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CSG Supercharges Customer Experience with Launch of Industry-Specific Customer Engagement Solution, CSG Xponent Ignite

CSG

CSG® (NASDAQ: CSGS) empowers companies to build unforgettable experiences that make it easier for consumers and businesses to connect with, use, and pay for the products and services they value most. To propel proactive customer experience (CX), CSG today launched CSG Xponent™ Ignite, a customer engagement solution built from industry-specific expertise that enables businesses to quickly deploy, engage and deliver quantifiable experiences aligned with their goals. “Companies are frustrated with spending millions of dollars on generic CX tools that don’t produce the outcomes they were sold on. Generating ROI on CX initiatives is what businesses need and what we offer with CSG Xponent Ignite,” said Eric Carrasquilla, president, customer engagement, CSG. “CSG’s expertise is driving differentiated digital experiences for consumers and patients. Xponent Ignite raises the customer experience bar by delivering industry-tailored, pre-built customer journeys with pre-configured integrations that personalize and automate the most important customer touchpoints to drive immediate value to the consumer and achieve faster ROI.” "Even with the growing number of deployments, few companies, if any, have mastered the art of delivering a great customer experience. Organizations need easy access today and to be able to connect the dots between programs to realize business results,” said Mila D’Antonio, principal analyst, Omdia. “CSG Xponent Ignite takes the guesswork out of journey orchestration and simplifies it for the end user at scale and with speed.” By leveraging CSG Xponent Ignite, businesses can: Prove and build their CX business case, understand their CX maturity, illuminate ways to generate ROI, and help define a solid CX strategy to drive desired business and customer outcomes. Speed time to value with 80+ industry-specific, pre-built journeys that quickly orchestrate the most important customer interactions to elevate customer satisfaction, drive customer loyalty, spark upsells, and lead to faster ROI. Connect with ease and remove data silos by leveraging an API library with 100+ pre-configured integrations to streamline and seamlessly connect to your existing tech stack without ripping and replacing the current IT infrastructure. CSG Xponent Ignite empowers companies within the telecommunications, financial services, retail, and healthcare industries to personalize customer journeys through use cases for acquisition, support, growth, and retention. The catalog of journeys is based on best practices across these industries and expertise from orchestrating 50 billion omnichannel interactions around the globe. With Xponent Ignite, healthcare providers can enhance patient care with real-time digital communications such as care plan adherence notifications and appointment reminders. Financial institutions can drive mortgage loan application completions with proactive, personalized reminders and real-time status updates. Retailers can hyper-personalize and target offers to customers in the right channel and at the right time to convert purchases. Communication service providers can retain customers with a promotion roll-off journey. For more information on CSG Xponent Ignite and how it can take your customers’ experiences to the next level, visit https://www.csgi.com/products/xponent/ignite/. # # # About CSG CSG empowers companies to build unforgettable experiences, making it easier for people and businesses to connect with, use and pay for the services they value most. Our customer experience, billing and payments solutions help companies of any size make money and make a difference. With our SaaS solutions, company leaders can take control of their future, and tap into guidance along the way from our more than 5k-strong experienced global CSG services team. Want to learn more about how to be a change maker and industry shaper like our 1,000-plus clients? Visit csgi.com to learn more. Copyright © 2022 CSG Systems International, Inc. and/or its affiliates (“CSG”). All rights reserved. CSG® is a registered trademark of CSG Systems International, Inc. All third-party trademarks, service marks, and/or product names which are referenced in this document are the property of their respective owners, and all rights therein are reserved. Contacts: Jordy Spitale Public Relations +1 (504) 615-8820 Jordy.Spitale@csgi.com John Rea Investor Relations +1 (210) 687-4409 John.Rea@csgi.com Contact Details Tammy Hovey +1 917-520-2751 tammy.hovey@csgi.com Company Website https://www.csgi.com

October 19, 2022 07:25 AM Mountain Daylight Time

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How $BKYI Is Growing Globally -- Check Out This Interview With Alex Rocha, Managing Director, EMEA At BIO-key

BIO-key International, Inc.

