~ Dual-tranche structure and investment-grade rating reflect a maturing securitization platform ~

~ Transaction was oversubscribed and upsized amid strong demand from institutional fixed income investors ~

~ Closing advances Abacus’s shift toward recurring, fee-related revenue ~



(BUSINESS WIRE)--Abacus Global Management, Inc. (“Abacus” or the “Company”) (NYSE: ABX), a financial services company specializing in alternative asset management, with a focus on longevity-based assets and personalized financial planning, today announced the closing of a dual-tranche securitization collateralized by a diversified portfolio of life insurance policies. The total structure is valued at over $400 million including the Class A and Class B notes and the residual interest. The notes have received an investment-grade rating from a third-party rating agency. The offering was oversubscribed and was upsized in response to investor demand.

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• HeadFirst Global, a €10 billion group comprised of Impellam and HeadFirst Group, unites 11 businesses under Vertage, a single name, platform, and operating model
• Platform will curate the right mix of expert talent and AI agents to deliver work outcomes for enterprise customers across Americas, the UK and Europe, and Asia Pacific
• Operating brands retire in Q1 2027. Existing contracts, delivery teams, and day-to-day contacts continue unchanged through the transition

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(BUSINESS WIRE)--Liquid AI today, at Snapdragon Summit 2026, announced that Liquid Context, an on-device context layer, is now optimized for Snapdragon® processors, specifically using the Qualcomm® Hexagon™ NPU. In collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies, Liquid Context built a persistent understanding of the user from signals from devices with Snapdragon processors and made relevant context available to AI agents, whether they ran on the device, in the cloud or across both. Device manufacturers now have a foundation for more proactive, personalized and trustworthy AI experiences, alongside Liquid Agent, Liquid AI’s efficient embedded agent.

Personal Context That Makes Any Agent More Useful

Useful agents need to understand what matters to the user and when help is needed. With the user’s permission, Liquid Context learns from device signals, builds an understanding of routines, preferences and needs, and keeps that understanding current. It provides a shared context l ... Read more »

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Pulse delivers actionable leads in seconds, no crypto expertise required, enabling decisions in the field

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Elliptic, the global leader in on-chain risk, today launched Pulse. Pulse puts crypto lead prioritization directly in the hands of every frontline law enforcement and government officer.

Crypto now touches every part of law enforcement, from the patrol officer on the street to the detective assigned to investigate the case. Pulse gives each of them a quick, accurate financial summary and a starting point: whether that's a crypto address on a suspect's phone, in a scam ATM victim's receipt, uncovered during a vehicle or pocket search, or found at the scene of an overdose, an arrest, or a seizure.

An officer can input anything that looks like a wallet address or transaction hash. Pulse identifies it, reasons over the result, and returns a summary in plain language, enough for the officer to decide on the spot whether the case ... Read more »

European finalist demonstrates ultra-early wildfire detection with Silvanet and autonomous suppression with Silvaguard



(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dryad Networks, a leader in ultra-early wildfire detection, today announced it has been awarded $800,000 in the XPRIZE Wildfire competition for its performance in the Autonomous Wildfire Response finals in Alaska.

Dryad advanced from an original field of approximately 300 entrants in the four-year competition. In June 2026, three finalists were challenged to autonomously detect and completely suppress a high-risk wildfire within 10 minutes of ignition across 1,000 km² of Alaskan wilderness, leaving any decoy fires untouched. It was the most demanding live test to date of what it will take to stop a destructive fire before it grows out of control.

During the tests, the Dryad’s Silvanet sensor network successfully detected and verified target fire in 12 minutes or less and autonomously launched a response, ignoring any de ... Read more »

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Three-decade technology finance leader joins Boomi to scale global operations, bringing experience across IPO, take-private, and large-scale acquisition integration

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Boomi, the data activation company for AI, today announced the appointment of Mike Hickman as Chief Financial Officer. Hickman will lead Boomi's global finance and accounting organization, spanning financial planning and analysis, accounting, treasury, tax, and financial reporting. He reports to Boomi Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Steve Lucas.

Hickman brings three decades of senior finance leadership in high-growth SaaS and technology companies, with experience across the full corporate lifecycle: scaling through IPO, executing a take-private, and integrating large acquisitions. He joins from Proofpoint, where he spent seven and a half years, most recently as Senior Vice President of Finance, helping guide the c ... Read more »

BOULDER, Colo. - ParaScript’s AI-powered document intelligence technology integrates with Stakk’s SaaS platform to provide regulated organizations with a stronger defense against AI-driven digital identity fraud. Complementary technologies establish digital trust by continuously assessing identity, documents, behavior and context, making explainable decisions in milliseconds. Combined businesses serve more than 300 enterprise customers and processes more than 110 billion digital interactions annually across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East and Australia. (BUSINESS WIRE) -- ParaScript, an Al-powered document processing company, today announced that Stakk Limited (ASX: SKK) (“Stakk”), a company publicly traded on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX), has successfully completed its US$63 million (A$88.7 million) acquisition of ParaScript, LLC and ParaScript Management, Inc. (“ParaScript”), creating a scaled and profitable AI-native digital trust platform. Stakk acquired ParaScript ... Read more »

A new whitepaper by Future Health – A Global Initiative by Abu Dhabi, in collaboration with the McKinsey Health Institute, estimates that eliminating modifiable health risks could deliver substantial health and economic benefits

Under a full risk-elimination scenario, annual global GDP could be USD 16.4 trillion higher in 2050, equivalent to 9% of projected global GDP
Analysis finds that eliminating modifiable behavioural, metabolic and environmental risk factors could avert an estimated 1.5 billion disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) globally and add 12 years to global healthy life expectancy at birth in 2050
The 1.5 billion DALYs are equivalent to approximately 47 percent of projected global disease burden in 2050
The whitepaper sets out a five-step framework for governments to turn healthy-living ambitions into coordinated action, presenting Abu Dhabi’s Healthy Living Strategy as a practical example of government-wide, whole-of-society delivery


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Awards expand deployment of SLB's integrated well construction model across Saudi Arabia’s oil and gas reservoirs



(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global energy technology company SLB (NYSE: SLB) today announced it has been awarded four integrated well construction contracts by Aramco to support oil and gas development across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Under the contracts, SLB will manage end-to-end well construction services, delivering more than 450 wells in the three-year term, with an optional extension of up to two years.

"Delivering hundreds of wells across a multi-year program and in multiple operating environments requires an integrated model that connects planning, execution, and digital workflows to set new industry performance benchmarks,” said Steve Gassen, executive vice president of Geographies for SLB. “Awarding SLB these advanced well construction programs at scale reflects Aramco’s confidence in our integrated model and capabilities."

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, 24. September 2026

Recognition highlights Taher’s leadership in building MultiBank Group into a global financial institution


(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Naser Taher, Founder and Chairman of MultiBank Group, one of the world’s largest financial derivatives institutions, was named Financial Leader of the Year at the Gulf Business Awards 2026. Presented during a ceremony held on 23 September at The Ritz-Carlton JBR, Dubai, the award was part of the Editor’s Choice category.

The recognition comes after Taher lead the expansion of MultiBank Group for more than two decades, from its founding in 2005 to a financial institution serving more than four million clients across 100 countries today. Under his leadership, the Group has built a presence under more than 18 financial regulators across five continents and recorded daily trading volumes exceeding $35 billion.

Taher has also guided the Group’s development across traditional ... Read more »