NYSE Texas Opens Headquarters in Dallas: NYSE Content Update

NYSE issues a pre-market daily advisory direct from the trading floor.

NEW YORK, Aug. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) provides a daily pre-market update directly from the NYSE Trading Floor. Access today’s NYSE Pre-market update for market insights before trading begins. 

Ashley Mastronardi delivers the pre-market update on August 27th

• The NYSE announced the opening of its NYSE Texas headquarters in Dallas.
  • The new headquarters provides NYSE Texas-listed companies with a dedicated venue and event space.
  • In a statement, NYSE President Lynn Martin said the headquarters is, “where our commitment to the state becomes concrete as a dedicated home for the innovators who are shaping the future.”
• Texas Governor Greg Abbott will ring the Closing Bell from the new NYSE Texas headquarters.
  • NYSE Texas President Bryan Daniel will join Kristen Scholer on Taking Stock to discuss how the headquarters is helping build community and deepen the NYSE’s presence in the state. 
  • Scholer will also speak with Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones in an interview that will be distributed across NYSE platforms in the coming weeks.
• Investors digest earnings from Global X NYSE 100 ETF top holding Nvidia.
  • The chip giant reported $96.2 billion in quarterly revenue en route to beating analyst estimates on both the top and bottom lines.
  • Nvidia added that it expects revenue growth of 70% for its fiscal 2028 year.

Opening Bell

Amplify ETFs celebrates the launch of Amplify Top 10™ ETFs 

Closing Bell

The New York Stock Exchange celebrates the grand opening of its NYSE Texas headquarters

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IMG 2026 Autumn Travel Trends Report: International Travel Demand Continues to Rise

• IMG reviewed the travel itineraries of more than 40,000 members with upcoming travel plans between September 1^st and November 30^th of 2026 to identify notable travel trends this autumn.

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — IMG (International Medical Group) has conducted a review of customer travel plans from the beginning of September to the end of November and reveals the top five international destinations for U.S. travelers this autumn to be:

1. Mexico
2. Italy
3. Canada
4. Bahamas
5. United Kingdom

Mexico remains the top destination for IMG travelers for the fourth consecutive year, while the Bahamas moved into IMG’s top five destinations this autumn, replacing Spain from 2025.

IMG data also shows that travelers continue to invest more in their trips. The average insured trip cost for autumn 2026 increased by nearly 6% compared to the same period in 2025. Travel demand remains strong, with IMG seeing a 15% increase in travelers purchasing policies for autumn trips.

“Our autumn travel data reflects continued confidence among international travelers,” said Grant Hayes, Global Head of Travel for IMG. “Travelers are planning more trips and spending more on their travel experiences, while continuing to prioritize destinations that offer a mix of cultural experiences and relaxation.”

The data also points to continued interest in international travel among older adults this autumn. Nearly half of all travelers reviewed in this analysis are age 65 and older, and 15% of travelers are age 75+.

“International travel continues to resonate across generations, particularly among retirees who have both the time and flexibility to explore the world,” said Justin Poehler, IMG Chief Commercial Officer. “As more travelers invest in meaningful travel experiences, having the right protection and support remains an important part of trip planning.”

To learn more about IMG’s award-winning travel insurance and health safety solutions, visit www.imglobal.com.

About IMG^® (International Medical Group^®)

IMG^® (International Medical Group^®), a SiriusPoint company, is an award-winning global insurance benefits and assistance services company that has served millions of members worldwide since its founding in 1990. The preeminent provider of travel and health safety solutions, IMG offers a wide range of insurance programs, including international private medical insurance, travel medical insurance, and travel insurance, as well as enterprise services, including insurance administrative services and 24/7 emergency medical, security, and travel assistance. IMG’s world-class services, combined with an extensive product portfolio, provide Global Peace of Mind^® for travelers, students, missionaries, marine crews, and other individuals or groups traveling, working, or living away from home. For more information, please visit www.imglobal.com.

Media Contact:

Carly Kessler, IMG Communications Manager, carly.kessler@imglobal.com

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Chandigarh University Establishes Collaborations with Leading Companies for Internships & Placements across Legal Studies, Liberal Arts and Sciences

University Collaborates with Leading Organisations to Create New-Age Learning and Placement Opportunities, Preparing Students for the Future of Work

CHANDIGARH, India, Aug. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As rapid advancements in the world of technology transform the way industries function, their workforce requirements have also changed completely. Today, employers increasingly seek graduates who can apply knowledge in real-world situations, understand industry expectations, possess practical, job-ready skills and start delivering from day one itself.

To meet these changing requirements of the industry, Chandigarh University has nurtured an industry-aligned experiential learning model that bridges academic learning with professional practice equipping students with relevant skills to build a deeper understanding for the contemporary professional environment. And to that effect, CU has recently signed Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with leading companies to further strengthen its industry-academia engagement in the domains of Legal Studies, Liberal Arts and Sciences for, creating avenues for experiential learning through internships and placements, live projects, specialised training and certifications, research engagement and professional exposure.