Contact Details Catalyst IR- William Jones, David Collins +1 212-924-9800 BKYI@catalyst-ir.com Company Website https://www.bio-key.com/

October 19, 2022 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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OPPOHack 2022 final round coming this weekend: assisting innovative ubiquitous solutions land

OPPO

SHENZHEN, CHINA - Media OutReach - 19 October 2022 - OPPOHack 2022 finals will take place on October 22 and 23, pacific time. After two preliminary rounds of hackathons, 10 qualified projects will enter the final round of the online hackathon. The themes this year are "Unhindered cross-device connection" and "User-centric intelligent services", and the top 3 winning teams from OPPOHack will receive a total of 40,000 USD prizes. At the ODC22, OPPO revealed the Pantanal plan. Its main goal is to advance a futuristic concept and to achieve "seamless, non-sensing, and flow with the users". Ultimately, Pantanal plans to build a new open business ecosystem that is mutually beneficial and sustainable with the involvement of developers and partners. The Pantanal plan is a significant step in OPPO's transformation into an ecological technology firm, as well as a serious attempt by OPPO and its partners to share the benefits of ecological development with 500 million consumers. "Unhindered Cross-Device Connection" and "User-centric Intelligent Services " are the two main focuses of this hackathon, and participants from all over the world are invited to participate in a discussion on the future innovation of "ubiquitous services" in settings like the smart home, travel, and office. During the finals, each project participating will be evaluated based on 4 aspects including innovation, technical difficulty, user experience, and application prospects. The team of judges at OPPOHack finals represents professionalism and diversity. The judging team consists of experts from academia, tech industry, as well as investment, including Mirjana Prpa, Ph.D. and Senior Product Director; Floyd Sijmons, VentureLabs entrepreneurial mentor and entrepreneur, Miao Hong, Chairman at Silicon Valley Future Capital, and OPPO software engineering experts. This judging committee is experienced in conducting comprehensive evaluations for projects, and the top 3 teams will be selected based on the scores. About OPPO OPPO is a leading global smart device brand. Since the launch of its first mobile phone - “Smiley Face” - in 2008, OPPO has been in relentless pursuit of the perfect synergy of aesthetic satisfaction and innovative technology. Today, OPPO provides a wide range of smart devices spearheaded by the Find X and Reno series. Beyond devices, OPPO also provides its users with ColorOS operating system and internet services such as OPPO Cloud and OPPO+. OPPO has footprints in more than 60 countries and regions, with more than 40,000 employees dedicated to creating a better life for customers around the world. Contact Details OPPO Media Contact press@oppo.com

October 19, 2022 07:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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How to Take First Steps in Trading If You Know Nothing

FBS

The campaign started after one of the FBS traders from Thailand, Piriya Attasart, achieved high results in trading for only two years. The trader admits that this success happens due to learning tools and materials the broker provides its clients with. The right attitude and learning paid off Piriya Attasart, 57, came to trade with FBS during COVID-19 when her real estate company faced difficulties due to the lockdown. Within only two years of learning and practicing, Piriya showed excellent results and even won the Tesla car in the broker’s birthday promotion. Piriya entered the world of trading with FBS following her friend’s advice. She dived deep into FBS educational materials that are free and available for everybody on the FBS official website. The educational materials helped Piriya to understand the market, learn to analyze it, minimize risks, and become a profitable trader. FBS helps and guides Acknowledged as a reliable broker, FBS not only emphasizes the significance of trading education but assists its clients in it. To help beginner traders enter the Forex market, FBS financial analysts constantly share their trading tips and webinars and provide news and analytics. These materials are available on the FBS website and social media. Inspired by the example of Piriya, the broker has collected essential trading tools for beginners in one place. FBS has created a special website with free tutorials, links to useful sources and webinars for those thinking about entering the market. Using these materials, any newbie trader can increase their knowledge and take the first steps with FBS, a licensed international broker presented in over 150 countries and followed by 23+ million clients. The FBS CFD trading platform was founded in 2009 by investors who were interested in trading research and technical analysis. FBS provides global markets with transparent and trusted applications for more than 27M CFD traders. Today, FBS is an international brand present in over 150 countries. The brand unites several companies offering their clients opportunities to trade Margin FX and CFDs. The companies include FBS Markets Inc. (licensed by IFSC), Tradestone Ltd. (licensed by CySEC), Intelligent Financial Markets Pty Ltd. (licensed by ASIC), and TRADE STONE SA (PTY) LTD. (licensed by FSCA). Contact Details FBS PR FBS +357 25 123212 support@fbs.com Company Website https://www.first-step-in-trading.com/?utm_source=fxstreet&utm_medium=press_release&utm_campaign=thai_success_story

