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CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Monroe Capital LLC (“Monroe”) has been selected by Inc. Magazine’s 2025 List of Founder-Friendly Investors. The annual list honors the private equity firms, venture capital firms, and lenders with a track record of backing founder-led companies and helping them achieve success. Monroe has earned this recognition for the third consecutive year, since the introduction of the Inc. Founder-Friendly Investors’ Lender category. As a founder-led business itself, Monroe unders

NEW YORK & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Financial services firms have entered a new phase of AI adoption, moving from exploration to full operational integration, according to the 2025 AI Benchmarking Survey by ACA Group (ACA) and the National Society of Compliance Professionals (NSCP). This year’s survey found that 71% of firms now formally use AI, a 26-point increase from 2024, underscoring a major inflection point for the industry. This includes 11% who are using AI tools for both internal and e

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CSG® (NASDAQ: CSGS) announced today that it will no longer hold its third quarter 2025 earnings results call originally scheduled for Wednesday, November 5, 2025, due to the announcement earlier today that CSG has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by NEC, subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. CSG is suspending all future quarterly earnings calls and will no longer be providing annual guidance. About CSG

BRUSSELS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TITAN Group (Brussels:TITC), a leading international provider of building materials and solutions, and the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Banatao Institute (CITRIS) at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), announce a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating the development of innovative digital solutions, using advanced research to explore new opportunities for the building materials industry and to add

HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--mea Platform today launched mea Operations, a suite of insurance-specific agentic AI products designed to unlock the massive value trapped inside (re)insurance operating expense. Having already enabled clients to transform underwriting performance with AI that ingests, interprets, and accelerates decisions, mea is expanding its proven platform across industry workflows. Operating costs consume up to 14 points of every combined ratio for carriers and nearly ha

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Domaine Worldwide, the leading global Shopify design and development partner, announced the launch of its European Platform Migrations partnership with Shopify today. The initiative positions Domaine as the go-to commerce partner for enterprise-level brands across the UK, DACH, and BENELUX regions looking to migrate to Shopify’s scalable, commerce-ready infrastructure. As enterprise organizations across Europe face the challenge of modernizing legacy systems, this campa

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FIS® (NYSE: FIS), a global leader in financial technology, today announced that FIS Balance Sheet Manager has been awarded “ALM Solution of the Year” at the prestigious Risk Asia Awards 2025. This recognition underscores FIS’ commitment to providing modern, cloud-based technology that empowers financial institutions to manage risks effectively and unlock growth while money is in motion. Amid evolving regulations in Asia, financial institutions are turning to

CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--National Resilience (“Resilience”), a technology-focused biomanufacturing company dedicated to broadening access to complex medicines, today announced long-term debt financing of up to $825 million from Oak Hill Advisors (“OHA”) to strengthen its balance sheet and fuel its growth plans. This new capital will enable Resilience to accelerate its CDMO business strategy and invest in its go-forward manufacturing operations anchored in Cincinnati and Toronto. This financ

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Stride, Inc. Investigated for Securities Fraud Violations - Contact the DJS Law Group to Discuss Your Rights – LRN

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Varonis Systems, Inc. Investigated for Securities Fraud Violations - Contact the DJS Law Group to Discuss Your Rights – VRNS

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Why: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces an investigation of potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of AVITA Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: RCEL) resulting from allegations that AVITA Medical may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public. So What: If you purchased AVITA Medical securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE: CRCL) (“Circle”) announced a partnership with Grammy Award-winning artist, producer and composer, Wyclef Jean, who joins as Circle’s Global Culture Advisor. This marks the beginning of a strategic partnership to spotlight communities around the world using stablecoin technology and bring Circle’s mission to life through storytelling and performance. Circle’s mission is to raise global economic prosperity through the frictionless exc

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Why: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces an investigation of potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of Braskem S.A. (NYSE: BAK) resulting from allegations that Braskem may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public. So What: If you purchased Braskem S.A. securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. The

ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--For decades, small business owners have often faced an uncomfortable choice: keep operating cash readily accessible in business checking accounts earning an average of just 0.07% annual percentage yield (APY)¹ or move funds into higher-yielding savings accounts that complicate daily operations. LiaFi has created a third solution which can resolve that trade-off. The Fintech app and platform, in partnership with Magnolia Bank, enables businesses to earn 2.50%

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Benchmark Litigation has named Olson Grimsley among the best litigation law firms in the country, and the firm’s five founders also earned individual honors from the legal guide. Benchmark Litigation, the only legal guide to focus exclusively on litigation in the United States, named Olson Grimsley a Highly Recommended law firm for 2026. The legal guide also recognized firm partners Sean Grimsley, Kenzo Kawanabe and Eric Olson as Litigation Stars and partners Abigail Hi

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #insurance--AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb-” (Good) of Town & Country Life Insurance Company (Town & Country) (Salt Lake City, UT). The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable. Concurrently, AM Best has withdrawn the ratings as the company has requested to no longer participate in AM Best’s interactive rating process. AM Best’s procedure is for a final rating opinion to be pro

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #creditratingagency--KBRA assigns preliminary ratings to ten classes of mortgage-backed notes from OBX 2025-NQM20 Trust, a $739.5 million non-prime RMBS transaction. The underlying collateral, comprising 1,401 residential mortgages, is characterized by fixed-rate mortgages (FRMs) and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) making up 94.2% and 5.8% of the pool, respectively. A majority of the loans are either classified as non-qualified mortgages (Non-QM; 34.1%) or exempt (51.5%) from the

MUNSTER, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Finward Bancorp (Nasdaq: FNWD) (the “Bancorp”), the holding company for Peoples Bank (the “Bank”), today announced that net income available to common stockholders was $3.5 million, or $0.81 per diluted share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, as compared to $2.2 million, or $0.50 per diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2025. Selected performance metrics are as follows for the periods presented: Performance Ratios   Quarter ended   9/30/2025   6

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE:EL) today announced a strategic partnership with Shopify Inc., a leading global commerce platform, to modernize its digital technology infrastructure and deliver best-in-class omnichannel consumer experiences. This collaboration will establish a new digital commerce foundation aimed at increasing consumer centricity, fueling sustainable growth, and driving speed and efficiencies at scale across The Estée Lauder Companies’ diverse

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blackstone (NYSE: BX) priced its offering of $600 million of 4.300% senior notes due 2030 and $600 million of 4.950% senior notes due 2036 of Blackstone Reg Finance Co. L.L.C., its indirect subsidiary. The notes are to be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Blackstone Inc. and its indirect subsidiaries, Blackstone Holdings I L.P., Blackstone Holdings AI L.P., Blackstone Holdings II L.P., Blackstone Holdings III L.P. and Blackstone Holdings IV L.P. Blackstone inten