Nurturing Future-Ready Legal Professionals through Experiential Learning

Legal education requires students to understand not only law concepts and legal theory but also how these principles are applied in professional practice. In order to bridge this gap, the University Institute of Legal Studies at Chandigarh University has entered into collaborations with SB Tech Associates, Magnus Legal Services LLP and Khurana and Khurana Advocates and IP Attorneys recently.

Through the MoU with SB Tech Associates, CU will collaborate on the co-development and review of the curriculum for the identified programmes to ensure proper alignment with current industry standards and professional best practices in legal education and training. Students will gain exposure through trainings, seminars, hackathons, competitions, workshops, courses and guest and expert lectures, while the partnership provides internship and placement opportunities ranging from one to 12 months. This collaboration also opens avenues for joint research, sponsored projects, consultancy assignments, publications and knowledge exchange, enabling students to engage with both professional and research-oriented aspects of the legal domain.

The partnership with Magnus Legal Services LLP similarly provides a platform for industry-informed curriculum development and review. Students will benefit from trainings, seminars, hackathons, competitions, workshops, courses and expert lectures, along with internship and placement opportunities of one to 12 months. Joint research initiatives, sponsored projects, consultancy assignments, publications and knowledge exchange will further expose students to contemporary professional practices and research opportunities.

For the students of B.A. LL.B. (Hons.), B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.), B.Com. LL.B. (Hons.), LL.B. and LL.M., the MoU with Khurana and Khurana Advocates and IP Attorneys provides an additional industry interface. Apart from the curriculum development and review, the collaboration provides opportunities for internships of one to three months. The MoU also provides for placement opportunities, as well as scope for joint research, sponsored projects, consultancy assignments, publications and knowledge exchange, enabling students to complement academic learning with practical exposure to the legal profession.

Building Industry-Ready Skills for Liberal Arts Students

For Liberal Arts students, employability increasingly depends on the ability to combine communication, creativity and critical thinking with practical industry skills. Chandigarh University is addressing this requirement through collaborations with Level UP PR, Mantrin, and Orient International School and Sports Academy, providing direct exposure to professional media and education environments.

The MoU with Level UP PR brings the Print Media and Newspaper industry into CU’s academic environment. Industry collaboration in curriculum development and review will help align learning with contemporary professional practices, while students will gain practical exposure through trainings, workshops, guest and expert lectures, industry talks and live industry projects.

The partnership also provides opportunities for students to do internships and secure placements with internship engagements ranging from one to 12 months alongside opportunities for joint research, surveys, sponsored projects, consultancy assignments, publications and knowledge exchange.

Through its collaboration with Mantrin, CU is strengthening industry engagement in the Print Media and Newspaper sector. The partnership enables students to participate in trainings, workshops, guest and expert lectures, industry talks and live industry projects, while also providing opportunities for internships and placements that offer valuable professional exposure. Internship engagements may range from one to 12 months. The collaboration further broadens the scope of experiential learning through joint research, surveys, sponsored projects, consultancy assignments, publications and knowledge exchange.

In teacher education, the collaboration with Orient International School and Sports Academy provides students of B.A. B.Ed. and B.Sc. B.Ed. programmes with opportunities to connect academic learning with practical requirements in education. Subject-matter experts from the organisation will participate in CU’s curriculum review process, while students will have access to internship and placement opportunities of one to 12 months. The partnership also envisages industrial visits, seminars, workshops, expert talks, hackathons and other collaborative activities. Additionally, CU staff may pursue PhD programmes in accordance with University regulations, while CU students may choose a co-supervisor from another organisation, subject to approval by the relevant authorities with at least one supervisor continuing to be from Chandigarh University.

Equipping Students with Future-Ready Skills in Digital Forensics

Emerging fields such as Digital Forensics require specialised infrastructure, industry-standard tools and exposure to real-world investigative applications. Recognising this need, Chandigarh University’s University Institute of Sciences has collaborated with Foundation Futuristic Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (FFT) to establish a Research Centre for Digital Forensic Intelligence.

The proposed centre will combine CU’s physical infrastructure and computing hardware with FFT’s proprietary software licences, specialised tools and industry-standard curriculum modules. Students will develop specialised capabilities in Digital Forensics, Crime Investigation, Intelligence Technologies and Solutions through curriculum development, training, seminars, hackathons, competitions, workshops, courses and expert lectures.

The MoU provides internship opportunities ranging from one to 12 months, along with placement opportunities with FFT, creating a talent-acquisition pipeline for students specialising in the centre’s curriculum. It also provides for Train-the-Trainer certification for nominated CU faculty, joint research, sponsored projects, consultancy assignments, publications and knowledge exchange, as well as professional co-branded certification programmes in mutually agreed domains, subject to CU’s academic policies and approvals. CU departments will also facilitate academic white papers, independent studies and validation reports on the efficacy and applications of Make-in-India product suites, including those developed by FFT.

