Blockpass is proud to announce its recent integration with Polygon, the interoperability and scalability solution. Blockpass will provide essential KYC services for the Polygon protocol and framework as it is used to build and connect Ethereum-compatible blockchain networks. As part of this integration, the Blockpass Mobile App has already been updated to support Polygon crypto addresses.
Polygon has progressed rapidly in its mission to solve major blockchain issues and pain points like high gas fees and slow speeds, without sacrificing on security. Polygon combines Ethereum and sovereign blockchains into a full-fledged multi-chain system which allows developers to rapidly scale decentralized apps, with more than 3000 DApps having already benefited from its solution. Polygon prides itself on its security, power and openness, all in addition to being fully compatible with Ethereum’s network effects.
Blockpass is a digital identity verification provider which provides a one-click compliance gateway to financial services and other regulated industries. Through Blockpass, users can create, store, and manage a data-secure digital identity that can be used for an entire ecosystem of services, token purchases and access to regulated industries. For businesses and merchants, Blockpass is a comprehensive KYC & AML SaaS that requires no integration and no setup cost. You can set up a service in minutes, test the service for free and start verifying and on-boarding users. Currently with more than 160,000 verified user identity profiles, Blockpass facilitates instant onboarding, and to date almost 5000 services have taken advantage of this opportunity to get access to users with reusable digital identity profiles.
“We’re excited to see how Polygon has developed into something so amazing, particularly over the past year.” said Adam Vaziri, Blockpass CEO. “Removing the pain points in blockchain technology is essential for its continued growth, and working with the great team at Polygon to do it in a secure and compliant manner – without putting any undue burden on users and developers – is an honor.”
Blockpass has grown significantly in size and use since its inception, both in the number and range of users and organizations it has partnered with and the scope of its work. Blockpass continues to develop its digital identity protocol with updates and additions to improve the compliance experience. The existential need for DeFi projects to be regulatory compliant and the recent integrations have led to a surge in interest for Blockpass’ On-chain KYC(TM) solution which promises to change the way blockchains enable compliance. Through its recent work with Animoca Brands, Blockpass is developing the ability to provide KYC where the delivery of the verification result is provably sent and shown on a blockchain without sharing the underlying data. This represents a significant step towards the future Blockpass hopes to bring about where identity verification can be proved without revealing any personal information at all.
About Blockpass
Blockpass, the pioneer of On-chain KYC(TM), is a fast, fully comprehensive KYC & AML screening software-as-a-service for blockchains, Crypto, Defi and other regulated industries. With Blockpass, you get an unmatched set of benefits for any compliance service that includes pay-as-you-go, no setup cost, no integration necessary, free testing, immediate launch and at the lowest cost. Blockpass’ KYC Connect(TM) platform enables businesses to select requirements for customer onboarding that can include ID authentication, face-matching, address checking, AML ongoing monitoring and/or screening of sanctions lists, politically exposed persons (PEP), and adverse media. Through Blockpass, end-users easily create a verified portable identity that they can control and re-use to onboard with any service instantly. By integrating with Chainlink Network – a decentralized oracle solution – in early January, Blockpass introduced the first On-chain KYC(TM) solution that will service many blockchains in the years to come. The Blockpass App is available from the App Store and Google Play.
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About Polygon
Polygon is the leading platform for Ethereum scaling and infrastructure development. Its growing suite of products offers developers easy access to all major scaling and infrastructure solutions: L2 solutions (ZK Rollups and Optimistic Rollups), sidechains, hybrid solutions, stand-alone and enterprise chains, data availability solutions, and more. Polygon’s scaling solutions have seen widespread adoption with 3000+ applications hosted, ~600M total transactions processed, ~60M unique user addresses, and $5B+ in assets secured.
If you’re an Ethereum Developer, you’re already a Polygon developer! Leverage Polygon’s fast and secure txns for your Dapp, get started here.
Website: https://polygon.technology/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xPolygon
Telegram: https://t.me/polygonofficial
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DigiMax Announces Partnership between BearClaw Esports and CryptoHawk AI
DIGIMAX GLOBAL INC. (the “Company” or “DigiMax”) (CSE:DIGI) is excited to announced it is combining forces with BearClaw Esports to allow its community of streaming gamers and Esports followers to access CryptoHawk AI products and information. Esports gamers are well known for their affiliation with cryptocurrencies, with many gamers also using their computer hardware to mine and trade a wide variety of cryptocurrencies.
At $180 billion and growing by 20% in 2020(1), the video game category is now bigger than sports and movie revenue combined. Further, the platforms that people use for gaming is resulting in more connectedness and scale of participants than ever before. Gamers and crypto traders have a great deal in common and most do both already and often on the same machines as more and more gamers are converting their gaming machines into miners in their spare time.