October 19, 2022 03:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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Drivetrain Raises $15M to Help Companies Drive Predictable Growth

Drivetrain

Drivetrain AI, Inc., a next-generation financial planning, monitoring and decision-making platform announced today that it has secured $15M in funding from Elevation Capital, Jungle Ventures, and Venture Highway. Over 25 renowned angel investors, advisors, founders, and CXOs of marquee technology companies have participated in this round. Drivetrain will use the funds to accelerate product development and expand its go-to-market team. Drivetrain helps businesses scale and achieve their targets predictably. With only 13% of organizations identifying performance issues before they hit financials (Gartner research), timely response is critical. Drivetrain’s platform helps finance teams build integrated plans, budgets and forecasts, track their progress against targets, and identify bottlenecks to growth. The platform seamlessly integrates with over 200 common business tools such as Salesforce, Netsuite, Quickbooks, Workday, and Looker. Built as a ‘system of metrics’ defined using simple English formulas, Drivetrain enables companies to quickly build easy-to-understand financial models simplifying business performance measurement and visualization. The platform offers a host of features like tracking real-time budget versus actuals, modeling what-if scenarios, and root cause analysis, to name a few. Alok Goel, Co-founder & CEO of Drivetrain, observed the challenges leaders face in scaling their businesses while serving on the board of several digital-first companies. Commenting on the company’s vision, he said, “ Drivetrain is like Google Maps for business growth. It helps build plans, informs you whether you’re on track, and simplifies course-correction. Many leaders manage their business plans and multimillion-dollar budgets on spreadsheets that are cumbersome and error-prone. Gauging your business health in real-time and applying course corrections is impossible on spreadsheets. Instead, with Drivetrain, you can make better, confident decisions in days, not months—a key strategic advantage." Tarkeshwar Thakur, Co-founder & CTO of Drivetrain, added, “ Every business is a little different. We’ve designed Drivetrain to be flexible from the ground up. Behind the scenes, the system creates a program for the business that captures all nuances. This approach centralizes metric and data definitions, making versioning, sandbox, and assumption inspections straightforward. Coupled with rich integrations and a powerful compute engine, Drivetrain is an ideal platform for planning, data analysis, and decision-making. ” The observations and approach of the founders resonated with investors at Elevation Capital, Jungle Ventures and Venture Highway, all of whom have experienced similar pain points with their portfolio companies. “ Today, finance teams spend up to four weeks every quarter tracking key business metrics and generating reports for their stakeholders. You can’t make decisions on such stale data. Drivetrain enables these companies to consolidate their data and get insights in near real-time. This helps them focus more on forward-looking questions during board meetings, ” said Deepak Gaur, Partner at Elevation Capital. “ We have struggled to put together Excel sheets for portfolio companies to predict revenue growth, structure the go-to-market plan, and understand levers that would affect revenue and margin growth. Spreadsheets and existing tools fail to do this in real-time, ” said Priya Mohan, Partner at Venture Highway. “ Drivetrain’s scientific approach to scaling business predictably resonated with us. Strong clarity of thought and deep connection to the problem make Alok, Tark and Saurav the perfect founding team to solve this. ” “ I see Drivetrain becoming a part of the core financial tech stack for growth-stage companies. You need a ‘metrics layer’ where you can simulate and implement your growth strategies, answer strategic questions like what they can do to increase revenue or reduce costs, and guide them towards more predictable outcomes. Drivetrain is delivering that today, ” said Arpit Beri, Principal at Jungle Ventures. About Drivetrain AI Drivetrain is a financial planning and decision-making platform that helps businesses scale and predictably achieve their targets. Companies can manage their business better and unlock sustainable growth using Drivetrain. The company was founded in 2021 by Alok Goel, Tarkeshwar Thakur and Saurav Bhagat. For more information, visit www.drivetrain.ai Contact Details Drivetrain Bilal Mahmood +44 7714 007257 b.mahmood@stockwoodstrategy.com Company Website https://www.drivetrain.ai/

