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LONDON & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Levl, a unified platform powering fiat and stablecoin global payments, announced today it has closed $7 million in seed funding. The round was led by Galaxy Ventures with participation from Protagonist, Deus X, Blockchain Builders Fund, OpenFX, FalconX, CMCC, Variant Fund, and a strategic angel network including leaders from Revolut, Brex, Comun and others. The global cross-border payments market is demonstrating explosive growth: transaction volumes are proj

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new analysis from Wolters Kluwer Financial & Corporate Compliance shows that insurance coverage disputes, aggressive surplus line insurer practices, and new privacy compliance rules fueled a 54% increase in California subpoena volumes spanning 2019 through 2025. This echoes a broader trend that finds the growth of U.S. subpoena volumes continuing to accelerate year-over-year, reaching a total of 498,000 in 2025. “These trends signal a new phase of litigation com

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Blue Dot Investors, announced its launch, emerging from stealth to provide secondaries and strategic capital solutions for late-stage companies across major fintech verticals and their early investors, founders and employees. During the 2021 ZIRP era, fintech companies accounted for nearly 20% of venture dollars, reflecting strong investor interest in the sector. Since then, private funding has cooled within the space, yet hundreds of mature, profitable fintech

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Backlight, the company behind Iconik and Wildmoka, which power video workflows for large media and entertainment organizations, today released the 2026 Iconik Media Stats Report, revealing how efficiency and scale are reshaping media operations. Content production is prolific, while production timelines are shrinking, and as data storage reaches an all-time high amidst increased demand from AI data centers, marketers are facing high storage costs and unusable archives.

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mercer Global Advisors, Inc. (“Mercer Advisors”), a national Registered Investment Adviser (RIA), today announced the appointment of Lindsay O’Toole as Senior Vice President, Investment Platform Operations. In this role, O’Toole is responsible for leading 90+ dedicated professionals who support advisory teams in delivering customized, institutional-grade investing programs for each of the firm’s more than 39,900+ families. She is charged with working closely with Mercer

WAYZATA, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SUI Group Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: SUIG) (“SUI Group,” “SUIG” or the “Company”) today announced that its native synthetic dollar, eSui Dollar (suiUSDe), is now live on Sui Mainnet. Additionally, SUI Group announced the deployment of $10 million in newly minted suiUSDe into a yield-generating vault operated by Ember Protocol, a vault and investment infrastructure provider incubated by the team behind Bluefin. As previously announced in October 2025, SUI Group pa

BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sun Capital Partners, Inc. (“Sun Capital”), a leading private investment firm focused on defensible businesses in growing markets with tangible performance improvement opportunities, today announced its affiliate has completed the closing of the Single Asset Continuation Vehicle of Fletchers Solicitors (“Fletchers”), a leading, UK-based clinical negligence and specialist personal injury law firm. Founded in 1987, Fletchers' market leadership is built on a comm

DALLAS & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Maple Park Capital Partners (“Maple Park”), a private equity firm partnering with exceptional founders and operators to build enduring businesses across the experience-driven services economy, today announced that Steve Wiborg, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Ampler Holdings and Director at Maple Park portfolio company Rita’s Italian Ice, has joined the firm as an Operating Advisor. Mr. Wiborg’s appointment follows Maple Park’s appointment of Jason Kidd

NEW YORK & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global hedge funds experienced volatility in January amid geopolitical headlines, policy shifts, and energy market swings, according to Hazeltree, a leading provider of integrated treasury and liquidity management solutions for alternative asset managers. Key takeaways from the newly published January 2026 Hazeltree Crowdedness Report include: The most crowded sectors consistently fell into three sectors across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC: Information Techno

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #EgonZehnder--Egon Zehnder, the world’s premier leadership advisory and executive search firm, today announced the opening of its Philadelphia office, marking the firm’s 70th office globally and further expanding its footprint in the United States. The new location strengthens Egon Zehnder’s long-standing commitment to serving clients across the Mid-Atlantic region with an integrated, advisory-led approach to leadership. Located in the FMC Tower, the Philadelphia office will de

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Morgan Properties, one of the nation's largest multifamily owners, today announced the appointment of Jonathan and Jason Morgan as co-Chief Executive Officers, formalizing the leadership roles they have long held in guiding the company’s strategy, investments and operations. Along with the new co-CEOs, Morgan Properties has elevated seven leaders to C-suite positions, including the appointment of Greg Curci as the company’s first Chief Operating Officer. As p

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regions Bank on Wednesday announced Kafi Slaughter has joined the bank to serve as area wealth leader for Private Wealth Management, guiding clients through comprehensive planning, customized investment strategies, fiduciary services, personalized financial guidance, and banking and lending solutions across Houston, Austin, San Antonio, and other rapidly growing markets in the southern half of the Lone Star State. In addition to delivering tailored services to high-net

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #digitallending--MeridianLink announced a series of product enhancements designed to help community-minded financial institutions accelerate growth.

RICHARDSON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Smart AutoCare today announced the appointment of Christopher Murphy as President. In his new role, Mr. Murphy will focus on driving operational excellence, strengthening partner relationships, and delivering enhanced support and solutions that enable agents and dealers to succeed. He will report to Tom Reilly, Head of Global Consumer Solutions of Fortegra and Peter Masi, CEO of Smart AutoCare. "We are pleased to welcome Christopher Murphy to the Smart AutoCa

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--No pizza establishment has ever earned a MICHELIN Star and Papa Johns is leading the charge to become the first. The brand is making a statement the world can rally behind: great pizza is star-worthy. With the launch of their new Pan Pizza, Papa Johns is ready to prove it. “This is a love letter to a food that has shaped moments and memories for decades,” said Jenna Bromberg, Chief Marketing Officer at Papa Johns. “That’s why we’re putting our Pan Pizza front and cente

NEW YORK & MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Uniswap Labs, the leader in decentralized finance, and Securitize, the leader in tokenizing real-world assets (RWAs), today announced a strategic integration to make BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) shares available to trade via UniswapX technology. This integration will enable onchain trading of BUIDL, both unlocking new liquidity options for BUIDL holders, and marking a significant step in bridging the gap between traditional financ

CORAL GABLES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Viamericas, a leading provider of remittance and international money transfer services, today announced that its Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel, Joe Massie, has been elected chairperson of the Money Services Business Association’s (MSBA) board of directors. Now in its 10th year, the MSBA is a trade association focused on the non-bank money services industry, where Massie has been an active voice. Since 2022, he has chaired the association’s Gov

LEWISVILLE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Caliber Named One of America's Best Large Employers by Forbes

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Paxos Labs, the enterprise infrastructure platform for embedded on-chain finance, and the Aleo Network Foundation, the non-profit organization supporting the Aleo Network, today announced that USAD, a U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin 1:1 backed by compliant USDG reserves, is now live on Aleo mainnet. USAD is the first stablecoin issued on a Layer 1 blockchain that combines smart contract programmability with privacy by default. Enabling confidential, application-ready di

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tradeweb Markets, a leading electronic trading platform for rates, credit, equities and money markets, today announced that it completed the industry’s first fully electronic swaption termination. The inaugural transaction took place between Citadel and Wells Fargo on Tradeweb’s Swap Execution Facility (TW SEF), with post-trade processing routed through OSTTRA’s MarkitWire platform. The completion of this electronic transaction, an industry first, expands on Tradeweb’