BearClaw attracts more than 200,000 gamers and viewers per month through a variety of events that includes but is not limited to:
BearClaw Streamers – 15,000 Daily – https://www.twitch.tv/team/bearclawgaming
Challenger Circuit Pro – 100,000 Semi-Monthly – https://www.twitch.tv/playapex
Brazil Open – 10,000 Saturdays – https://www.youtube.com/c/PUBGMOBILEBrasil
GLL Cup – 1000,000 Semi-Weekly – https://www.twitch.tv/gllapex
Other events include Call of Duty and VCT Game Changer tournaments each attracting more than 100,000 users.
The integration of the gaming community with CryptoHawk AI is expected to bring several benefits, including:
– Allowing the BearClaw community subscription access to CryptoHawk AI for their personal use in trading various cryptocurrencies.
– Allowing those same users to benefit through the CryptoHawk AI affiliate program where they can earn credits against subscription fees by referring other new subscribers;
– Adding the gaming community to the CryptoHawk AI predictions solution, which adds a considerable diverse expansion to the user-base; and
– Aligning the BearClaw community with the growing DigiMax partnership community
The addition of BearClaw adds an exciting element to the growing depth of assets and partnerships surrounding the DigiMax Investment and Trading tools supported by DigiMax Artificial Intelligence.
“The technological savviness and leadership of the gaming industry, and its community, have always been in the forefront of innovation and AI. This is why this partnership and outreach with BearClaw Esports brings a frictionless and non-disruptive adoption to a growing generation that desires and monetizes from technological advancement,” said Thierry Hubert, CTO of DigiMax.
“The gaming and Esports community is no stranger to finding new ways to leverage its passion,” said Harley Parks, CEO of BearClaw. “Many of us have been using our gaming computers to mine bitcoins and build and trade virtual assets, understand the value of NFTs in our metaverse and run worldwide and local competitions offering significant and sustainable rewards. We turn our gaming time into streaming events where followers and sponsors finance our time and lifestyle. Our partnership with DigiMax is a perfect fit and a timely addition to our community.”
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About BearClaw
BearClaw Esports is a professional Esports organization that organizes and facilitates gaming and entertainment around the world through streaming events and Esports events with a complimentary local feel so that everyone is included. Its mission is to promote the gaming and Esports industry development for gamers, encourage Gen Z players to pursue their interests, inspire creativity, and promote diversity. Based originally in Korea, BearClaw has members all around the world.
About DigiMax
DigiMax is an Artificial Intelligence technology company committed to unlocking the potential of disruptive technologies by providing advanced financial, predictive, and cryptocurrency solutions across various verticals. DigiMax is an official IBM Watson partner, and the Company’s engineering team has extensive experience in Machine Learning, Neural Language Processing, AI, Big Data and Cryptocurrency technology.
To learn more, visit our website: https://digimaxglobal.com/
Contact:
David Bhumgara
Chief Financial Officer
416-574-4603
dbhumgara@digimaxglobal.com
Chris Carl
President & CEO
416-312-9698
ccarl@digimax-global.com
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Phemex Pushes the Great Potential of Metaverse at World Blockchain Summit – Dubai
Phemex took part in the World Blockchain Summit in Dubai, UAE, on October 13-14. This event was attended by more than 1,500 experts from the world of blockchain, which made it especially memorable.
At this event, participants were able to:
– Establish cooperation with the largest crypto and blockchain companies;
– Meet like-minded people, opinion leaders and leading investors;
– Improve their skills and learn about innovations.
At the meeting, Phemex CEO Jack Tao gave a presentation. He said that the current banking system is unequal and more friendly to richer players.
Having over a decade of wall street experience, he believed that users needed a more secure and stable platform for crypto trading. So in 2019, he and his Morgan Stanley colleagues launched their own platform – Phemex. At the moment, the company is in the top-10 of the world’s largest crypto exchanges for derivatives trading. It provides a secure, user-friendly interface and rock-bottom transaction fees for a variety of popular crypto pairs.
Jack Tao’s report on the World Blockchain Summit
Jack Tao shared his thoughts on the explosive trend in the crypto world – the Metaverse. The crypto space is changing and developing every day, and the Metaverse has caused stirred discussion among industry insiders.
Jack sees great potential in the concept. The Metaverse has gained its wide popularity thanks to growing global interest in cryptocurrency.
Jack noted: “The Metaverse represents a new way of interacting with the digital world, even more exciting and disruptive than our current Internet. No one knows exactly what it will look like, but that’s how it’s meant to be. You see, the Metaverse is meant to be created by each participant, not by a central authority.”
In his opinion the main driver for the development of this trend are NFTs (non-fungible tokens), which have also grown significantly.
Jack mentioned: “This year, we have witnessed massive growth, decline and a new rise in the NFT market. An eloquent sign that NFTs will stay here forever is not that several NFTs have been sold for millions of dollars but that tens of thousands of NFTs have been sold for modest amounts. This demonstrates that digital collectables are not only the playground of crypto-whales; they are spreading in the direction of mass distribution.”
Phemex predicts that in the long term, the digital sphere will offer a wide range of opportunities: “Powerful companies outside the crypto industry, such as Facebook and Epic Games, have begun to invest heavily in virtual reality, cloud games and other elements related to the Metaverse.”
