Merit Financial Advisors, a Georgia-based financial advisory firm, has announced the acquisition of Safeguard Wealth Management. This strategic move enhances Merit’s digital marketing capabilities, particularly through Safeguard’s successful YouTube platform, and adds $597 million in assets to Merit’s portfolio.
Ashland Place Finance LLC, a commercial aviation financing platform, has successfully completed two new financing facilities for Sirius Aviation Capital Holdings Limited. These facilities cover two A320-200 aircraft currently leased to Peach Aviation in Japan and Volaris in Mexico.
Pearl Diver Credit Company Inc. reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025. The quarter reflected a mix of increased investment income and higher expenses, along with market-driven unrealized losses affecting CLO equity valuations.
Seel, a leading AI-driven post-purchase platform, has announced new insurance and reinsurance partnerships with Lloyd’s of London and Arch Insurance, strengthening its Worry-Free Purchase® program for merchants and shoppers alike.
AllScale, the self-custody financial platform designed for global microbusinesses, announced the completion of a $5 million Seed round led by YZi Labs (through EASY Residency Season 2), Informed Ventures, and Generative Ventures, with participation from other prominent institutional investors. The company is also an official ecosystem partner of BNB Chain.
BingX, a leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 AI innovator, has rolled out a major upgrade to its copy trading platform, celebrating a milestone of 1.3 billion cumulative copy trading orders. The update focuses on user experience, introducing a revamped interface, faster workflows, and advanced customization features designed to make trading simpler, more intuitive, and user-centric.
Logicbroker, the company behind the Intelligent Commerce Network that powers some of the world’s largest retailers and brands, has teamed up with PayPal to simplify merchants’ entry into AI-driven agentic commerce. The partnership enables thousands of Logicbroker merchants to activate PayPal’s agentic commerce services—including store sync and future agentic payment features—with minimal technical lift.
Frontline Performance Group (FPG), a global leader in revenue optimization, is rolling out CheckMax, an AI-powered performance software designed to maximize check averages and potentially double restaurant profits. The platform blends real-time analytics, e-learning, and staff coaching to help servers shift from order-takers to revenue drivers.
For instance, in 2028, a consumer opens his financial dashboard and pulls data from his bank, investment applications, insurance providers, lending platforms, and even digital wallets. A consumer knows exactly who has access to his information and can tap to receive personalized insights into his choices and switch seamlessly between service providers. The Future of…
TomNext, a startup tackling inefficiencies in the $22 trillion alternative assets market, has emerged from stealth and launched a closed beta for a select group of family offices, wealth advisors, and private-market investors. The company also announced a new funding round to accelerate product development and scale its platform. TomNext aims to modernize the workflows…
Empery Digital Inc. (NASDAQ: EMPD) has updated its ongoing $150 million share repurchase program, revealing that it has now repurchased 13,705,746 shares at an average price of $6.99 per share, including fees and commissions. Following these transactions, roughly $54 million remains available under the repurchase plan, with 37,714,489 shares outstanding, accounting for the potential exercise…
Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRTH) is exploring a potential privatization move after receiving a preliminary, non-binding take-private proposal from its Chairman and CEO, Thomas Priore. The company announced that a Special Committee of independent and disinterested directors has been tasked with evaluating the offer and other strategic alternatives. To support this evaluation, the committee…
In the enterprise credit world—where workflows are fragmented, data lives in silos, and most professionals juggle more tabs than a Bloomberg terminal on a caffeine bender—the promise of “unified systems” has been more sales pitch than reality. Today, Octus is trying to change that narrative. The company has officially launched Sky Road Research Management, an…