The Research Centre may further serve as a demonstration, research and training hub for law-enforcement agencies and other authorized institutions, supporting practical training, research and knowledge exchange in digital forensics and intelligence technologies.

In pharmaceutical sciences, the collaboration between CU and Choksi Laboratories Ltd addresses the need for practical exposure to pharmaceutical analytical techniques. The partnership covers curriculum development and review, along with trainings, seminars, hackathons, competitions, workshops, courses, guest/expert lectures and industrial visits.

Students will also have opportunities for joint research, sponsored projects, consultancy assignments, publications and knowledge exchange, as well as professional certification programmes in mutually agreed domains, with co-branded certificates subject to CU’s academic policies and approvals. The MoU provides internship and placement opportunities.

Chandigarh University

Chandigarh University is a NAAC A+ Grade University and QS World Ranked University. This autonomous educational institution is approved by UGC and is located near Chandigarh in the state of Punjab. It is the youngest university in India and the only private university in Punjab to be honoured with A+ Grade by NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation Council). CU offers more than 109 UG and PG programs in the field of engineering, management, pharmacy, law, architecture, journalism, animation, hotel management, commerce, and others. It has been awarded as The University with Best Placements by WCRC.

Website address: https://www.cuchd.in/

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YuVerse Launches Instant-Build Voice & Video AI Platforms for Enterprises

MUMBAI, India, Aug. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — YuVerse (a Yubi Group Company) has announced the launch of four new products at Yunite, its flagship event, held at Taj Santacruz, Mumbai. The launches span AI agent building, AI video generation, voice quality assurance and customer engagement campaign management, marking one of YuVerse’s largest product releases to date. The event also featured a panel discussion on what it takes to move AI from pilots to enterprise scale, with leaders from Federal Bank, DBS Bank, CRIF and Lithion Power.

“The interesting shift with AI isn’t that it replaces what people do, it’s that it changes what a team can reach without months of custom engineering. Building an agent that can hold a real conversation, or checking every single customer call instead of a sample, used to require an enterprise-sized build. Now a team can do it directly. We built YuBuild, YuVin Studio, YuVals and YuCamp because that same shift kept coming up, in conversations with founders and with bank teams working through the same problem. These four products are what we built in response,” said Mathangi Sri Ramachandran, CEO and Co-founder, YuVerse.

YuVerse is bridging the gap between what a model can do and what it takes to make that work inside real enterprise language, documents and processes, each shaped over years by its own exceptions and workarounds. Working with more than 50 institutions across lending, payments and enterprise, YuVerse has delivered a 25% uplift in performance on a fully autonomous lending conversation across nearly five lakh dialled accounts, voice bots that outperformed human tele-callers on late-stage collections by 17 to 66%, a 90% cut in turnaround time on document decisioning for a leading NBFC, and a WhatsApp-led EMI reminder campaign that got 92% of contacted customers to pay within six days. YuBuild, YuVin Studio, YuVals and YuCamp package what these deployments have learned into self-serve products that any team can use directly, without having to build that last mile from scratch.

YuBuild: building and testing AI agents before they go live

YuBuild is an AI agent building platform that helps businesses create, test and deploy agents across voice, WhatsApp and chat. Every agent runs through a multi-stage QA pipeline that scores it before it goes live, so teams do not have to manually verify production readiness, and agents can hand over to a human when needed.

The platform carries context across channels, so a customer who drops off a call can pick up exactly where they left off on WhatsApp, with information flowing back into the call rather than resetting. Its prompt builder also comes with domain knowledge already built into common flows, putting the kind of flow logic a forward-deployed engineer would typically hand-build for a client directly into a team’s hands.

YuVin Studio: personalised video production at scale

YuVin Studio is an AI video generation platform that helps businesses create, personalise and publish video content without the cost and turnaround time of traditional production. A guided, template-driven workflow takes teams from brief to finished video in a fraction of the usual time. The platform is built for high-volume video campaigns, with the capacity to generate up to one million personalized videos in a single day. Its library of templates supports both fully personalised and semi-personalised production, so businesses can tailor content for a narrow customer segment or an entire user base. Videos can be edited directly within the platform, removing the need for third-party editing tools.

YuVals: quality checks on every call

YuVals is an AI-powered QA voice analytics tool built to score calls automatically and at full coverage, rather than through manual sampling.

