Over 25 industry leaders, including Visa, Mastercard, Fiserv, Circle, Solana, and Remitly, join to define the future of agentic commerce NEW YORK, Aug. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Rain, the enterprise-grade infrastructure for stablecoin-powered payments, today announced the launch of the Agentic Payments Alliance (APA), a coalition of organizations working together to help guide the development of agentic commerce. Founding members include Visa, Mastercard, Fiserv, Circle, Solana, and Remitly. By 2030, McKinsey projects between $3 trillion and $5 trillion in global agentic commerce. Much of the infrastructure that activity will depend on, including how agents get authorized, how fraud gets caught, and how loyalty and rewards travel with an…
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The pioneer behind patent workflow intelligence enters its next chapter with the launch of agentic workflows, new partnerships with RPX and Park IP, and the addition of veteran IP strategist Michael Chernoff. TORONTO, Aug. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — NLPatent, the company behind one of the industry’s first AI-powered patent research engines, today rebrands to Clerq and introduces the next generation of patent intelligence: an agentic AI platform that executes patent research-based tasks end-to-end, collapsing work that traditionally takes days or weeks into roughly ten minutes. Supporting this next phase of growth, Clerq also announced strategic partnerships with RPX Corporation and Park IP, as well as…
Strategic alliance helps clients combat runaway consumption-based pricing by pairing RSM’s technology advisory services with the world’s largest procurement intelligence dataset and negotiation services NEW YORK, Aug. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Vertice, the AI procurement platform built for the modern enterprise, today announced a strategic alliance with RSM US LLP (“RSM”) – the leading provider of consulting, tax and assurance services for the middle market – to help clients identify avoidable spend, support negotiations and accelerate procurement cycles. The alliance has been established to better serve the middle market, pairing Vertice’s AI procurement platform, expert negotiation support and procurement intelligence dataset -…
Enterprises across EMEA gain the in-tenant hosting, data sovereignty and AI-ready infrastructure to scale their headless CMS investments LONDON, Aug. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Dataweavers, the Microsoft-first, Azure-native platform company, today announced its expansion into EMEA, adding senior talent in London to meet accelerating demand for enterprise platform operations across its partner ecosystem of Sitecore, Contentstack, and Optimizely. The expansion comes as enterprises across the region look to Dataweavers to solve the operational, security, and scalability challenges of modernising their Digital Experience Platforms (DXPs), as Sitecore, Contentstack, and Optimizely invest further in AI-driven, composable, and headless capabilities. To support that growth, Dataweavers…
New offering expands investor choice and flexibility within Betterment’s full-service wealth-building platform NEW YORK, Aug. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Betterment, a trusted wealth and savings platform, today announced the launch of Custom portfolios, a category-defining product that allows investors to build a portfolio security-by-security, while keeping the tax-efficiency and convenience of automated portfolio management. Customers can personalize one of Betterment’s expert-built portfolios or start from scratch, while Betterment’s automated technology handles rebalancing, reinvesting and tax-loss harvesting. As customers select from over 5,500 individual stocks and ETFs, Betterment surfaces real-time analysis and AI insights that help them evaluate diversification, sector exposure, geographic exposure and…
NYSE issues a pre-market daily advisory direct from the trading floor. NEW YORK, Aug. 17, 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. Kristen Scholer delivers the pre-market update on August 17th Opening BellHims & Hers (NYSE: HIMS) celebrates its 5th anniversary as a listed company Closing BellSnowflake (NYSE: SNOW) celebrates the launch of Cortex AI Gateway For market insights, IPO activity, and today’s opening bell, download the NYSE TV App and check out the NYSE YouTube: TV.NYSE.com and YouTube.com/@NYSEofficial SOURCE New York Stock Exchange
Indico’s Intake & Orchestration Platform will assist HDI Global in transforming complex inbound insurance work into validated, system-ready workflows across corporate and specialty insurance operations. BOSTON, Aug. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Indico Data, the Intake & Orchestration Platform for insurance operations, today announced a partnership with HDI Global US (HDI) to streamline how complex corporate and specialty insurance work enters and moves through its enterprise. As HDI advances its Xcelerate29 strategy, the company is focused on targeted international growth, continued underwriting and claims excellence, and the use of AI and data to strengthen how it serves clients across complex corporate and specialty…
Brands can now generate, launch, and optimize ads on ChatGPT alongside Meta, Google, LinkedIn, TikTok, and Reddit from one platform SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Omneky, the autonomous AI growth platform, today announced that customers can now launch ads on ChatGPT directly through its self-service platform. ChatGPT joins Meta, Google, LinkedIn, TikTok, and Reddit as supported channels, making Omneky one of the first platforms where advertisers can create, launch, and manage campaigns across social, search, and conversational AI in a single workflow. OpenAI opened its self-serve Ads Manager to all advertisers in May 2026, giving brands access to ChatGPT’s more…
Strategic partnership empowers BCN, its Technology Advisors, and enterprise customers with faster access to global connectivity and technology solutions through Connectbase’s Connected World BOSTON, Aug. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As businesses expand across markets and increasingly depend on digital infrastructure to compete, they expect more than connectivity. They expect trusted advisors who can navigate a rapidly evolving global technology ecosystem with speed, confidence, and transparency. Through their strategic partnership, BCN, a leading managed connectivity and technology solutions provider, and Connectbase, the Operating System for Connectivity Commerce, are helping transform how Technology Advisors and enterprise customers discover, source, and deliver managed connectivity and…
New program recognizes agency expertise, strengthens strategic collaboration, and helps brands unlock growth across the independent app ecosystem NEW DELHI, Aug. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Moloco, a global leader in AI performance advertising, today announced the launch of the Moloco Agency Partner Program, a new initiative that strengthens collaboration with global agencies and recognizes those helping brands drive growth on the Moloco platform. The program launches with more than a dozen founding partners across North America, EMEA, LATAM, and APAC, including PMG, Dentsu UK&I, M+C Saatchi Performance, SplitMetrics, RocketLab, Admiral Media, Addict Mobile, Tappx, BlueMedia, GatherOne, Yaaha, CyberZ and Opt. As advertisers expand…