Phemex supports the Metaverse
Phemex is primarily a cryptocurrency exchange that provides extensive opportunities to its users. Nevertheless, the company continues to develop and establish contacts related to the Metaverse.
In March this year, Phemex organized a major event dedicated to NFT. The result was the community-driven creation of a composite mural displaying QR codes of all participants for their Ethereum deposit addresses on Phemex. More than 1000 users were able to participate in this event. Later, after this NFT was registered and sold, the proceeds were distributed to each participant because the company takes care of its users.
Phemex is also responsible for listing coins related to the Metaverse on its platform. Among them are:
– AXS. This is the main management token for Axie Infinity. Right now, this project probably embodies GameFi more than any other.
– MANA is a native token of Decentralaland. In this game, participants can buy, own and manipulate NFTs representing digital real estate.
It is important to note that the company takes coin lists seriously in order to protect its customers from fraudulent protocols and assets.
Phemex is confident in the future of the GameFi model, and follows an approach that supports systematic development.
The company will continue to support the expansion of the Metaverse. Jack Tao stressed that “this is the most important gateway for newcomers to enter the crypto world.”
About World Blockchain Summit
World Blockchain Summit is a global series of elite gatherings that takes place in 16+ destinations across the world. It connects global blockchain gurus and technology players in this space including emerging startups – with regional businesses, government authorities, IT leaders, tech entrepreneurs, investors, and blockchain developers.
About Phemex
Phemex (phemex.com) is a Singapore-based cryptocurrency and derivatives trading platform founded in 2019 and led by former Morgan Stanley executives. Serving around 2 million active users in over 200 countries, Phemex supports 37+ trading pairs with up to 100x leverage. It was also the first major exchange to pioneer an optional premium membership model for zero spot trading fees.
For further details about Phemex, please contact:
Catherine Li
Events & Sponsorships
catherine.li@phemex.com
Trintech Named to Inc.’s First-Annual Best-Led Companies List
- First-ever roundup of companies recognized for management excellence in performance and value creation, market penetration and customer engagement, talent, and leadership team
Trintech, a leading global provider of integrated Record to Report software solutions for the Office of Finance, today announced that it has been named to Inc.’s first-annual ‘Best-Led Companies’ list – a select, data-driven list of the strongest U.S. firms with revenue of $50 million to $2 billion. This novel program is the first Inc. recognition to honor both public and private companies.
The final list recognizes 250 companies that are agile enough to maneuver but also big enough to have a broad impact. These companies employ 35 million people, about one of four U.S. workers. All 250 have a successful track record with leadership teams that spur solid performance, create value, penetrate markets, engage with customers, and more.
To be considered for the list, each company had to fill out an application answering questions about its performance, executive team, and leadership. Applicants were then analyzed via an algorithm that identified the very best companies according to their leadership teams’ superlative accomplishments in four key areas: performance and value creation; market penetration and customer engagement; talent; and leadership team.
“This inaugural list of companies represents the remarkable midsized companies, both public and private, often founder led, that are at the vanguard of reinventing American business,” says Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc. magazine. “With their leadership, all business will benefit from an exciting, competitive future full of possibilities.”
“Innovation is a cornerstone of our ethos,” says Teresa Mackintosh, CEO of Trintech. “And we’re unwavering in our commitment to continue to innovate, even and especially over the last year and a half. Even as we established key strategic partnerships with ServiceNow, Planful, and Microsoft, all providing new solution values for our joint customers, we continued innovating within our own solutions to create greater value for our existing and prospective customers. It is a true honor to be recognized by Inc. on this inaugural list and to be amongst the companies setting the benchmark for others to come.”
Trintech is committed to providing world-class, innovative solutions that deliver increased efficiency, real-time visibility, collaboration and control to mid-market and enterprise organizations around the world. For over 35 years, Trintech has driven innovation and automation throughout the Record to Report (R2R) process with solutions that empower finance and accounting teams with purpose-built technology. Trintech’s solutions enable those teams to go beyond balancing the workload and eliminating manual work from the reconciliation and close process, to analyzing the data and applying human capital and intelligence to higher value tasks such as problem solving and evolving the business with time that is saved.
To compile the list, Inc. evaluated private and public U.S.-based companies with a 2020 revenue of $50 million to $2 billion or a valuation of $50 million to $10 billion using a proprietary 12-point measure of management excellence generated with input from partners at Pitchbook and Shango Labs.
To see the complete list, go to: https://www.inc.com/best-led-companies/2021
The November issue of Inc. magazine is available online now at https://www.inc.com/magazine and will be on newsstands beginning November 9, 2021.
About Inc.
The world’s most trusted business-media brand, Inc., offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community they need to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across various channels, including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 allows the founders of the best businesses to engage with an exclusive community of their peers and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. The associated Inc. 5000 Conference is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc. For more information, visit www.inc.com.