• AI scores every call automatically, removing manual auditing and giving 100 percent call coverage
• Smart sampling delivers statistically representative scores without reviewer bias, at scale
• Scoring and sampling parameters are fully configurable, with no code required
• Reports are audit-ready with real-time tracking, built for compliance needs

YuCamp: one platform for every customer engagement channel

YuCamp is a self-service campaign management platform that lets organisations design, run and optimise customer engagement campaigns across voice, AI voice bots, SMS, RCS, email and WhatsApp. Its Strategy Builder and Processing Engine let users set up custom and event-driven campaign strategies, with AI agents supporting optimisation and automation. Real-time dashboards give end-to-end visibility into calls, messages, customer responses and campaign performance, along with insights such as the best time to contact a customer, disposition analysis, connection rates and attempt metrics. Every interaction is recorded with transcripts, audio and conversation logs, for full transparency and continuing optimisation.

Panel discussion: scaling AI, from pilots to enterprise impact

Yunite also hosted a panel discussion on what separates AI that looks promising from AI that delivers measurable business impact, bringing together perspectives from banking, credit infrastructure and deep tech. The panel included:

• Chandrashekhar Bhide, Co-Founder, Lithion Power
• Varun Bhalla, Director, Sales, CRIF
• Indraneel Pandit, Chief Digital Officer, Federal Bank
• Rohit Makhija, Executive Director, Head of Data Chapter, DBS Bank

The discussion covered what moves a technology from being exciting on paper to solving a real business problem, where AI creates the most tangible value in businesses spanning data, hardware and customer behaviour, and how fast-moving teams protect governance as they scale. It also touched on where AI is moving beyond proof of concept across the credit lifecycle, the data challenges organisations need to solve before scaling AI, and whether picking the right use case or scaling a proven one is the harder problem. From a banking standpoint, panellists discussed what separates an AI experiment worth scaling from one that is not, where the biggest adoption gaps sit today, and how banks balance the pace of AI innovation against explainability and customer trust. The conversation also addressed how the industry discussion has shifted from whether to use AI to where it creates differentiated value, what an AI-ready data foundation looks like inside a large bank, and how organisations weigh experimentation against governance as generative AI enters processes that were traditionally rule-based.

About YuVerse

YuVerse helps enterprises create impact through artificial intelligence. Led by Co-founder and CEO, Mathangi Sri Ramachandran, it is a last-mile AI company that brings state-of-the-art models and advancements in artificial intelligence to solve real-world business problems. The company’s solutions include alternate data based scoring, document processing, and AI voice automation. These solutions help lenders accelerate credit decisions, detect fraud more accurately, and automate critical workflows such as credit report generation and collections.

YuVerse is part of the Yubi Group, the world’s only AI-powered operating system for financial services, founded by Gaurav Kumar. The Yubi Group is backed by leading global investors including Peak XV, Insight Partners, Lightspeed, B Capital Group, Dragoneer, and TVS Capital, and enables end-to-end AI-driven lending, underwriting, and collections. To know more, visit – https://www.yuverse.ai/  

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Seclore and Glean Partner to Bring Context-Aware, Persistent Sensitivity and Security Controls to the Enterprise

The integration combines Glean’s enterprise AI platform and enterprise data with Seclore ARMOR’s Data Security Intelligence layer – giving regulated organizations context-aware sensitivity classification and the remediation controls to act on it.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Seclore, the enterprise Data Security Intelligence company, today announced an integration between ARMOR DSPM and Glean, the leading enterprise AI platform. ARMOR DSPM uses Glean’s contextual data as the foundation for sensitivity classification, gives customers a unified remediation toolkit to act on what’s identified, and writes labels directly onto source files where they persist and remain readable by Glean. For Glean customers in financial services, healthcare, legal services, and government, the integration builds on Glean’s secure foundation with a faster path to AI-ready data identification and control across their full estate.

Context-Aware: Classification That Reflects How the Enterprise Actually Uses Data

Glean’s Enterprise Graph indexes data across every system an organization uses, mapping how content, people, and work connect. ARMOR DSPM works with the document content and metadata, using them as the input to its classification engine and assigning sensitivity, information type, and exposure risk based on what each file actually contains. The same classification context drives mapping to GDPR, HIPAA, India’s DPDP Act, and other regulatory frameworks. Glean customers get classification that operates across the same breadth of data Glean has already indexed — not a parallel discovery process on a subset of systems.

Actionable: Remediation and Posture Management Built In

Identification is the start, not the end. Once ARMOR DSPM has classified sensitive data, customers act on it through ARMOR’s remediation toolkit: including natively integrated EDRM for persistent, file-level encryption and usage controls that travel with the file across users, systems, and external recipients; access control that adjusts who can open, share, or modify data based on sensitivity and context. For Glean customers, content surfaced through Glean’s secure, permissions-aware platform can remain governed by that same persistent control framework.

Persistent: Labels That Travel With the Data

ARMOR DSPM writes classifications directly onto source files. Labels persist with the file independently of any platform: holding across indexing cycles, following the data between systems, and remaining intact whether the file is opened in its source application or surfaced through Glean. Because the label lives in the file itself, any system that reads the file sees the same classification.

