’ commitment to helping small-business owners succeed through trusted relationships, personalized service and convenient banking tools and solutions. Regions scored above the industry average across nearly every dimension measured in the study. The results point to a bank

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Prime Finance, a leading commercial real estate credit platform, today announced its acquisition of a portfolio of eight performing commercial real estate loans with an aggregate unpaid principal balance of approximately $760 million from Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies (“BREDS”). The portfolio is backed by a diversified mix of office and multifamily properties across five U.S. states. “As commercial real estate capital structures continue to reset, we are iden

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Allvue Systems, the leading provider of alternative investment software, today announced that BPM, a premier provider of accounting and advisory services, has selected Allvue as the technology foundation for its newly launched fund administration business.As BPM expands its service offerings to include fund administration, the firm has chosen to build its practice on Allvue’s purpose-built platform — bringing together BPM’s deep accounting and client service expertise

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Navan (NASDAQ: NAVN), the global AI-powered business travel and expense platform, today released the eighth annual State of Corporate Travel and Expense Report, in partnership with Skift. This year’s report reveals 87% of travelers and 89% of travel and finance managers consider business travel essential or necessary, and 58% of travelers expect to travel more in 2027. Yet manual work, fragmented technologies, and differing traveler and manager priorities con

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fact Base, Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Masataka Takeuchi; hereinafter "Fact Base"), which operates the drawing management system "ZUMEN", announced today that it has raised a total of approximately USD 28.8 million in their Series D funding round, consisting of a third-party allotment of new shares and the transfer of existing shares. The round was led by Insight Partners (Headquarters: New York, USA), which also participated as the lead investor in Fac

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DHA celebrates 11 consecutive years of zero audit findings, reaffirming its commitment to financial accountability and transparency.

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--U.S. Bank has named two new leaders to its Payments: Merchant and Institutional (PMI) Sales Distribution team. Lauren Massuci has joined as head of Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Sales, and Jose Quevedo is head of Diversified Industries Sales. Both report to Peter Geronimo, executive vice president and head of PMI Sales Distribution, Institutional Client Group (ICG). Lauren Massuci Massuci brings more than 18 years of treasury management sales, payments and bus

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chase Travel today released its annual 27 Trips to Take in 2027, a curated collection of destinations set to define travel in the year ahead. Selected by Chase Travel’s editors using firsthand reporting and proprietary booking data, the list spotlights the places to watch in 2027. Also to come in 2027, Chase Travel is offering an early look at its expansion of The Edit, a handpicked collection of hotels, resorts, and now, homes. Beginning Jan. 1, 2027, The Edit will e

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Stephens, an independent financial services firm, today announced that its 28th Annual Investment Conference will take place November 17–19, 2026, at the Grand Hyatt Nashville in Nashville, Tennessee. The conference is by invitation only. A signature event for Stephens, the Annual Investment Conference brings together institutional investors, corporate leaders and members of the sponsor community for substantive discussions on company performance, industry tr

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NETGEAR®, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTGR), a global leader in intelligent networking solutions designed to power extraordinary experiences, today announced the Nighthawk® 5G M8 Pro, its most advanced Wi-Fi 7 mobile hotspot, now available to AT&T Business customers in North America. Pairing AT&T’s nationwide high-speed 5G network with NETGEAR’s wireless hardware, the M8 Pro serves business customers who need dependable connectivity at work sites and remote professi

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Uptiq, the bank-grade AI platform for financial institutions, today announced Uptiq GovernAI, giving financial institutions a single place to track and govern agents built on any platform. GovernAI manages a central registry of agents across the enterprise, grounds every AI agent in the institution's truth, and enables independent evaluation of agent performance. GovernAI helps solve the challenges financial institutions face in managing regulatory and operationa

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NCR Voyix Corporation (NYSE: VYX) (“NCR Voyix” or the “Company”), a platform-powered leader in unified commerce for shopping and dining, today announced the appointment of Darren Wilson as President and Brendan Tansill as Executive Vice President and President, Retail and Payments. These appointments strengthen the Company’s leadership as it expands adoption of its Voyix Commerce Platform applications and advances its software, services and payments strategy across Ret