About Trintech
Trintech Inc., a pioneer of Financial Corporate Performance Management (FCPM) software, combines unmatched technical and financial expertise to create innovative, cloud-based software solutions that deliver world-class financial operations and insights. From high volume transaction matching and streamlining daily operational reconciliations, to automating and managing balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany accounting, journal entries, disclosure reporting and bank fee analysis, to governance, risk and compliance – Trintech’s portfolio of financial solutions, including Cadency(R) Platform, Adra(R) Suite, and targeted tools, ReconNET(TM), T-Recs(R), and UPCS(R), help manage all aspects of the financial close process. Over 3,500 clients worldwide – including the majority of the Fortune 100 – rely on the company’s cloud-based software to continuously improve the efficiency, reliability, and strategic insights of their financial operations.
Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Trintech has offices located across the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore, France, Ireland, the Netherlands and the Nordics, as well as strategic partners in South Africa, Latin America and Asia Pacific. To learn more about Trintech, visit www.trintech.com or connect with us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
Media Contact:
Kelli Shoevlin
214.957.5009
kelli.shoevlin@trintech.com
SOURCE: Trintech, Inc.
CadencyDirect Integrates into ServiceNow’s GRC Solution to Drive Better Risk-Informed Decisions across the Enterprise
ServiceNow customers can achieve significant ROI potential including: Up to a 40% reduction in internal audit effort, up to a 20% reduction in time testing controls, and up to a 14% reduction in misstatement risk with CadencyDirect
Trintech, a leading global provider of integrated financial close automation software solutions for the Office of Finance, today announced the latest release of CadencyDirect which now integrates into ServiceNow’s GRC solution to help customers strengthen their compliance frameworks and drive better risk-informed decisions across the enterprise.
“At ServiceNow our aim is to make work, work better for people,” said Vasant Balasubramanian, vice president and GM of the Risk BU at ServiceNow. “Through this integration of CadencyDirect into ServiceNow’s GRC solution, we are helping to make work flow more seamlessly for CFOs and their financial teams by helping them achieve enhanced visibility and control of critical financial data in order to handle risk with confidence.”
A key capability delivered with this release includes the ability for critical financial close tasks and issues to trigger notifications and workflows throughout the enterprise within the Now Platform. With this capability, along with the integration to GRC, Trintech and ServiceNow are enabling digital transformation that reduces the risk to the global enterprise market.
“We are seeing a stronger collaboration across the C-Suite, particularly between the CIO, CFO and CAO, as digital transformation becomes more imperative for organizations,” said Robert Michlewicz, Chief Strategy Officer of Trintech. “While digital transformation introduces extensive opportunities for organizations, it also introduces new digital risk that must be managed with stronger and integrated GRC capabilities. With the latest release of CadencyDirect, key stakeholders across the business will now have the visibility and transparency into historically siloed disciplines to create a more connected organization that opens the door to enterprise-wide digital transformation.”
CadencyDirectis certified as part of the ServiceNow Built on Now(TM) program that complements and extends financial operations management so that CFOs and their teams can digitize workflows across the financial close process – helping to reduce complexity and risk, accelerating the overall process, and driving a greater experience for the entire enterprise. The platform combines all financial close activities into a single, seamless process, including operational matching, intercompany transaction management, balance sheet reconciliations, journal entry management, close task management and compliance and provides a connected, collaborative ecosystem by leveraging a mature and very robust set of financial controls, along with deep automation and integration capabilities that seamlessly connects with leading ERPs such as SAP(R), Oracle(R), and NetSuite(R).
Whether you’re an experienced ServiceNow user looking to synchronize your mature or in-progress digital transformation, or just starting your transformation journey, CadencyDirect is where Financial Transformation meets Digital Transformation. For more information, please contact either your appropriate ServiceNow or Trintech representative or go to www.trintech.com/CadencyDirect for more information.
About Trintech
Trintech Inc., a pioneer of Financial Corporate Performance Management (FCPM) software, combines unmatched technical and financial expertise to create innovative, cloud-based software solutions that deliver world-class financial operations and insights. From high volume transaction matching and streamlining daily operational reconciliations, to automating and managing balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany accounting, journal entries, disclosure reporting and bank fee analysis, to governance, risk and compliance – Trintech’s portfolio of financial solutions, including Cadency(R) Platform, Adra(R) Suite, and targeted tools, ReconNET(TM), T-Recs(R), and UPCS(R), help manage all aspects of the financial close process. Over 3,500 clients worldwide – including the majority of the Fortune 100 – rely on the company’s cloud-based software to continuously improve the efficiency, reliability, and strategic insights of their financial operations.
Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Trintech has offices located across the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and the Nordics, as well as strategic partners in South Africa, Latin America and the Asia Pacific. To learn more about Trintech, visit www.trintech.com or connect with us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
ServiceNow, the ServiceNow logo, Now, Now Platform, and other ServiceNow marks are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of ServiceNow, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.
Media Contact:
Kelli Shoevlin
214-957-5009
kelli.shoevlin@trintech.com
SOURCE: Trintech, Inc.