What This Means for Glean Customers in Regulated Industries

For Glean customers in financial services, healthcare, legal services, and government, the integration helps organizations move faster with AI while maintaining the controls regulated environments require. 

Accelerated classification at enterprise breadth. ARMOR DSPM uses Glean’s indexed data to bootstrap sensitivity classification across the systems Glean already covers, shortening time-to-coverage. ARMOR connectors are deployed where remediation actions are required.

Identification connects directly to action. Classification, posture management and EDRM-based protection operate as one control model – sensitive data isn’t just discovered, it’s protected.

Compliance proof at enterprise breadth. Continuous mapping to applicable regulatory frameworks gives customers a defensible posture across the same breadth Glean has established.

“Glean has built the industry’s most comprehensive enterprise AI platform, and the enterprise context graph at its core indexes data across every system the enterprise relies on. With ARMOR, Glean customers get sensitivity classification across that same breadth, EDRM-based protection that travels with the file, and a defensible compliance posture that holds up across regulators. For regulated industries, that means a faster path from identification to control,” said Dr. Vishal Gauri, CEO, Seclore.

“Regulated industries want to move faster with AI, but they also need confidence in how sensitive information is handled. By combining Glean’s enterprise context layer with Seclore ARMOR, customers can identify important data with more context, connect those insights to the right controls, and bring AI into more regulated workflows with greater confidence. It’s a strong example of how Glean’s ecosystem helps customers bring trusted AI into more regulated, high-value workflows,” said Zubin Irani, VP of Partnerships, Glean.

Availability

The integration is available now for organizations running ARMOR DSPM and Glean.

About Seclore

Seclore is the Data Security Intelligence company for the era of enterprise AI. As AI systems increasingly read, generate, and act on data without direct human oversight, organizations need more than visibility – they need intelligence, control, and proof. Seclore ARMOR brings together data discovery, contextual intelligence, persistent protection, continuous enforcement, and usage insight within a single control model. By securing the data itself and ensuring protection travels with it, Seclore enables organizations to adopt AI confidently, demonstrate compliance continuously, and maintain trust across people, partners, and AI systems. To know more, visit https://www.seclore.com/glean/

Media Contact:

Isaac Roybal

isaac.roybal@seclore.com 

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Amity Global Research Hub Launches in New York to Boost India-US Innovation

The Amity Global Research Hub (AGRH) is a multidisciplinary international platform established by Amity University to foster world-class research collaboration, innovation, entrepreneurship, technology commercialization, and policy engagement across global ecosystems. AGRH enables collaborative research that addresses pressing global challenges while creating opportunities for scientific discovery, economic development, and societal transformation.

NEW YORK and NOIDA, India, Aug. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — In a significant step towards strengthening India–United States collaboration in science, technology and innovation, the Amity Global Research Hub (AGRH) was inaugurated at the Consulate General of India, New York, on August 21, 2026, under the theme ‘Shaping the Future through Emerging Technologies.’

The launch marks the beginning of an international research platform envisioned to bring together academic institutions, researchers, industry, innovators and other stakeholders from India, the United States and the wider global ecosystem. The initiative aims to facilitate collaborative research, promote knowledge exchange and create new pathways for innovation and technology-led solutions to global challenges.

The inauguration also witnessed the unveiling of the AGRH website and research brochure, followed by panel discussions focusing on multi-sector partnerships, research, innovation, emerging technologies, and opportunities for strengthening India–US collaboration. The discussions brought together distinguished representatives and academic and research stakeholders from institutions including Rutgers University, Georgia Institute of Technology, CUNY, Long Island University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the National Cancer Institute.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Aseem Chauhan, Chancellor, Amity University and Chairman, AGRH, highlighted the importance of creating globally connected research ecosystems that can address increasingly complex technological and societal challenges. AGRH is envisioned as more than an international academic presence. It seeks to function as a bridge connecting the research strengths, talent and innovation capabilities of India with the extensive academic, scientific, technological and entrepreneurial ecosystem of the United States.

The initiative comes at a time when emerging technologies are rapidly transforming economies and societies, creating both new opportunities and complex challenges. Technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, advanced materials, biotechnology, healthcare technologies, cybersecurity, space technologies and clean and sustainable technologies increasingly require interdisciplinary and international collaboration.

Dr. Sandeep Mittan, Director, Amity Global Research Hub & Vice President, Research and Development, highlighted how AGRH will serve as a platform to foster international research partnerships and advance innovation through collaboration between India and the United States. This initiative will create opportunities for young researchers, students, and innovators to participate in international research networks.

AGRH aims to contribute to this process by facilitating interactions among researchers and institutions and supporting opportunities for knowledge exchange and collaborative engagement. The Hub’s broader vision is to create meaningful opportunities not only for established researchers but also for emerging scientists, innovators and entrepreneurs.

