Credit Benchmark, the leading provider of consensus credit risk data, announces the appointment of Kuveshen Chetty as Acting Head of Africa. In this role, Kuveshen will accelerate the firm’s Africa franchise, working with banks, regulators and investors to deepen contributor relationships and expand the use of consensus credit data across Africa. Kuveshen joins Credit Benchmark with more than two decades’ experience in credit portfolio management, financial resource optimisation and capital...

Esri, the global leader in geographic information system (GIS) and geospatial AI technology, has signed a strategic collaboration agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to advance the integration of Generative AI (GenAI) into geospatial solutions and workflows. Bringing Esri’s geospatial AI platform, ArcGIS, together with the scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS enables organizations to deploy enterprise-scale geospatial AI solutions with greater efficiency and reliability, while levera...

FoodChain ID and IDFL today announced a strategic worldwide partnership that unites leading expertise to strengthen transparency from farm to finished product in the textile industry. The collaboration combines FoodChain ID’s agricultural certifications with IDFL’s textile certifications and testing, offering brands a seamless pathway to verify regenerative agricultural practices alongside textile chain-of-custody, social accountability, chemical compliance, environmental performance and animal...

CSG® (NASDAQ: CSGS) today released its 2026 State of the Customer Experience Report, which finds consumers in an era of total digital saturation, bombarded with brand communications in every channel, all day, every day. The research indicates that in 2026, clarity will be the most crucial driver of customer trust and loyalty. CSG’s global survey of 1,200 digital citizens found that consumers are struggling to identify which brand messages are important—and which interactions they can trust. ...