Trident Financial Planning Joins Connectus, Further Expanding Connectus’ Footprint in the United Kingdom
Focus Financial Partners Inc. (NASDAQ: FOCS) (Focus), a leading partnership of independent, fiduciary wealth management firms, announced today that Trident Financial Planning Limited (Trident) has been acquired by Connectus Wealth Advisers (Connectus).
Trident is a boutique chartered financial planning and wealth management firm headquartered in Berkshire, England with a satellite office in East Lothian, Scotland. Founded in 2010 by Vincent Reeves, Duncan Forbes and Andrew Wagstaff, Trident provides customized wealth management and financial planning advice to individuals and families throughout the United Kingdom. Through a high touch, personalized service model for clients across all phases of their financial lives, Trident has established long-standing and loyal multi-generational relationships.
“We are very excited to announce our partnership with Connectus,” said Vincent Reeves, Founder and Director of Trident. “This is the next step in the evolution of our firm, and we are pleased to be gaining a strategic partner who appreciates our entrepreneurial and client-centric mindset. Similarly, we look forward to gaining access to the collaborative community and resources Connectus offers to support our growth and our long-term succession plan.”
“We are thrilled to welcome Trident as the second firm to join Connectus in the United Kingdom following Connectus’ initial entry into this market earlier this year,” said Rajini Kodialam, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Focus. “Joining Connectus will enable the Trident team to broaden their capabilities and access a consortium of like-minded advisers while they maintain autonomy over their client relationships. Connectus’ unique value proposition has allowed us to sustain strong momentum in the United Kingdom. By providing advisors with the technology and tools to efficiently deliver an exceptional client experience, while also giving them the resources to achieve substantial operating efficiencies, Connectus remains highly differentiated in the wealth management market globally.”
About Focus Financial Partners Inc.
Focus Financial Partners Inc. is a leading partnership of independent, fiduciary wealth management firms. Focus provides access to best practices, resources, and continuity planning for its partner firms who serve individuals, families, employers and institutions with comprehensive wealth management services. Focus partner firms maintain their operational independence, while they benefit from the synergies, scale, economics and best practices offered by Focus to achieve their business objectives. For more information about Focus, please visit www.focusfinancialpartners.com.
About Connectus Wealth Advisers
Connectus is a global consortium of client-centric advisers that deliver comprehensive wealth management advice through access to expanded services, shared resources and best practices. Connectus exemplifies the spirit of partnership and collaboration yet celebrates the entrepreneurial mind-set of its advisers. Connectus is designed for founders and teams who want to continue to manage their client relationships and maintain their boutique cultures, while gaining the operational efficiencies of shared infrastructure and access to expanded client service capabilities.
Through Focus, Connectus advisers gain a strategic growth partner with specialized expertise. They benefit from Focus’ scale and extensive network, continuity planning, insights and best practices. Focus is also a source of permanent capital to accelerate growth and enhance business and client outcomes. For more information, please visit www.connectuswealth.com.
Cautionary Note Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains certain forward-looking statements that reflect Focus’ current views with respect to certain current and future events. These forward-looking statements are and will be, subject to many risks, uncertainties and factors relating to Focus’ operations and business environment, including, without limitation, uncertainty surrounding the current COVID-19 pandemic, which may cause future events to be materially different from these forward-looking statements or anything implied therein. Any forward-looking statements in this release are based upon information available to Focus on the date of this release. Focus does not undertake to publicly update or revise its forward-looking statements even if experience or future changes make it clear that any statements expressed or implied therein will not be realized. Additional information on risk factors that could affect Focus may be found in Focus’ filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Investor and Media Contacts
Tina Madon
Senior Vice President
Head of Investor Relations & Corporate Communications
Focus Financial Partners
P: +1-646-813-2909
tmadon@focuspartners.com
Charlie Arestia
Vice President
Investor Relations & Corporate Communications
Focus Financial Partners
P: +1-646-560-3999
carestia@focuspartners.com
SOURCE: Focus Financial Partners
New England Investment & Retirement Group to Join Focus Partner Firm Connectus Wealth Advisers, Continuing Connectus’ Strong Momentum in the United States
Focus Financial Partners Inc. (NASDAQ:FOCS) (Focus), a leading partnership of independent, fiduciary wealth management firms, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement under which New England Investment & Retirement Group, Inc. (NEIRG), a registered investment adviser headquartered in North Andover, MA, will join Connectus Wealth Advisers (Connectus). The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2021, subject to customary closing conditions.
Founded in 1995, NEIRG provides holistic wealth management services to high-net-worth individuals and families, trusts, estates, endowments and retirement plans. Through sophisticated financial planning and a differentiated investment management approach, including access to proprietary alternative investment solutions, NEIRG provides its clients with highly personalized services to help them attain their objectives.
“Joining Connectus will position us to achieve the next phase of our firm’s evolution and growth while maintaining our boutique service approach and culture. Connectus will equip us with a very attractive suite of tools and resources, which will further enhance our ability to meet each of our client’s unique needs,” said Nick Giacoumakis, NEIRG’s President and Founder. “Leveraging these capabilities to both expand our business and deepen our relationships with clients will make this an ideal partnership.”