The establishment of AGRH in New York provides access to one of the world’s most diverse and dynamic ecosystems of universities, research institutions, technology companies, healthcare organizations, investors, start-ups and global talent. This environment provides significant opportunities for building connections between Indian researchers and their counterparts in the United States. The launch event itself reflected this potential, bringing together representatives from leading American academic and research institutions for discussions around collaborative research and innovation.

Prof. (Dr.) W. Selvamurthy, President, Amity Science, Technology & Innovation Foundation, emphasized the importance of collaboration in shaping the next generation of research and innovation. The multidisciplinary approach of AGRH is particularly significant as many of today’s major challenges cut across traditional academic boundaries. Addressing issues related to health, climate change, energy, advanced manufacturing, digital technologies and national and global security requires researchers from multiple disciplines to work together. The Hub therefore aims to facilitate an ecosystem in which ideas can move from research and discovery to innovation, technology development and societal impact.

Strengthening the India-US Knowledge Partnership: The launch of AGRH also comes against the backdrop of the expanding strategic relationship between India and the United States in science, technology, education and innovation. The initiative’s emphasis on multi-sector partnerships is particularly significant. Rather than limiting collaboration to academic institutions, AGRH aims to create connections involving research organizations, industry, innovators, entrepreneurs and other stakeholders.

The inauguration of AGRH represents an important milestone in Amity’s continued efforts to expand its international research partnerships and strengthen collaboration between India and the United States. The long-term ambition is to develop AGRH into a platform where global research partnerships can generate tangible outcomes-ranging from collaborative research and knowledge exchange to technology development, innovation, entrepreneurship and opportunities for the next generation of researchers.

With its launch in New York, the Amity Global Research Hub seeks to position itself at this intersection-connecting India’s growing research and innovation capabilities with global opportunities, and contributing to a future shaped by collaboration, technology and knowledge.

About Amity University

Amity University is a leading research and innovation-driven institution committed to academic excellence, industry relevance and preparing students for a rapidly evolving world. With a multidisciplinary ecosystem spanning education, research, entrepreneurship and global collaborations, Amity empowers students to translate knowledge into meaningful impact.

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Bybit Makes Institutional-Grade Assets Accessible, Expanding RWA Earn With nOPAL, Plume’s BlackOpal Vault

nOPAL unlocks access to a real-world credit yield with BRL exposure hedged and liquidity actively managed

DUBAI, UAE, Aug. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, deepens its institutional play with the addition of nOPAL to Bybit RWA Earn. Following a successful launch in June, Bybit RWA Earn has now listed nOPAL, an on-chain credit product built on Brazilian credit card receivables. nOPAL is managed by BlackOpal Finance and structured as a vault on open finance platform, Plume. The access gives Bybit users exposure to a yield source drawn from real commercial activity, structured with currency risk hedged, liquidity actively maintained, and institutional commitments and an investment grade rating behind it.

nOPAL – Capturing Premium Emerging-Market Opportunities

nOPAL’s yield is generated when Brazilian merchants sell their future credit card receivables to BlackOpal at a discount in exchange for upfront cash. When regulated acquirers settle those transactions through the Visa and Mastercard networks, the full amount is paid directly to BlackOpal, and the discount becomes the yield distributed to investors. Brazilian central bank rules require that settlement be paid to the registered holder of the receivable rather than to the merchant, which gives nOPAL a risk profile distinct from traditional unsecured merchant credit.

Local-currency credit markets like Brazil’s credit card receivables market used to be largely inaccessible to crypto-native capital for two structural reasons: FX risk and potential illiquidity from settlement timing. nOPAL on Bybit RWA Earn addresses both barriers:

• The BRL/USD exposure is hedged through institutional non-deliverable forwards, so returns are denominated and received in USD regardless of currency movements.
• Liquidity is maintained through a dedicated liquidity allocation, including USCC liquidity as well as nTBILL and cash, to support redemptions independently of the underlying receivables’ settlement cycle.

As of August 2026, nOPAL has recorded a 30-day rolling yield of approximately 12% and holds over $70 million in total value locked. Since November 2025, the strategy behind nOPAL has purchased more than 7,000 receivables with zero defaults and zero credit losses. Subscriptions and redemptions are denominated in USDC, with a minimum investment of 500 USDC and no subscription or redemption fees.

nOPAL is designed to keep credit risk away from investors. Payment comes from regulated acquirers through the card networks, not from the merchant, so the product carries no consumer credit risk. Every receivable is bought outright and held in a bankruptcy-remote structure. Redemptions are accepted daily and settle within one to five business days.

The credit card receivables underlying nOPAL, originated and managed by BlackOpal, carry an investment-grade risk rating from Cicada Partners. The strategy has secured institutional commitments of over $300 million to be deployed over the next 12 months, spanning both Web3-native and traditional asset allocators.

