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MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #AI--A new industry survey released today by URLgenius reveals a critical disconnect: while awareness of Google’s impending shutdown of Firebase Dynamic Links (FDL) is high, most organizations have yet to finalize a migration plan. With the deprecation scheduled for August 25, 2025, businesses face growing pressure to secure a seamless alternative or risk broken user journeys, campaign failures, and revenue loss. Firebase, used by over 3 million app developers, has lo

SAN FRANCISCO & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Foresight, the New York City based software company on a mission to connect the private market through data, today announced the close of a $5.5 million seed funding round led by NEA with participation from KDX Ventures. In conjunction with the financing, Madison Faulkner, a partner on NEA’s Technology Investing Team, will join Foresight’s board of directors. Founded in 2023, Foresight helps private market investors, lenders, and acquirers use data to

WEST CHESTER, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Venerable Holdings, Inc. (“Venerable”), the leader in providing innovative risk transfer solutions to variable annuity issuers, today announced a landmark transaction with Corebridge Financial, Inc. (Corebridge) that will increase Venerable’s total assets under risk management, on a pro forma basis as of March 31, 2025, by approximately 77% from $67 billion to $118 billion. Venerable has entered into a definitive agreement to reinsure approximately $51 billio

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Corebridge Financial, Inc. (“Corebridge” or the “Company”) (NYSE: CRBG) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with CS Life Re, a subsidiary of Venerable Holdings, Inc. (“Venerable”) to reinsure all the variable annuities of its Individual Retirement business, with account value totaling $51 billion as of March 31, 2025. The transaction is valued at $2.8 billion, consisting of both ceding commission and capital release, and will generate approximately $2

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Secured Finance Network (SFNet) recently released its Q1 2025 Asset-Based Lending Index and Lender Confidence Index, offering a snapshot of how the industry weathered recent trade policy volatility during the first quarter of this year. According to the Q1 index, both bank and non-bank lenders saw lender confidence fall to neutral territory. The confidence of banks dropped 14.1 points to 49.1, while non-banks slid 12.5 points to 52.5, a sizable decline that is com

ATLANTA & TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Euna Solutions®, a leading provider of purpose-built, cloud-based solutions for the public sector, today announced the introduction of user fee models on the Euna Payments Cashiering solution, enabling agencies to recoup card processing costs on their in-person card transactions. This enhancement builds on Euna Payments’ existing support for user fee models already available for Kiosks and Online Payments, further empowering agencies to offset operational exp

ATLANTA & LISBON, Portugal--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #Climber--Revenue Analytics Acquires Climber to Expand Global Hospitality Footprint and Strengthen European & Latin American Presence.

FRESNO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #O2Investment--O2 Investment Partners is pleased to announce that Xobee Networks has appointed Jeffrey Bergman as its Chief Financial Officer.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BlackRock has been selected by Great Gray Trust Company, LLC (“Great Gray”) to provide a custom glidepath that strategically allocates across public and private markets for Great Gray’s first target date retirement solution featuring private equity and private credit exposures. BlackRock’s index equity, index fixed income, and private equity offerings have also been selected to underpin the solution. BlackRock believes solutions that incorporate private market allocat

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--To accelerate commercial deployment and global expansion of its breakthrough low-carbon cement technology, Fortera has appointed Sandy Clancy as Chief Projects Officer and John Dotson as General Counsel. Clancy will oversee Fortera’s project pipeline and enhance the internal systems needed to bring the company’s cost-effective ReCarb® plants online at scale and on time. Dotson will lead the company’s legal and regulatory efforts, supporting fundraising, compli

ROCK HILL, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--QC Ally appoints David McCullough as VP of Operational Excellence to lead initiatives focused on operational efficiency and elevating service.

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ZEDRA, a global specialist provider of Active Wealth, Corporate & Global Expansion, Funds and Pension & Incentives services, today announces the appointment of Dean Blackburn as Chief Executive Officer. Having joined the business as Deputy Chief Executive Officer in September 2024, Dean has a proven track record in inspiring and motivating teams - fostering a culture of collaboration, and innovation, which has consistently translated into strong business perform

ARLINGTON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #Advisor--First Rate, a leading provider of financial technology and services to the wealth management industry, today announced a strategic partnership with InvestSuite, a Belgium-based fintech specializing in white-labeled digital wealth solutions. The collaboration brings together First Rate’s trusted performance reporting and calculation engine with StoryTeller, InvestSuite’s cutting-edge narrative reporting solution, seamlessly integrated into the First Rate platfo

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Allvue Systems, LLC, a leading provider of investment management technology for alternative asset managers, and Octaura, a leading electronic trading platform for syndicated loans and CLOs, today announced a joint implementation of their solutions for ICG, a global alternative asset manager with a track record of over 35 years. By implementing Allvue’s highly configurable suite of CLO management solutions alongside Octaura’s electronic leveraged loan trading and analy

NEW YORK & MUNICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Celonis named a Leader for sixth consecutive year and Star Performer in 2025 Everest Group PEAK Matrix® for Process Mining

BRUSSELS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Swift today named host cities for its global flagship event, Sibos, up until the end of the decade, and announced an expansion of the premier financial conference to strengthen financial inclusivity for growing economies across Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. Following Frankfurt (2025), Miami (2026), and Singapore (2027), Paris will host Sibos for the first time in 2028 – a milestone year marking five decades since inception of the conference. The Fre

LEIDEN, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IFF (NYSE: IFF)—a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, health, and biosciences—announced the launch of CHOOZIT® LIFT, a first-of-its-kind culture developed to transform the production of semi-hard cheeses for significant sustainability and business benefits. Leveraging the company’s extensive bioscience expertise, the solution combines advanced strain design with practical cheesemaking knowledge to eliminate the curd washing step from the

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The usual seasonal spending increase in April was evident in the latest data from global analytics software leader FICO, following a post-Christmas dip. However, spend was slightly lower year-on-year, reflecting continued financial pressures. The proportion of balance paid has also been trending downwards so far in 2025, and in April was 6.2% lower year-on-year. Combined with the impact of inflation, this meant balances were 4.9% higher than April 2024. Highlights Spend

LAUSANNE, Switzerland & SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Streamlabs, the livestreaming software platform of Logitech G (SIX: LOGN) (NASDAQ: LOGI), a leading innovator of gaming software, technologies, and gear, today announced the launch of Streamlabs Sponsorships, a new platform built to help streamers earn money through brand partnerships. Launch campaigns will incur $0 in platform fees, and 100% of the brand payout will go directly to creators. Creators have always been at the center of St

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Barclays Bank PLC (the “Issuer”) announced today that, in connection with its previously announced cash tender offers (each, an “Offer”) to purchase any and all of its outstanding exchange-traded notes (the “Notes” or the “ETNs”) of the two separate series listed in the table below (each, a “Series”) and the solicitation of consents (each, a “Consent Solicitation”) from holders of the Notes (the “Noteholders”) to amend certain provisions of the Notes with respect to e