October 18, 2022 11:15 AM Pacific Daylight Time

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Clean Room Primer Group Releases White Paper at Inaugural Event in New York City During Advertising Week

Clean Room Primer

For more information and to register for the upcoming events, click here. The Clean Room Primer Group has released its initial piece of educational material – a co-authored white paper covering clean room taxonomy and definitions, use cases, and a look at the future. Clean Room Primer - A Definitive Guide for Marketing is a guide for marketers, agencies, and publishers to formulate and evaluate their plans for using data clean rooms with the intention of enhancing their odds for success. The white paper is the topic at the group’s inaugural event, held today in New York City during Advertising Week. It can be downloaded here. Use cases and data management practices in the Clean Room Primer cover topics such as campaign measurement and attribution; audience insights, planning segmentation, activation and analysis; and monetization of first-party data. “Data clean rooms are an incredibly complex new addition to the tech stack, and one that is also central for all stakeholders in the marketing industry to understand. With factors like privacy regulations, measurement, attribution and third-party data usage evolving, those who are not well versed with how to use data clean rooms will quickly be left behind and will find it much harder to derive value from digital marketing efforts,” said Rich Sobel, Founder and CEO at Marcato Solutions and Founding Member of Clean Room Primer. “The goal of the Clean Room Primer is to provide marketers, agencies and publishers with data clean room knowledge and know-how to empower them to feel confident about implementing best practices to yield successful results.” The Clean Room Primer was authored by a group of industry leading experts invested in seeing the marketing industry transition to new privacy realities. They include: Adam Gelles, CEO, The B2B Marketing Company Devon DeBlasio, Vice President, Product Marketing, InfoSum Ellen Oppenheim, Founder, Oppenheim Media Consulting John Baronello, VP Digital Transformation, Cardinal Path (Merkle) Michael Shearer, Senior Director, Digital Innovation and Strategy, Claravine Mike Moreau, co-Founder and COO, Habu Rich Sobel, Founder and CEO at Marcato Solutions Sam Shapiro-Klein, Director, Marketing, Identity, Neustar Veronica Luik, Director, Strategy and Market Intelligence, LiveRamp Following this event, The Clean Room Primer will commence a Roadshow in major cities throughout Q4 2022 including Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles where leading practitioners will share real-world insights on why and how to use data clean rooms for marketing and advertising. The Clean Room Primer Roadshow dates: New York City on October 18 @ New York Marriott Downtown (9:00 - 11:00 AM ET) Chicago on November 2 @ Chicago Marriott Magnificent Mile (4:00 - 7:00 PM CT) San Francisco on November 10 @ The W San Francisco (4:00 - 7:00 PM PT) Los Angeles on December 6 @ The Huntley Hotel Santa Monica (9:00 - 11:00 AM PT) About The Clean Room Primer Group The Clean Room Primer is an ad-hoc consortium of advertising industry executives with a shared mission of providing marketers, agencies, and publishers with a reliable and expert source on data clean rooms, their use and implementation best practices. Helping the industry prepare for a new privacy landscape. Inaugural participating companies include Habu, LiveRamp, InfoSum, Claravine, Kite Hill Public Relations, Marcato Solutions, The B2B Marketing Company, Neustar and Merkle. For more information, visit CleanRoomPrimer.com and follow on LinkedIn and Twitter. Contact Details Maggie Stasko cleandata@kitehillpr.com

