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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NeuBird AI, creator of the leading agentic AI for production operations, today announced $19.3 million in an oversubscribed funding round led by new investor Xora Innovation with participation from existing investors Mayfield, StepStone Group, Prosperity7 Ventures and M12, Microsoft’s venture fund. The company will use the capital to accelerate product innovation, aggressively scale its global go-to-market efforts and expand accessibility for enterprise DevOps, S

OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #MerchantAcquiring--TSG (The Strawhecker Group), a globally recognized analytics, intelligence, and solutions-focused firm in the payments industry, worked with payments companies to compile the industry’s most comprehensive resource on merchant acquirers. Collectively, the companies highlighted process over 95% of all card payment volume in the U.S. Looking at the top-ranked companies, Global Payments moves into the top spot after acquiring Worldpay. It processed nearly $2.8 trillion

GREENVILLE, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Armada Analytics, a premier provider of commercial real estate services, is pleased to announce the appointment of Grace Huebscher and Steven Bean to its Board of Directors. The addition of Huebscher and Bean brings decades of additional expertise in the commercial real estate services sector with a focus on strategy, business development, and operational excellence. These appointments are key to positioning the company for its next phase of growth, within bot

DARIEN, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Uplift Investors (“Uplift”), a middle-market private equity firm with a business model-centric focus on services investing, today announced the acquisition of IMS Legal Strategies (“IMS”), a trusted partner to law firms and corporations worldwide providing expertise solutions for dispute-related challenges across the entire litigation lifecycle, such as specialized expert witness services, advisory and analytical support and data-driven jury consulting. Terms of

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #AI--DDN, the global leader in AI data intelligence platforms, today announced the appointment of Kevin Delane as President and Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). In this role, Delane will lead global revenue strategy, go-to-market execution, Marketing and customer success as DDN enters its next phase of hypergrowth. The appointment comes at a pivotal moment for DDN, following recent executive leadership additions and increasing market momentum amid reports of a potential IPO. A

MCLEAN, Va. & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--American Real Estate Partners (“AREP”), an institutional fund manager and real estate developer, and Harrison Street Asset Management (“HSAM”), a leading alternative global investment management firm with over $108 billion in assets under management, announced their joint venture completed an office-to-residential conversion of CityHouse Old Town (CHOT), a luxury rental community featuring 199 residences in the heart of Old Town, Alexandria. The project m

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Trinity Hunt Partners, a growth-oriented private equity firm, today announced the exit of its investment in IMS Legal Strategies (“IMS”) to Uplift Investors. Over the course of its partnership, Trinity Hunt worked alongside IMS’s leadership team to complete 14 acquisitions, expand its geographic footprint, and build a comprehensive litigation services platform capable of serving law firms and corporations through every stage of complex litigation. Headquartered in Dalla

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GenNx360 Capital Partners (“GenNx360”), a New York City-based private equity firm focused on investing in middle market services companies, today announced that its portfolio company, Heartland Business Systems (“HBS”), has acquired Applied Tech Solutions, LLC (“Applied Tech” or the “Company”), a provider of managed IT and cybersecurity services to clients in the Midwest and Rocky Mountain regions. The acquisition of Applied Tech represents the first acquisition by HB

ATLANTA & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), one of the world's leading providers of financial market technology and data powering global capital markets, today released its April 2026 Mortgage Monitor report, which finds that the spring housing market began on stronger footing, buoyed by improved affordability and slowly rebuilding inventory, despite the recent uptick in interest rates. “Mortgage rates bottomed near 5.95% early this year, pushing affordabil

LOWELL, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #HCM--FJ Management, a privately held family-owned holding company with more than 17,000 employees, has transformed how it delivers HR service with UKG.

SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF), a premier provider of title, settlement, and risk solutions for real estate transactions and the leader in the digital transformation of its industry, today announced that Kate Pisano, lead strategic operations manager, has been named one of HousingWire’s 2026 Rising Stars for helping lead the responsible rollout of AI adoption across the company, including enterprise training, employee enablement and cross-fu

SAN RAMON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Five9, Inc. (Nasdaq: FIVN) (“Five9”), provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, today announced the appointment of Jay Lee as Chief Marketing and Growth Officer, effective April 6, 2026. This new role unites global marketing with revenue strategy and operations to create a more powerfully aligned go-to-market (GTM) engine for a cohesive, insights-driven, and streamlined experience for customers and partners at every stage of their journey with Five9. Lee bring

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Idealab Arizona and the Moonshot Accelerator at Arizona State University today announced the launch of IdeaDay 2026.

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MissionSquare announced today that Katherine Lucas has joined the organization as chief marketing officer. In this role, Lucas oversees all aspects of MissionSquare's Marketing function, including brand, channel, digital, and sponsorship marketing. She reports directly to Andre Robinson, chief executive officer of MissionSquare. "Marketing plays a critical role in shaping our brand’s future, and we are delighted to welcome Katherine to our growing team at MissionSqu

BLUFFTON, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Landingplace Hotels launched Landingplace Holdings, an ownership platform to acquire and convert existing hotels into Landingplace-branded properties

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ProCap Financial, Inc. (Nasdaq: BRR) (“ProCap Financial” or the “Company”), the first publicly traded agentic finance firm, today announced the completion of its acquisition of CFO Silvia, Inc. (“Silvia”), an AI model and agent lab exclusively focused on finance. "Silvia is one of the leading examples of applied AI in the finance industry," said Anthony Pompliano, Chairman and CEO of ProCap Financial. "Silvia has been able to use an army of AI agents to replicate the

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #btc--Empery Digital Inc. (NASDAQ: EMPD) (the “Company” or “Empery Digital”) today announced an update on its previously authorized share repurchase program. As of April 3, 2026, the Company has repurchased 24,640,671 shares of its common stock under its $200 million share repurchase program, at an average purchase price per share of $5.77, including all fees and commissions. Following these repurchases, the current number of shares outstanding is 31,417,783, after giv

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pagaya Technologies LTD. (NASDAQ: PGY) ("Pagaya" or “the Company”), a global technology company delivering AI-driven product solutions for the financial ecosystem, today announced the closing of a $600 million AAA rated, personal loan ABS transaction (PAID 2026-2). A total of 27 unique investors participated in the personal loan securitization, with the majority returning from prior transactions, and despite recent market volatility 4 new investors who have not previo

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PIMCO, a global leader in active fixed income with deep expertise across public and private markets, is expanding its exchange-traded fund offerings with the launch of the new PIMCO Inflation PLUS Active ETF (PCPI). PCPI aims to provide investors who are concerned about rising inflation with a more direct hedge, lower volatility and limited interest rate risk versus traditional Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, known as TIPS. PCPI is designed to li

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $CIGL #ConcordeInternational--Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP (“Scott+Scott”), an international securities and consumer rights litigation firm, today announced that it has filed a class action lawsuit against Defendants Concorde International Group, Ltd. (“Concorde International”), Swee Kheng Chua, Sze Yin Ong, Terence Wing Khai Yap, Mark Allen Brisson, Kreit and Chiu CPA, LLP, R.F. Lafferty & Co., Inc., and Cogency Global, Inc. (collectively, the “Defendants”). The action, which was filed in