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First National Bank Coastal Community (FNBCC) has been named Best Bank in Palm Beach County in the Palm Beach Post’s 2026 Community Choice Awards. The annual awards celebrate the region’s top businesses and organizations, with nominees, finalists, and winners determined entirely by public vote. Winners were announced at an awards gala held Thursday, March 12, 2026, at the Palm Beach Convention Center.

Magnum Bikes, the Salt Lake City-based electric bike brand quietly redefining value in the e-bike market, is launching two new 2026 models designed for safety, reliability, and everyday riding. With prices under $2,000 and over a decade of experience, Magnum is delivering feature-packed bikes that appeal to both commuters and trail riders.

Every email sent, movie streamed or app used depends on data centers. But these facilities need a constant, reliable energy supply to power thousands of servers and nuclear power may be the ideal match.

EverDriven, the nation’s leader in Alternative Student Transportation, today announced the launch of its Consolidated Routing Services, unifying routing across yellow buses, vans, and alternative transportation as a continuously optimizing solution. Designed as a complement to a district’s existing routing strategy, it acts as an accelerant on top of current approaches — pairing advanced route intelligence with deep human expertise to make every route deliver the best outcome

Massive Bio today announced the launch of NexusPulse™, a real-time AI signal engine that helps oncology organizations detect change earlier, prioritize the right next action, and accelerate testing, treatment, and trial access. Built within Reticulum Nexus™ and powered by SYNERGY-AI™, NexusPulse transforms consented real-world clinical and biomarker data into always-on analytics and actionable intelligence.

Allstates WorldCargo, a leader in customized, expedited logistics solutions, today announced its acquisition of ELITeXPO, a Chicago-based tradeshow logistics provider specializing in end-to-end support for exhibiting companies.

Diadia Health has officially launched its AI causal reasoning platform nationwide following successful beta validation across 12+ clinical sites and thousands of patient cases. The platform analyzes genetic variants and lab results to help clinicians identify potential root causes in complex chronic disease cases and generate personalized treatment recommendations with 60% less trial-and-error than standard protocols. The platform focuses particularly on complex endocrine, metabolic, and hormonal conditions, where under-researched pathways create significant diagnostic gaps. Diadia brings precision medicine insights to cases where standard lab tests return normal results despite persistent symptoms.

ValidiFI, Inc., a leading provider of alternative data and predictive analytics, today announced it has been selected as the winner of the “Consumer Lending Innovation Award” in the 10th annual FinTech Breakthrough Awards program conducted by FinTech Breakthrough. This independent market intelligence organization recognizes the top companies, technologies, and products in the global fintech market.

The Hackett Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HCKT), a leading Gen AI consultancy and enterprise digital transformation firm, today released findings from its 2026 Finance Key Issues Study, revealing that finance organizations are rapidly expanding artificial intelligence (AI) adoption across both transactional and analytical processes to close widening productivity gaps and improve business performance.

ThetaRay, a leading provider of Cognitive AI financial crime compliance, today announced it has been named “RegTech Platform of the Year” in the 10th annual FinTech Breakthrough Awards. This prestigious recognition underscores ThetaRay’s role in architecting a transparent global financial safety net through explainable AI that ensures adherence to the world’s most stringent regulatory standards.

GeoComply Solutions Inc. (“GeoComply”), a leading provider of digital identity and geolocation solutions, today announced its selection as the “Financial Transaction Security Platform of the Year” for the second year in a row. This marks the 10th year of the program conducted by FinTech Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global FinTech market today.

CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals, announces that of the 24,006 candidates worldwide who sat for the Level I CFA® Program exam in February 2026, 45 percent have passed. All candidates will be notified of their results today.

As rising costs continue to outpace wages, many Americans are cutting costs by prioritizing lower premium insurance benefits offered by their employers during open enrollment — often at the expense of long-term financial protection.

Chase today opened its new Pacific Palisades branch nearly a year after the 2025 Southern California wildfires destroyed the previous location. The 5,500‑plus‑square‑foot space offers a larger, modern environment designed for convenience, accessibility and community engagement.

Advanced Aviation Team (AAT), a Washington, D.C.-based private aviation firm specializing in charter brokerage and complex, security-sensitive travel logistics, today announced that Peter Newell has joined the company as President. With Newell joining Founder & CEO Gregg Brunson-Pitts — who served as Director of the White House Travel Office under President George W. Bush — AAT is now led by two former presidential travel directors.

