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LANSING, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Yesterday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) and the Michigan State University (MSU) Research Foundation to announce Adrenaline Interactive as the grand prize winner of the 2026 PitchMI Championship. Following a high-stakes "Shark Tank" style competition at Grewal Hall in Lansing, the company was awarded a $1 million investment, bringing its total PitchMI winnings to $1.375 million. “Winning feels surreal. To b

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Financial advisors Jeff Flamm and Kevin Smith recently joined the independent channel of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE:AMP) from Key Investment Services, LLC where they managed $140 million in client assets. The duo joined an established Ameriprise practice, Beyond Wealth Advisors, a private wealth advisory practice led by financial advisor Joshua Lake CFP®, CRPC™, APMA®, with offices in areas of Cincinnati and Dayton, OH, as well as Richmond, Ind. Flamm and Smi

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $PNFP--Pinnacle Financial Partners (NYSE: PNFP) today announced a multiyear sponsorship agreement with the PGA TOUR’s Cadillac Championship in Miami, Florida, marking the firm’s first PGA TOUR event partnership and a significant milestone in strengthening its presence in one of the Southeast’s most dynamic markets. The three-year agreement establishes Pinnacle as the Official Bank of the Cadillac Championship, held April 29–May 3, 2026, at Trump National Doral’s Blue Monster. P

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nectar Social, an AI-native social commerce and community management platform, and Reddit today announced a strategic data partnership. Through this partnership, Nectar gains access to Reddit's Data API, enabling enterprise brands to gain deep insight about products, trends, and sentiment from real human conversations happening across Reddit's 100,000+ interest-based communities. Reddit is one of the most influential sources of consumer insight on the interne

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Adams Street Partners, LLC, a leading private markets investment management firm with more than $65 billion in assets under management (“Adams Street”), today released its second annual Advisor Outlook report, Private Markets Go Mainstream, which highlights the accelerating adoption of private markets among financial advisors and their clients. The survey underscores a structural shift in wealth management, driven in part by intergenerational wealth transfer, broader a

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nacha today welcomed Walrus Security as a Nacha Preferred Partner for Account Validation, Fraud Monitoring, and Risk and Fraud Prevention. Walrus Security's DoubleCheck platform verifies the authenticity of ACH payment details before the payments are released. When payment instructions are created or changed, DoubleCheck confirms those details with the counterparty using identity verification based on multiple signals, establishing an independent control over benef

DRIPPING SPRINGS, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #community--theRide is a 2,000+ mile cross-country cycling journey from Mexico to Canada with one purpose: raise $1M and put it into motion in real time.

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Morningstar, Inc. (Nasdaq: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment insights, today announced the winners of the 2026 US Morningstar Awards for Investing Excellence. The awards recognize portfolio managers and asset management firms that Morningstar believes exemplify long-term investment skill, thoughtful risk-taking, and a consistent commitment to serving investors’ best interests. The 2026 winners are: Outstanding Equity Portfolio Manager: Harry Hartford

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #ICR--ICR, a leading strategic communications and advisory firm, today released its April 2026 SPAC Market Update & Outlook. In the first quarter of 2026, the SPAC IPO market saw the pricing of 62 IPOs, raising a total of $13.2 billion. Approximately 58% of the new SPAC IPOs this quarter were from serial SPAC issuers. Over the last four quarters, the SPAC market has averaged 47 IPOs, raising $10.1 billion each quarter. This surge in the market is attributed to an increa

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Trellix, a global leader in intelligence-led cyber resilience, today announced enhanced data security capabilities and a strategic framework designed to help organizations confidently adopt generative AI while protecting sensitive data from exposure and loss. "The rapid adoption of AI tools across the enterprise is creating new and often invisible data risks,” said Alex Au Yeung, Chief Product Officer, Trellix. "Trellix brings together policy, visibility, and

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE: CRCL), one of the world’s leading financial platform companies, today announced the launch of Circle Payments Network (CPN) Managed Payments1. This fully managed, unified stablecoin settlement solution allows payment service providers (PSPs), fintechs, banks, and global enterprises to access the speed and efficiency of regulated digital dollars without managing digital assets directly. CPN Managed Payments abstracts digital asset com

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Legion Technologies, a leading AI-native workforce management solution provider, today announced the appointment of Carolyn Kwon Montgomery as Senior Vice President of People. Carolyn joins Legion’s executive leadership team at a pivotal moment as the company continues to scale its operations globally and advance its mission to turn hourly jobs into good jobs. Carolyn brings deep experience building and leading people organizations in high-growth, venture-

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Like the man behind the curtain in the Wizard of Oz, autonomous vehicle companies have been hiding an uncomfortable truth: their “self-driving” cars still depend heavily on human operators, and they have refused to say how often. That is the finding of a new Senate report , “Remote Backseat Operators: Revealing the Autonomous Vehicle Industry’s Reliance on Human Remote Assistance Operators,” by Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and it is exactly what traffic safety attor

SAN RAMON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lumin Digital, the leading cloud-native digital banking provider, today announced that Granite State Credit Union (GSCU), a state-chartered credit union serving more than 53,000 members across New Hampshire, has selected Lumin’s digital growth platform to advance its digital banking strategy, accelerate innovation, strengthen member engagement, and enhance the member experience. As digital engagement continues to shape how members interact with financial inst

DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Folio, the financial operations platform built for hospitality, has been named the official technology platform of the AAHOA Marketplace.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GRUPO SUPERVIELLE S.A. (NYSE: SUPV) (“the Company”) announced that on April 8, 2026, the Company filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2025 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The Company’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025 that the Company published in Argentina on March 2, 2026 were issued under the International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as adopted by the Ce

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #AndersenConsulting--Andersen Consulting enhances its platform through a Collaboration Agreement with Kyanon Consulting, a Vietnam-based technology consulting firm.

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Bahnsen Group, a wealth management firm with over $9.5 billion in assets under management, today announced that founder David Bahnsen has been named to the Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors list for 2026. Bahnsen ranked No. 1 on the list in California – Southern CA (Private Wealth). Bahnsen was also named to the Forbes America’s Top Wealth Advisors list, which highlights 250 top advisors. "Being recognized as one of the nation's top wealth advisors

WHEATON, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Trust Advisors L.P. (“First Trust” or “FTA”), a leading provider of exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and outcome-based strategies, announced today the launch of three new actively managed Laddered ETFs: FT Vest Laddered U.S. Equity Uncapped Accelerator ETF (Cboe: BFXU) seeks capital appreciation by investing in a laddered portfolio of FT Vest U.S. Equity Uncapped Accelerator ETFs (“underlying ETFs”) which invest in FLEX Options to provide investors with retur

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $BETR #BETR--Better Home & Finance Holding Company (NASDAQ: BETR; BETRW) (“Better,” the “Company,” “our” or “we”), the AI-native mortgage and home equity finance company, today reported $1.64B in preliminary funded loan volume for Q1 2026 exceeding prior guidance; strengthens balance sheet and announces strategic actions to drive profitable growth. “I am pleased to report that our Q1 2026 Funded Loan Volume of $1.64 billion exceeded our guidance and increased by 89% year-over-