“The NEIRG team is a highly experienced group and an impressive new member of the Connectus family,” said Rajini Kodialam, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Focus. “This transaction is evidence of Connectus’ continued strong momentum in the United States. Connectus’ ability to empower advisers, through access to deep resources and state-of-the-art client service capabilities, provides a unique balance of scale and expertise with a vital emphasis on the client relationship. We are confident that NEIRG will benefit from all that Connectus has to offer to drive its continued growth.”
About Focus Financial Partners Inc.
Focus Financial Partners Inc. is a leading partnership of independent, fiduciary wealth management firms. Focus provides access to best practices, resources, and continuity planning for its partner firms who serve individuals, families, employers and institutions with comprehensive wealth management services. Focus partner firms maintain their operational independence, while they benefit from the synergies, scale, economics and best practices offered by Focus to achieve their business objectives. For more information about Focus, please visit www.focusfinancialpartners.com.
About Connectus Wealth Advisers
Connectus is a global consortium of client-centric advisers that deliver comprehensive wealth management advice through access to expanded services, shared resources and best practices. Connectus exemplifies the spirit of partnership and collaboration yet celebrates the entrepreneurial mind-set of its advisers. Connectus is designed for founders and teams who want to continue to manage their client relationships and maintain their boutique cultures, while gaining the operational efficiencies of shared infrastructure and access to expanded client service capabilities.
Through Focus, Connectus advisers gain a strategic growth partner with specialized expertise. They benefit from Focus’ scale and extensive network, continuity planning, insights and best practices. Focus is also a source of permanent capital to accelerate growth and enhance business and client outcomes. For more information, please visit www.connectuswealth.com.
Cautionary Note Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains certain forward-looking statements that reflect Focus’ current views with respect to certain current and future events. These forward-looking statements are and will be, subject to many risks, uncertainties and factors relating to Focus’ operations and business environment, including, without limitation, uncertainty surrounding the current COVID-19 pandemic, which may cause future events to be materially different from these forward-looking statements or anything implied therein. Any forward-looking statements in this release are based upon information available to Focus on the date of this release. Focus does not undertake to publicly update or revise its forward-looking statements even if experience or future changes make it clear that any statements expressed or implied therein will not be realized. Additional information on risk factors that could affect Focus may be found in Focus’ filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Investor and Media Contacts
Tina Madon
Senior Vice President
Head of Investor Relations & Corporate Communications
Focus Financial Partners
P: +1-646-813-2909
tmadon@focuspartners.com
Charlie Arestia
Vice President
Investor Relations & Corporate Communications
Focus Financial Partners
P: +1-646-560-3999
carestia@focuspartners.com
SOURCE: Focus Financial Partners Inc.
Mitrade Wins Best Forex Fintech Broker Asia 2021 Award
Mitrade Holding Ltd, a financial technology company offering Forex and OTC derivatives online trading, has been crowned Best Forex Fintech Broker Asia for 2021.
This award is under the Global Forex Awards and is presented by Holiston Media, a leading provider of global financial awards and events. The Global Forex Awards recognizes the best performing forex brands or businesses on a global and regional level. They reward providers of groundbreaking technology, extensive market research tools, low-cost trading, world-class customer support for direct-to-consumer businesses, and more. This is a benchmark of success as award winners are nominated independently through public voting processes by real customers worldwide and others in the forex trading industry, ensuring impartiality.
Amidst the thousands of businesses in the forex industry, Mitrade emerged as one of the winning brands. By clinching the title of Best Forex Fintech Broker Asia for 2021, the company showed its popularity among customers with Mitrade’s App and WebTrader – an exclusive self-developed trading platform, competitive platform fees and top-notch customer service.
“It is a great honour to receive this award and we are heartened to see recognition for our dedication to serving the global trading community, especially in Asia. We extend our deepest gratitude to our users who voted for us and supported our product and services. Our team is highly motivated to continue improving our services and we are striving towards bringing traders worldwide a better trading experience”, said a representative of Mitrade Holding Ltd.
Since the company launched their proprietary trading platform back in 2019, Mitrade has witnessed robust growth and has over 800,000 users globally to date and continues to expand rapidly with offices around the globe.
Currently, there are over 100 financial instruments including Forex, Commodities, and Indices on Mitrade. A strong team of finance veterans and technology experts are behind the platform, providing unrivalled trading conditions to its customers by having an in-depth understanding of investors’ needs and the expertise to improve current market offerings by creating new solutions.
On top of this Best Forex Fintech Broker Asia Award 2021, Mitrade has won the Best Mobile Application 2021 Award by World Forex Award, and the Fastest Growing Broker Australia Award from International Business Magazine for two consecutive years – 2019 and 2020. The company has a multitude of other awards, showing its consistent excellence as an online broker globally. Website: https://www.mitrade.com/about-us/awards
OTC derivatives are a leveraged product and can result in the loss of your entire capital. Website: https://www.mitrade.com/
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About Mitrade
Mitrade Holding Ltd, the innovative financial technology company that offers OTC derivatives online trading, operates its business under the regulation of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) (SIB 1612446). With a mission to make trading simplified, Mitrade provides a self-developed trading platform and over 100 markets with assets include forex, commodities, and indices that best suit investors’ needs from all over the world.