“The organic growth of Bybit RWA Earn attests to strong user demand for real-world opportunities integrated on-chain, signaling a new era in financial product innovation as the Bybit platform increasingly serves as a powerful distribution layer,” said Jerry Li, Head of Financial Products & Wealth Management at Bybit.

“Some of the most compelling sources of yield have historically remained within institutional channels, not because they were inaccessible in principle, but because the infrastructure to distribute them more broadly did not exist. nOPAL on Bybit shows what is possible when that changes. By bringing differentiated institutional credit strategies on-chain through compliant, regulated vault infrastructure, we can open up new sources of yield alongside the vaults already available to the Bybit community,” said Chris Yin, CEO of Plume.

“BlackOpal’s core mission is to bring institutional-grade emerging market asset-backed finance to global capital markets. Brazilian credit card receivables are short-dated and settled through the global card networks, delivered with currency hedging and independent verification built in across the platform. Our track record speaks for itself. Partnering with Plume and Bybit puts this asset class in front of millions of investors for the first time, and we are proud to be delivering on the promise of on-chain open finance,” said Jason Dehni, CEO of BlackOpal.

Bybit RWA Earn is a platform enabling institutional-grade financial access for eligible Bybit users through tokenized real-world asset (RWA) strategies. Through its diverse product strategy, Bybit RWA Earn brings unique global opportunities to the Bybit community seeking yield in a world of volatility.

nOPAL is now available on Bybit to eligible investors through the RWA Earn product category, alongside two tokenized institutional bond funds, the PIMCO Dynamic Income Opportunities Fund, and the CMB International Investment Grade Bond Fund. To mark the launch, eligible participants will receive an additional promotional APR on top of nOPAL’s underlying yield.

Terms and conditions apply. For restricted regions, eligibility criteria, detailed product information and yield mechanisms, and other requirements, users may visit:   Bybit RWA Earn introduces nOPAL with a limited-time 5% APR launch boost

Disclaimer: RWA Earn is not principal protected and involves risk of loss. APR figures shown are based on historical NAV performance, are not guaranteed, and may change over time. Actual returns may differ materially. Availability varies by jurisdiction and user eligibility.

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Frost & Sullivan Launches New Industry-Tuned AI Brand Equity and Market Presence Advisory Service Powered by Optivara

New service helps companies assess and strengthen their brand presence across AI assistants and search platforms

LONDON, Aug. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Frost & Sullivan today announced the launch of its AI Brand Equity and Market Presence service, powered by Optivara. This service enables companies to understand how they appear across AI answer engines, how they compare to competitors, their competitive placement by funnel stage, and whether AI-generated market narratives reflect the position they have worked to build.

Designed for marketing, brand, communications and strategy leaders seeking to understand how AI systems represent their organisations throughout the buyer journey, the service identifies visibility gaps, competitive advantages, narrative inconsistencies and the external sources influencing AI-generated answers. These findings are translated into prioritised actions spanning content, messaging, digital authority, third-party validation and market positioning.

For two decades, digital discovery was shaped largely by search engines. Today, buyers are increasingly asking AI systems which suppliers to consider, how companies compare, what risks to evaluate, and which providers are best positioned for their needs. These AI systems are effectively becoming top-of-funnel sales reps.

The service combines Optivara’s AI industry-tuned market presence platform with Frost & Sullivan’s industry expertise, analyst insights, and subject-matter expert validation. Clients receive a market presence benchmark, a competitive peer map, an AI-answer narrative review, a source diagnosis, and a detailed SWOT analysis. From that, an actionable roadmap to better control AI brand dynamics and drive demand is developed and implemented.

“AI is quickly becoming part of how buyers form a first impression of a market, a category, and a supplier,” said Brian Cotton, Senior Vice President of Growth Advisory at Frost & Sullivan. “What makes this service so valuable is not just the technology. It is Frost & Sullivan’s ability to help tune the Optivara platform and interpret the findings through an industry lens. Our analysts and subject matter experts understand the market context, the competitors, the buying criteria, and the strategic shifts our clients are trying to make. That is the difference between getting data and getting results.”

“Optivara was built to reverse-engineer how AI thinks about companies, why they are being represented that way, and what can be done to improve it,” said George Schoenstein, Co-Founder at Optivara. “Partnering with Frost & Sullivan brings an important layer of market expertise and industry-tuning to the process. Together, we can help leadership teams understand whether AI is reinforcing their strategy, missing their story, or allowing competitors and third-party sources to define the narrative. Together, this enables companies to optimise the impact of their marketing dollars.”

To learn more about Frost & Sullivan’s AI Brand Equity and Market Presence advisory services, or request an introductory consultation and demonstration, contact Brian Cotton at brian.cotton@frost.com.

