BENEFIT, the Bahraini innovator and a leading company in fintech and electronic financial transactions service, and Ant International, a leading global digital payment, digitisation and financial technology provider, headquartered in Singapore, have partnered to launch cross-border QR payments between Bahrain’s BENEFIT QR payment scheme and Ant International’s global wallet gateway, Alipay+, during 2026 to support the transition toward a more inclusive digital payments ecosystem. This press rel...
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...
Lone Star Funds (“Lone Star”) today announced that an affiliate of Lone Star Real Estate Fund VI, L.P. has successfully completed the sale of three multifamily properties across Texas which were sold to three separate buyers. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The entire portfolio totaled 606 property units: a 208-unit garden style multifamily community built in 2004 and located in Lubbock, TX; a 214-unit garden style multifamily community built in 2013 and located in Midl...
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. ...
CONNECTIONS CONFERENCE -- Guidewire (NYSE: GWRE) today introduced PricingCenter, enabling P&C insurers to deliver pricing changes quickly and with greater precision – adjusting rates in real time, analyzing impact before release, and responding rapidly to market shifts. Purpose-built for actuaries, pricing teams, and IT developers, PricingCenter unifies and modernizes the pricing and rating lifecycle, from model design to market deployment. By connecting pricing strategy to execution, it ...
Dawex, the leader in data exchange solutions, and Innovalia Group, a strategic group of technology companies specializing in digital transformation solutions, have signed a strategic collaboration agreement to drive the development of secure and sovereign data spaces in the Spanish market through a comprehensive range of products and services. The collaboration brings together two strong and complementary areas of expertise: Dawex’s technological leadership in Data Exchange and the Innovalia ...
As the semiconductor industry navigates evolving supply dynamics, Rochester Electronics continues to provide immediate access to in-stock, authorized Nexperia products—ensuring uninterrupted support for manufacturers worldwide. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251027747553/en/Rochester Electronics Delivers In-Stock Nexperia Products With Nexperia components playing a critical role in automotive, industrial, and consume...
According to Forrester’s (Nasdaq: FORR) 2026 B2C marketing, customer experience, and digital business predictions, the rapid adoption of generative AI is exposing fragmented vendor ecosystems and increasing consumer skepticism. In 2026, a third of companies will harm experiences with frustrating AI self-service. The pressure to cut costs will cause companies to deploy customer-facing genAI chatbots and virtual agents prematurely — and in contexts where they’re unlikely to succeed. This will ero...
Fortegra Insurance UK Limited, part of the Fortegra Group — a global specialty insurer — has been officially admitted to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Quarterly Listing of Alien Insurers, formalized in the NAIC’s October Edition 249. The registration creates a differentiated platform that enables Fortegra’s agents and brokers in the United Kingdom to serve their customers who need specialized U.K.-domiciled capacity to address risks that require a U.S. surplus lin...