October 18, 2022 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

An Eclectic Ecosystem: Learn About The Society Pass (NASDAQ: SOPA) With COO, Pamela Aw-Young

Society Pass Incorporated

Contact Details Dennis Nguyen: Founder, Chairman & CEO +1 877-440-9464 dennis@thesocietypass.com Company Website https://thesocietypass.com

October 18, 2022 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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Is LASE Bringing Laser-Focus To A Rare Opportunity In The Industry?

Laser Photonics Corporation

At the end of September, Laser Photonics Corp. (NASDAQ: LASE) blasted its way onto the Nasdaq Stock Market. An industrial laser technologies and systems company, Laser Photonics (LPC) produces a variety of laser-based products for the specialized machinery industry. Its CleanTech laser is one of its products seeking to disrupt the abrasives cleaning market. In 2021, the global abrasive cleaning market was $46.4 billion, while sandblasting was $6.23 billion. Abrasive cleaning includes rust removal, contaminant removal, surface conditioning and finishing to machinery across a wide variety of industries, including electronics, medical equipment, manufacturing and the military. However, abrasive cleaners often include toxic chemicals, and sandblasting (where a high density of small particles are blown onto the surface) carries its own dangers, all of which are rubbing the market the wrong way. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has warned about the health hazards and safety risks that can be involved in abrasive blasting, and this creates pressure for industry companies to find a way to continue cleaning material without endangering their employees. Looking Photon-genic LPC is bringing change to this market with its CleanTech laser cleaning system. Laser blasting avoids the health hazards of the more risky abrasive treatments because workers are not exposed to a cocktail of chemicals. This also makes the blaster more eco-friendly, a quality increasingly important for both private and public companies looking to adopt environment-positive policies. The CleanTech lasers allow for a greater degree of control, which means they don’t damage the substrate material being cleaned, a frequent risk when using abrasive blasting treatment. They are also more energy and time-efficient, allowing companies to decrease labor costs. The company is working with a large addressable market by delivering a variety of laser products with diverse applications. Beyond cleaning, these lasers can be used for marking, engraving, cutting and 3D metal printing. LPC sees its 3D metal printing as a disruptive force in the manufacturing industry, and its printers use proprietary tech that will serve across the aerospace, manufacturing and automotive industries. Harnessing the power of photons, LPC is bringing cutting-edge technology to the market with its standardized and specialized laser-blasting equipment. The company works with both public- and private-sector clients, from Fortune 1000 companies to the U.S. military, serving domestic and international customers from North America to North Africa. It has established itself in the market with what it calls its “blue chip customer base” — key players across a range of industries, including Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F), 3M Co. (NYSE: MMM), Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE: DELL) and others. Other companies working to develop the laser industry include Coherent Corp. (NASDAQ: COHR), Lumentum Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: LITE) and IPG Photonics Corp. (NASDAQ: IPGP). The company saw a 30% increase from the first half of 2021 to 2022, seeing over $2.5 million in sales from January to June this year. The company says it is positioned for continued rapid growth. “We have a rare opportunity to participate and lead the market for laser-blasting, an opportunity that could last decades,” LPC CEO Wayne Tupuola said. “We believe a perfect storm is brewing given the technological advancements, the regulatory and labor environment and access to the capital markets, and we look forward to capitalizing on this opportunity.” To learn more about Laser Photonics Corp., visit its website. Laser Photonics is a vertically-integrated manufacturer and R&D Center of Excellence for industrial laser technologies and systems. LPC seeks to disrupt the $46 billion, centuries old, sand and abrasives blasting markets, focusing on surface cleaning, rust removal, corrosion control, de-painting and other laser-based industrial applications. LPC's new generation of leading-edge laser blasting technologies and equipment also addresses the numerous health, safety, environmental, and regulatory issues associated with the old methods. As a result, LPC has quickly gained a reputation as an industry leader for industrial laser systems with a brand that stands for quality, technology and product innovation. Currently, world-renowned and Fortune 1000 manufacturers in the aerospace, automotive, defense, energy, industrial, maritime, space exploration and shipbuilding industries are using LPC's "unique-to-industry" systems. This post contains sponsored advertising content. This content is for informational purposes only and is not intended to be investing advice. Contact Details Brian Siegel, IRC®, M.B.A. Senior Managing Director Hayden IR brian@haydenir.com Company Website https://www.laserphotonics.com/