Fathom, the leader in autonomous medical coding, today announced that Your Health, a fast-growing, senior-focused primary and specialty care organization, has deployed Fathom's autonomous coding platform across all service lines and places of service. Since going live with the touchless solution in October 2025, Your Health has achieved a 95.5% encounter-level automation rate, improved coding accuracy from 96.3% to 98.3%, and improved its average risk adjustment factors (RAFs) by 0.66 year-over-year due to more complete and specific ICD-10 coding.

Today, the Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA) announced its esteemed keynote panelists for Connect (X) 2026 – the only business technology event in North America uniting the entire digital infrastructure industry – taking place May 4-6, 2026, in Fort Lauderdale, Fl. The headlining panelists comprise two sessions focused on the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in and on networks.

Dynasty Investment Bank, the investment banking division of Dynasty Financial Partners, LLC (“Dynasty”), served as the exclusive financial advisor to Cyndeo Wealth Partners (“Cyndeo”) in connection with its strategic minority recapitalization. Cyndeo, a Florida-based independent registered investment advisor (RIA) with approximately $3.1 billion in assets under management (AUM), has secured a minority equity investment from Rise Growth Partners (“Rise”), a leading growth equity firm dedicated to partnering with exceptional independent advisory businesses. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Yubico (NASDAQ STOCKHOLM: YUBICO) and Delinea today announced a joint integration that closes a critical gap in agentic AI security: the accountability gap between knowing who an AI agent is and proving that a verified human authorized what it did. The integration enables Yubico’s Role Delegation Tokens (RDT) – a cryptographic authorization primitive backed by YubiKey hardware – to be used within the Delinea Platform alongside StrongDM’s runtime authorization capabilities, and StrongDM ID, the new identity layer purpose-built for AI agents.

CFP Board has appointed June Taylor, JD, as chief of staff, effective March 16.

Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) proudly announces that Grand Hyatt at SFO has been named the Best Airport Hotel in North America at the 2026 World Airport Awards by Skytrax. In addition to leading the North America region, the hotel has achieved the distinction of being ranked No. 2 Airport Hotel Worldwide, solidifying its position among the top airport hotels across the globe.

PENN Entertainment, Inc. (“PENN” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: PENN) announced today that it expects to open the new land-based Hollywood Casino Aurora to the public on Wednesday, June 24, pending customary regulatory approvals. This will be the second all-new PENN property to open in the Chicagoland region following the grand opening of the land-based Hollywood Casino Joliet in August 2025.

Glancy Prongay Wolke & Rotter LLP, a leading national shareholder rights law firm, continues its investigation on behalf of Insulet Corporation (“Insulet” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: PODD) investors concerning the Company’s possible violations of the federal securities laws.

Glancy Prongay Wolke & Rotter LLP, a leading national shareholder rights law firm, continues its investigation on behalf of IperionX Limited (“IperionX” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: IPX) investors concerning the Company’s possible violations of the federal securities laws.

CBTS, a leading provider of managed IT and networking solutions, has been named to the CRN Tech Elite 250 for the seventh consecutive year. The annual list from CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, highlights solution providers based in the U.S. and Canada that are committed to excellence and distinguish themselves by attaining top-tier certifications and specializations from leading technology vendors in areas such as artificial intelligence, infrastructure, cloud, and security.

Vouched, the leading provider of identity verification solutions, today announced that it has been selected as winner of the “Identity Verification Solution of the Year” award in the 10th annual FinTech Breakthrough Awards program conducted by FinTech Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global FinTech market today. This follows Vouched’s “Best Identity Verification Solution” award win in 2025 and underscores the company’s accelerating momentum and technological leadership.

The Real Brokerage Inc. (NASDAQ: REAX), a leading real estate technology platform redefining the industry through innovation and culture, today announced that Real Wallet, the company’s embedded finance ecosystem for real estate agents, has been named the winner of the Business Lending Innovation Award in the 10th annual FinTech Breakthrough Awards, conducted by FinTech Breakthrough.

Community Financial System, Inc. (NYSE: CBU) (the “Company”) will host a conference call to discuss its financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026.

Today, Bonterra, along with leaders across military, healthcare, technology, and nonprofit sectors announced the launch of HEADS UP VET, a national coalition led by Veterans Collaborative, a first-of-its-kind public-private-community partnership aimed at addressing the impact of undiagnosed head injuries and reducing suicide risk among U.S. veterans.