Online Brokerage Tiger Brokers Announces Q2 2021 Results; Singapore’s Generation Z New Account Openings Up By +90% Y/Y
Xiaomi-backed online brokerage Tiger Brokers (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. today announced that its quarterly business achieved a significant milestone as the number of account openings represented by Generation Z (18-24 yr) saw an increase of over 90 per cent compared to the same period last year.
For Singapore Generation Z investors, the purchase of stocks, futures and options have increased by at least 9-fold as compared to the same time last year, with a notable surge in the preference for stocks and options by around 14 times in terms of volume.
The Singapore business was one of the largest contributors to Group customer accounts in 2Q 2021, when over 60 per cent of all newly funded accounts were derived from international markets, and the Group added more funded accounts than in its entire cumulative operating history.
Eng Thiam Choon, Chief Executive Officer, Tiger Brokers (Singapore), said, “Generation Z, or the internet generation, can be regarded as one of the most disruptive generations ever. There is a distinct difference in how they invest and what they invest in compared to their millennial or baby boomers’ peers. With better access to data and information to supplement their financial knowledge, on top of increased awareness around world issues, it is clear that the narrative for investing will no longer be how it used to be.”
“At Tiger Brokers, we are constantly working to introduce relevant financial products, services and activities to keep the different types of investors engaged. Having more and more Gen Z investors on board meant that we need to provide more meaningful interactions, bite-sized content while maintaining impeccable user experience at the same time,” added Eng Thiam Choon.
Tiger Brokers Singapore’s parent company, UP Fintech Holding Ltd (NASDAQ: TIGR), known as Tiger Brokers, including subsidiaries and consolidated entities, reported its unaudited financial results for Q2 2021 with total revenues of US$60.2 million, a 98.7 per cent increase as compared to Q2 2020. Tiger Brokers had 1.65 million customer accounts at the end of Q2 2021, doubling customer accounts from the previous Q2; the total trading volume also increased by 118.2 per cent to US$102 billion compared to US$46.8 billion in the previous Q2.
Since launching in Singapore in February 2020, Tiger Brokers Singapore has added customer access to exchanges including the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), providing better access to global financial markets and assets to help Singapore investors better manage their investment portfolios.
Recently, Tiger Brokers Singapore announced they had launched a business-to-business segment for financial institutions to provide clients with comprehensive technology solutions including advanced portfolio and risk management tools.
The Tiger Trade mobile application is available for download at the Apple App and Google Play Store.
– Apple App Store: https://apps.apple.com/sg/app/id1023600494
– Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tigerbrokers.stock
About Tiger Brokers (Singapore) Pte Ltd.
Tiger Brokers (Singapore) Pte Ltd (“Tiger Brokers (Singapore)”) is a brokerage firm operating with a Capital Markets Services (CMS) Licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Its trading platform, Tiger Trade – available on both online and mobile app (Apple App Store and Google Play Store) offers complimentary real-time stock quotes, dedicated multilingual customer service during trading hours and 24/7 finance news updates. Its online and mobile app trading platform, Tiger Trade, offers complimentary real-time stock quotes, dedicated multilingual customer service during trading hours and 24/7 finance news updates.
Through Tiger Trade, Tiger Brokers (Singapore) offers retail investors in Singapore access to six global exchanges in the US (NYSE, NASDAQ), China (Shanghai/Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect), Hong Kong (HKEX), Singapore (SGX) and Australia (ASX), with access to investment offerings such as Equities, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), Futures, Stock Options, Warrants, Callable Bull/Bear Contracts (CBBCs), Daily Leveraged Certificates (DLCs), and US-listed over the counter (OTC) equities, and Fund Mall.
Tiger Brokers (Singapore) is the Singapore entity of UP Fintech Holding Limited (NASDAQ: TIGR), known as “Tiger Brokers” in Asia, a leading online brokerage firm focusing on global investors. Founded in 2014, Tiger Brokers became #1 in the U.S. equity trading by volume among trading platforms catered to Global Chinese investors in less than two years. Tiger Brokers was awarded “2017 Fintech 250” by CB Insights and shortlisted for “China Leading Fintech 50” for two years in a row by KPMG China. The company was listed on NASDAQ under “TIGR” in 2019 and has offices in China, United States, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Tiger Brokers currently has over 1.4 million customers worldwide, with total trading volume exceeding USD123.8 billion in Q1 2021. The company is backed by well-known investors such as Xiaomi, as well as investment guru Jim Rogers. For more information, please visit https://www.tigerbrokers.com.sg
About UP Fintech Holding Limited
UP Fintech Holding Limited is a leading online brokerage firm focusing on global investors. The Company’s proprietary mobile and online trading platform enables investors to trade in equities and other financial instruments on multiple exchanges around the world. The Company offers innovative products and services as well as a superior user experience to customers through its “mobile-first” strategy, which enables it to better serve and retain current customers as well as attract new ones. The Company offers customers comprehensive brokerage and value-added services, including trade order placement and execution, margin financing, IPO subscription, ESOP management, investor education, community discussion and customer support. The Company’s proprietary infrastructure and advanced technology are able to support trades across multiple currencies, multiple markets, multiple products, multiple execution venues and multiple clearinghouses. For more information on the Company, please visit: https://ir.itiger.com.