About Frost & Sullivan

Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Pipeline Company, enables clients to accelerate growth and achieve best-in-class positions in growth, innovation, and leadership. The company’s Growth Pipeline as a Service provides the CEO’s Growth Team with transformational strategies and best-practice models to drive the generation, evaluation, and implementation of powerful growth opportunities. For over 60 years, Frost & Sullivan has partnered with investors, corporate leaders, and governments to identify, prioritise, and execute transformational growth strategies.

Your Transformational Growth Journey Starts Here: Schedule Your Growth Pipeline Dialog™ with the Frost & Sullivan team.

Contact:

Kristina Menzefricke

Marketing & Communications

Global Customer Experience, Frost & Sullivan

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About Optivara

Optivara is the industry-tuned Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) platform built for agencies. We help agency teams measure and improve client AI answer engine performance by reverse-engineering competitors and top performers in a segment and translating those insights into a roadmap and SWOT analysis to win across the entire customer journey. Our human-in-the-loop, industry-tuned expert models show exactly what to do to improve visibility, reputation, and geographic answer engine performance, while our Generative Positioning Score™ (GPS) provides a consistent way to measure progress over time. To learn more, visit www.optivara.ai or contact pr@optivara.ai

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CARD91 Launches SpendFlow, a Commercial Card Platform Built for Enterprise Requirements

SpendFlow brings purpose-built infrastructure to commercial card programs, replacing the compromises of adapting retail credit card systems to the distinct operating, credit and servicing needs of businesses and enterprises.

BENGALURU, India, Aug. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — CARD91, a payments infrastructure company, today announced the launch of SpendFlow, a commercial card and enterprise spend management platform designed for issuer banks serving businesses, SMEs, large corporates and institutional clients.

Issuer banks have traditionally adapted card management systems designed primarily for retail or consumer credit cards to support commercial card programs. As banks serve more complex business customers, this approach can create functional gaps because commercial programs need to accommodate organisational hierarchies, differentiated credit arrangements, approval structures, spend policies, supplier payments, consolidated billing and enterprise financial workflows.

SpendFlow is purpose-built around these commercial card requirements. It brings program configuration, credit management, virtual cards, spend controls, approvals, supplier payments, billing and accounting together within one architecture, enabling banks to configure programs for different business customers while maintaining central governance.

Ajay Pandey, CEO of CARD91, commented:

“Commercial card programs have fundamentally different requirements from retail credit cards. Banks need to support how businesses are structured, how credit and spending authority are distributed, and how payments move through enterprise workflows. SpendFlow has been built around these requirements from the outset, helping issuers operate sophisticated commercial card programs without relying on extensive customisation of retail-oriented systems.”

Core Capabilities

Seven-Layer Program Configuration

Configure fees, credit behaviour, interest, limits, controls and product parameters across multiple levels. SpendFlow’s most-specific-wins model allows banks to maintain centrally governed program rules while supporting permitted variations for individual corporate requirements without maintaining separate client-specific codebases.

Enterprise Hierarchy Management

Support parent companies, subsidiaries, cost centres and master-child account structures, with consolidated or entity-level visibility across complex corporate relationships.

Virtual Cards & Spend Controls

Issue virtual cards linked to corporate entities, employees, accounts or credit facilities, with controls applied across corporate, employee and card-account levels.

Approval & Supplier Payment Workflows

Support multi-tier approval workflows and virtual-card-enabled supplier payments, extending commercial cards beyond employee expenditure into controlled business payment use cases.

Connected Credit, Billing & Accounting

Manage credit facilities, statements, interest, payment allocation and accounting activity across the commercial card lifecycle.

Banking & ERP Connectivity

Integrate with issuer Core Banking Systems and corporate ERP environments to connect commercial card activity with existing banking and enterprise financial workflows.

Agentic Payments

CARD91 is also working on enabling Agentic Payments on SpendFlow, where AI agents can autonomously initiate and manage supplier and invoice payments within predefined controls. The capability is being designed to combine automation with control, transparency and trust, allowing businesses to adopt AI-led payment workflows while maintaining oversight over how and when payments are executed.

The launch expands CARD91’s payments infrastructure capabilities into commercial cards and corporate spend, complementing its technology across card programs, Credit Line on UPI, UPI infrastructure, prepaid, forex, onboarding and risk-led decisioning.

About CARD91

CARD91 is a payments and onboarding risk infrastructure provider enabling regulated entities to launch and scale customer programs. Its technology supports digital onboarding, fraud and risk decisioning, card issuance across credit, prepaid and forex programs, and UPI infrastructure across issuance and acquiring.

Built by a team of bankers and technologists and proudly made in India, CARD91 helps financial institutions design and operate configurable payment programs across multiple use cases. CARD91 operates across key financial hubs, including Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi and Chennai.

For more information, visit www.card91.io or contact sales@card91.io.

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