Greenlight® Financial Technology, Inc. (“Greenlight”), the fintech company behind the award-winning family finance and safety solution, today announced that it has been selected as winner of the “Financial Education App of the Year” award in the 10th annual FinTech Breakthrough Awards program conducted by FinTech Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global FinTech market today.

Trustpair, the leading vendor fraud prevention platform for global enterprises, today announced it has been named “Procure-to-Pay Software of the Year” in the 10th annual FinTech Breakthrough Awards. The recognition highlights a structural shift underway in how enterprises secure their procure-to-pay (P2P) operations.

MaintainX, the leading AI-powered solution for maintenance and asset management, announced today the launch of Report Builder AI, a new in-platform capability that transforms asset and work data into custom reports and visualizations using natural language. The new reporting solution reduces the need for complex formulas, spreadsheets, or third-party analytics tools.

CSI, a leading provider of end-to-end financial software and technology, today announced that it has been named “Banking Infrastructure Platform of the Year” in the 10th annual FinTech Breakthrough Awards program. Conducted by independent market intelligence organization FinTech Breakthrough, the program recognizes the top companies, technologies and solutions in the global FinTech market today.

Tanium, a leader in Autonomous IT, announced today that a commissioned 2026 Forrester Consulting Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study found that the Tanium Autonomous IT Platform delivered 235% return on investment (ROI) and $20.1M in total benefits for a composite global enterprise by year three — with a payback period of under six months.

Serenity Mental Health Centers, a leader in psychiatric care and one of the fastest growing mental health providers in the nation, is helping redefine access to Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) therapy at its clinics in Frisco, Las Colinas, Fort Worth, Southlake, Arlington, and University Park.

AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb” (Good) of Pacific International Insurance Pty Limited (Pacific) (Australia). The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable.

AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a” (Excellent) of China Taiping Insurance (Macau) Company Limited (CTIM) (Macau). The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable.

Mobix Labs, Inc. (Nasdaq: MOBX) announced it has been selected by a major munitions manufacturer for a smart munitions feasibility program focused on anti-drone applications.

Leading global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (HSF Kramer) announced today that prominent antitrust attorney David Pearl has joined the firm’s Washington, DC office as a partner.

Mercer, a business of Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) and a global leader in helping clients realize their investment objectives, shape the future of work and enhance health and retirement outcomes for their people, has agreed to acquire AltamarCAM, a specialist private markets asset manager and solutions provider with €20 billion in assets under management1. After closing, AltamarCAM will become an integral part of Mercer’s wider private markets business.

The Campaign for Personal Prescription Importation (CPPI), a non-profit advocate for affordable access to prescription medications, has released a new price comparison study highlighting the stark differences between U.S. and Canadian pharmacy prices for popular brand-name prescription drugs.

Cengage Work, the workforce skills training business of global edtech company Cengage, today announced that its cybersecurity education provider, Infosec Institute, has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: North America IT Training Services 2025-2026 Vendor Assessment1 for the third consecutive year. The report highlights Infosec’s strengths including hands-on learning, certification depth, AI-driven personalization and its upcoming skills verification capabilities.

Phenom, the leader in applied AI that helps organizations hire faster, develop better and retain longer, has been recognized for Best Advance in Practical AI by the 2026 Lighthouse Tech awards in the Talent Acquisition category.

Andersen Consulting expands its digital transformation offering through a Collaboration Agreement with Teolia Consulting, a French firm specializing in project and product management, cloud platform engineering, data transformation, and Atlassian suite integration and adoption.

Stonebranch, a leading provider of service orchestration and automation solutions, today released its annual 2026 Global State of IT Automation Report, the company’s most comprehensive research study to date.

As the demand for quality, evidence-based medical research content continues to grow, Wolters Kluwer Health has renewed and expanded its relationship with the American Heart Association. Wolters Kluwer will now publish the Open Access journal Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology alongside the flagship journals Circulation and Stroke, for a total of twelve American Heart Association journal titles.

Two legends of American style come together for the very first time. J.Crew and Lee®, the iconic heritage denim brand founded in 1889, introduce an exclusive collaboration that reimagines Lee’s most historic denim styles through the lens of J.Crew’s prep heritage.

Udemy (Nasdaq: UDMY) today previewed Altus, the vision for its next-generation agentic AI solution, designed to help organizations identify critical skills, build capability in the flow of work, and drive measurable outcomes.