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UREEQA Appoints Technology Marketing Leader Kirk Fergusson as CEO
Harsch Khandelwal moves to Executive Chairman as UREEQA accelerates efforts to protect Creators’ work, rights and revenue through its blockchain platform
Former CEO Harsch Khandelwal rounds out the executive team as Executive Chairman.
In barely a year, UREEQA has evolved from a compelling concept to a crypto project with a loyal, growing base of believers and Tokenholders as well as a healthy pipeline of clients excited to utilize the company’s revolutionary platform. UREEQA will increase its dedicated focus on proactively engaging its core audiences and demonstrating the platform’s full potential for helping Creators protect, manage and monetize their work. The organization is making valuable changes to its braintrust in order to maximize its ability to develop in a wide range of fields.
In his new role as Executive Chairman, Khandelwal will focus on strategic development and implementation to support UREEQA’s continued growth. Meanwhile, Fergusson – a distinguished technology marketing executive – moves into the CEO role. Altogether, the rearrangement will allow Khandelwal, Fergusson and the rest of UREEQA’s highly-esteemed executives to naturally become more keenly focused on their respective wheelhouses moving forward.
“As we’ve built this company from the ground up, we’ve learned a lot about ourselves and our place in this constantly changing industry,” Khandelwal said. “One thing we’ve realized is just how important it is to employ the best possible talent across the board. Adding Kirk Fergusson as CEO is a move in lockstep with that approach, and it will enable me to focus on continuing to strategically build UREEQA into an industry powerhouse.”
This is yet another critical maneuver for UREEQA from a personnel standpoint. In May, former KPMG director of market relations and versatile industry executive Rakan Aown became UREEQA’s new Vice President of Business Development, while former SAS director of consulting services and celebrated business leader Joe Pillitteri became the company’s new Executive Vice President. In July, music and entertainment legend Harvey Mason Jr. joined an Advisory Board that already contained Michael Sheresky and Ramses IsHak of United Talent Agency, official Community CEO Kevin Leflar and former SOCAN VP Janice Scott. All of these experts and many others have worked throughout 2021 with Khandelwal to lay down the puzzle pieces. Now, with Khandelwal’s oversight, Fergusson will play a major role in putting these pieces together as UREEQA continues to evolve.
With over 30 years’ worth of functional experience in marketing, corporate communications, sales/business development, and general management, Fergusson is a black belt in strategic and tactical marketing, solution development, business development/sales, and start-up/scale-up management.
Prior to joining UREEQA, Fergusson led sales operations for SecureKey Technologies, which employs blockchain technology to underpin its innovative identity network. He previously held leadership roles with several Toronto-based start-ups, one of which was focused on deploying a blockchain-based supply-chain management SaaS solution.
While serving as Managing Director of Canada’s leading digital medical education firm, MDBriefCase, Fergusson led Canadian business development activities as well as the shared services provided to the company’s global operations. And prior to that, he was VP of Corporate Services at Canada Health Infoway, where he led corporate communications and marketing activities for the national electronic health records agency.
Fergusson has also acted as a public relations executive in Ottawa, where he served a multitude of federal government clients including the Copyright Board of Canada, Canadian Heritage, and Industry Canada.
“I’m thrilled to be joining UREEQA at this juncture,” Fergusson said. “The team is first-rate and the company has made terrific progress to date. I look forward to helping Creators of all stripes discover our unique platform, and encouraging them to leverage it to the fullest extent to protect, manage and monetize their creative work.”
To learn more about UREEQA and the company’s executive team, please visit our website: www.ureeqa.com/about-us
About UREEQA
The UREEQA platform strives to protect Creators’ work, their rights and their revenue by harnessing the power of blockchain technology.
Established in Canada in 2020, UREEQA will modernize the inefficient and bureaucratic systems currently in place for copyright, patent, industrial design and trademark protection. By building a robust and compelling Package of Proof for source creative work, UREEQA only mints Validated NFTs to represent creative rights. This helps keep buyers safe by giving them confidence that the work they are purchasing was minted by the smart contract approved by the Creator of the work and is therefore authentic.
UREEQA provides value and opportunities for its Creators, Validators and Tokenholders via URQA, the token at the heart of the UREEQA ecosystem.
For more information on UREEQA and upcoming announcements please visit our website (https://www.ureeqa.com/), join our Telegram channel (https://t.me/UREEQA), and follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/UREEQA_Inc).