October 18, 2022 08:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Rembrandt’s Famous Masterpiece Available In 8,000 Pieces (NFTs)

Curzon PR

Now, everyone has the opportunity to own a digital piece of one of Rembrandt’s most celebrated works, The Night Watch (1642). The painting has been divided into 8,000 pieces, which are available in the form of NFTs (non-fungible tokens) — a digital certificate of ownership. Not only will the sale of NFTs be a milestone step in making Rembrandt ownership accessible for all, but owners will also be granted exclusive access to the new, and soon to be open, MetaRembrandt Museum — the only place in the world where all the paintings of Rembrandt van Rijn can be found remastered, digitally restored to their original state, and in high definition. The Night Watch NFT initiative is the result of a collaboration between the Rembrandt Heritage Foundation and blockchain innovators HODL Finance. It was announced on the first anniversary of the death of world-renowned Rembrandt expert, Professor Dr Ernst van de Wetering, who worked tirelessly to preserve Rembrandt's collection and make it accessible for current and future generations. Professor van de Wetering made his life’s work to trace, authenticate and preserve all of Rembrandt’s works. His legacy with The Rembrandt Heritage Foundation was to have Rembrandt’s full art collection digitised and remastered, ensuring it remains immortalised. He even recreated the pieces from The Night Watch that were cut off in 1715 and feared lost forever. Jess Muntenaar, COO at HODL Finance, said: “We are proud that together with The Rembrandt Heritage Foundation, we have digitally reconstructed and captured Rembrandt’s paintings in high definition, and made them accessible to everyone through blockchain ownership. Digitising art is not a replacement for the real thing, but rather a way to preserve art, make it available to everyone, and ensure that Rembrandt will always be there for future generations.” NFTs cannot be copied, replaced or subdivided, ensuring absolute security and authenticity. Every NFT is recorded in a database (a blockchain) and can be stored for as long as the owner wishes, or sold. An owner of one of the 8,000 pieces of the Night Watch automatically becomes a founder of the MetaRembrandt Museum. Founders have lifetime access to the museum, and can also ‘rent out’ their NFT, which not only provides a return on investment, but also gives other art lovers the opportunity to gain access to this highly exclusive digital venue. Pim Slager, co-founder of The Rembrandt Heritage Foundation, says: "The MetaRembrandt Museum is the only place where people can view all the paintings of Rembrandt together and in high definition. I feel honoured that we can now share the life's work of Rembrandt van Rijn with the whole world." For more information and to register to own a piece of The Night Watch, visit www.metarembrandt.com. About HODL Finance The Hodl Finance ecosystem is designed to continue to fuel innovative projects. By providing funding, community and expertise for a wide range of forward-thinking initiatives, Hodl Finance believes that our future should not be determined by Big Tech, but rather by creators and communities. Put the power where it belongs and let the community share in the benefits. For more information, images or interview requests, please contact: Saiansha Panangipalli saiansha@curzonpr.com Or Gina Hollands gina@curzonpr.com T: +44 (0)7801 258 392 Contact Details Curzon PR Gina Hollands gina@curzonpr.com Company Website https://www.metarembrandt.com/

October 18, 2022 08:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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