Despite $2 trillion in conservation spending since the launch of the modern environmental movement more than 50 years ago, environmental degradation continues to grow. Pesticide use has tripled; ocean dead zones increased from a few dozen to more than 500 worldwide, and freshwater species have declined by half. Unfortunately, fragmented conservation funding is inefficiently allocated to projects without accountability for outcomes and impact. In short, the system is broken. Today, The Freshwater Trust (TFT) announced a bold new goal to enable $1 billion in verified, data-driven freshwater conservation annually by 2030.

ZipRecruiter® (NYSE: ZIP), a leading online employment marketplace, is bringing job search directly into ChatGPT with the launch of the new ZipRecruiter app for ChatGPT. ZipRecruiter is meeting job seekers where they are, making it easier than ever to discover the right opportunity.

Terreno Realty Corporation (NYSE:TRNO), an acquirer, owner and operator of industrial real estate in six major coastal U.S. markets, sold an industrial property located in Gardena, California on March 18, 2026 for a sale price of approximately $44.0 million.

Kimball Electronics, Inc. (Nasdaq: KE) today announced the release of its 2025 Guiding Principles Report, which includes the company’s annual sustainability disclosures. Themed “Building Tomorrow, Together,” the Report outlines progress on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives and reflects the company’s continued focus on the issues that matter most—where it can make a meaningful and lasting difference for people and the environment, while supporting long-term business success.

Euclid Chemical, a leading manufacturer of specialty chemical products for the concrete and masonry construction industry, is excited to announce the launch of EUCON® R3A, an innovative new admixture designed to help ready-mix producers efficiently manage returned concrete while advancing sustainability and operational efficiency.

The Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority will hold its Regular Monthly Meeting on Monday, March 23, 2026, beginning at 9:15 a.m., or thereafter, immediately following the adjournment of the Governance Committee in the boardroom of the Port Houston Authority Administrative Building, located at 2960 Riverby Road, Houston, TX 77020.

Osaic, Inc. (“Osaic”), one of the nation’s largest providers of wealth management strategies, today announced The Finance Couple has joined from the firm LPL Financial, bringing $204 million in client assets. The Greenville, South Carolina–based advisory firm founded by husband-and-wife team Tim Curran, JD, CFP, and Wynne Curran, has joined Osaic through its office of supervisory jurisdiction (OSJ) Innovative Financial Group (“IFG”).

Maxio, the leading billing automation and revenue management platform for B2B SaaS and AI companies, and Abacum, the AI-native FP&A platform, today announced a partnership to deliver connected subscription billing and financial planning. By integrating the two platforms, Maxio and Abacum will create a seamless flow of billing and revenue data into planning and forecasting models, helping finance teams eliminate manual reconciliation, accelerate month-end close, and connect actuals to forecasts more reliably.

Portal26, a trailblazer in Enterprise AI Adoption and Governance, announced AMP (Agent Management Platform), a new addition to its Enterprise AI Adoption Management Platform. Fresh on the heels of launching their AI Value Realization Solution in Feb 2026, Portal26 remains true to its promise of taking its customers from “Visibility to Value.” In the context of Agents, this includes security capabilities such as discovering agents, measuring risk, enforcing security policies, identifying threats to agents, and disabling rogue behavior. On the Value Realization side, AMP includes measuring agent impact, mapping productivity, measuring token consumption, identifying agent demand, and managing agent migration.

Tufin, the leader in network security posture management, today announced Tufinnovate 2026, its annual virtual user conference bringing together industry leaders, network security executives, and practitioners to collaborate and explore the latest market trends, innovations, and strategies shaping network security today. The theme for this year’s event is “Welcome to the Agentic Era of Network Security Posture,” and a major focus will be the exploration of how Agentic AI is reshaping network security in an increasingly dynamic, AI-driven world.

Versa, the global leader in unified security and networking, today announced a strategic collaboration with Intel to advance AI processing at the Intelligent Edge. The collaboration is intended to help enterprises run select AI-driven security, networking, and analytics functions closer to where users, devices, applications, and data operate.

The World Gold Council (WGC) today announced a pioneering initiative to build new market infrastructure designed to unlock the next era of digital gold’s development.

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. (NYSE: APLE) (the “Company” or “Apple Hospitality”) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a regular monthly cash distribution of $0.08 per common share. The distribution is payable on April 15, 2026, to shareholders of record as of March 31, 2026.

RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: RICK) plans to file its Form 10-K and report financial results for the fiscal 2025 fourth quarter and year ended September 30, 2025, after the market closes today. The Company will hold a related conference call on X Spaces at 4:30 PM ET.

Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) today announced a strategic expansion initiative focused on accelerating growth through entry into the high-demand U.S. Northeast region. The Company is positioning itself to capitalize on the rapidly expanding Artificial Intelligence (“AI”)-driven data center market in both the United States and international markets while continuing to reinforce its leadership in critical infrastructure solutions.

Opal Security, the modern identity security and access governance company, today announced three new AI-native capabilities that together form the industry's first unified platform for seeing, encoding, and enforcing access governance. The launch, anchored by Paladin, an access evaluation agent, positions Opal as the defining company in AI-native identity governance. Rather than bolting AI onto legacy workflows, the company is creating AI that operates as a first-class participant in access decisions, orchestration, and policy reviews.

Wallarm, a leader in securing the AI-driven economy, today announced a new executive team to lead its next stage of growth, as it extends its focus beyond API security to securing AI transformation. AI is fundamentally changing how enterprises operate, compete, and serve their customers, creating an entirely new category of security risk. The leadership appointments reflect Wallarm’s commitment to helping companies safely secure the APIs that power AI adoption.

Nuvve Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: NVVE), a global leader in vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology and grid-interactive energy solutions, today announced it has extended its strategic cooperation with OMNIA Global (Zug, Switzerland) to include a 60 MW / 120 MWh standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) in Braşov, Romania — the third major European project activated under the companies’ cooperation agreement in less than two weeks.

iHeartMedia and FOX Entertainment today announced that Taylor Swift, this year’s most-nominated artist with nine nominations, will make a special appearance at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards, her first award show appearance this year. The show will also honor John Mellencamp with the 2026 iHeartRadio Icon Award, who will perform at the event. Additionally, Kehlani joins previously announced performers Alex Warren, Lainey Wilson, Ludacris, RAYE, and performing for the first time together, TLC, Salt-N-Pepa and En Vogue.

Empathy, the technology company transforming how the world plans for and navigates life’s hardest moments, today released The Hidden Barriers to the Great Wealth Transfer Report. This new research examines how families and financial advisors are preparing for the largest transfer of wealth in history. Approximately $124 trillion in global wealth is expected to change hands by 2048, yet Empathy’s research reveals most families are unprepared for the transition. Only 28% of families say they expect wealth transfers to happen smoothly, while 53% anticipate problems, delays, or conflict.

Today, American Forests and partners Speak for the Trees, Boston and PowerCorpsBOS of the City of Boston announced receipt of a $1.5 million, three-year implementation grant from Liberty Mutual Insurance to advance the Boston Green Jobs Solutions Map, a collaborative initiative connecting residents to green jobs while strengthening urban forestry and climate resilience efforts.

Versa, the global leader in unified security and networking, today announced early access for Versa Secure Enterprise Browser, a new browser-native security capability within the VersaONE Universal SASE Platform that protects employees, contractors, or partner users as they use web, SaaS, and enterprise AI applications by enforcing security, access, and data protection policies directly in the browser session.

Genius Sports Limited (“Genius Sports”) (NYSE: GENI) will host a strategic NewFront event on Thursday, March 26, including a live webcast, as part of the official IAB NewFronts week.

Aurora Innovation, Inc. (NASDAQ: AUR) today highlighted findings from a new report revealing that autonomous freight is already a multi-billion dollar bolster for the $1 trillion dollar U.S. trucking industry, with even more economic opportunity over the next ten years.

Faith Investor Services, LLC (“FIS”), a faith-based investment firm offering ETFs and wealth management solutions aligned with Christian values, today announced the launch of three new exchange-traded funds (ETFs). This expands the firm’s faith-based ETF platform to five total funds.

U.S. homebuyers are taking their time as spring approaches, which is usually the busiest season for the housing market. The typical home that went under contract in February spent 66 days on the market, according to a new report from Redfin, the real estate brokerage powered by Rocket. That’s the slowest February pace since 2016 and is up from 58 days a year earlier.

The Pancake Parlour, one of Australia’s most iconic and enduring hospitality brands, has selected Square as its unified commerce platform across their 13 restaurants. As a business who last year celebrated their 60th anniversary, the move marks a significant step in modernising operations across its locations and establishing the infrastructure required to support its next phase of growth.