Author: Chain Wire

Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 16th, 2026, FinanceWire

Nocera, Inc. (NASDAQ:NCRA) has taken another significant step in its transformation into a diversified technology holding company by announcing a strategic investment in CampaignPulse.ai, an emerging artificial intelligence company focused on simulation-driven campaign intelligence, predictive analytics, and decision-support technologies.

The investment underscores Nocera’s commitment to building a portfolio of innovative businesses positioned at the forefront of artificial intelligence and digital transformation. As organizations across industries increasingly seek data-driven tools to improve planning, communication, and operational effectiveness, CampaignPulse.ai is developing solutions designed to help users evaluate strategies before committing valuable resources in real-world environments.

Expanding Nocera’s AI Ecosystem

The investment aligns with Nocera’s broader vision of evolving into Nocera Holdings, a technology-focused platform targeting high-growth sectors including artificial intelligence, digital infrastructure, robotics, biotech, blockchain, and digital assets.

By adding CampaignPulse.ai to its growing portfolio, Nocera gains exposure to a rapidly emerging segment of the AI market focused on predictive analytics, audience intelligence, and advanced simulation technologies. These capabilities are increasingly viewed as essential tools for organizations seeking to make faster, smarter, and more informed decisions.

“Our investment in CampaignPulse.ai represents another important step in the execution of Nocera’s strategy to build a diversified portfolio of technology-driven businesses operating in high-growth markets,” said Andy Jin, Chief Executive Officer of Nocera.

Building the Future of Campaign Intelligence

CampaignPulse.ai is developing an innovative platform designed to leverage large language models and artificial intelligence to simulate audience reactions, test messaging effectiveness, and evaluate strategic outcomes before implementation.

The platform’s planned capabilities include:

• AI-powered campaign simulations
• Predictive audience intelligence
• Message testing and optimization
• Sentiment and narrative analysis
• Strategic communications support
• Reputation monitoring
• Performance analytics and reporting
• Content creation and campaign development tools
• Localization and personalization technologies

By combining advanced AI with predictive modeling, CampaignPulse.ai aims to help organizations reduce uncertainty, improve communication effectiveness, and optimize resource allocation.

Addressing a Growing Market Opportunity

The global demand for AI-powered analytics and decision-support solutions continues to expand as businesses, governments, advocacy groups, and institutions seek more sophisticated ways to forecast outcomes and improve strategic planning.

Nocera believes that technologies capable of integrating simulation, predictive analytics, and audience intelligence will play an increasingly important role in helping organizations navigate complex decision-making environments.

CampaignPulse.ai’s development roadmap also includes the creation of a global ambassador network intended to accelerate market awareness, foster strategic partnerships, and support future platform adoption across international markets.

Long-Term Vision for Shareholder Value

The investment reflects Nocera’s ongoing strategy of identifying innovative companies that can benefit from the accelerating adoption of artificial intelligence. Through a combination of strategic investments, acquisitions, and partnerships, the company aims to build a scalable portfolio of technology businesses capable of delivering sustainable long-term growth.

“We are excited to welcome Nocera as a strategic investor and partner,” said Ash Wright, President of CampaignPulse.ai. “We believe the combination of AI-powered simulations, predictive analytics, and decision-support capabilities can create a powerful new approach to campaign intelligence and strategic communications.”

As Nocera continues its transformation into a diversified technology platform, investments such as CampaignPulse.ai demonstrate the company’s focus on emerging technologies that have the potential to reshape industries, improve efficiency, and create meaningful value for shareholders and stakeholders alike.

With artificial intelligence rapidly becoming a cornerstone of modern business strategy, Nocera’s latest investment positions the company to participate in one of the most dynamic and transformative sectors of the global economy.

For more information visit – https://www.nocera.company/

Contact

Public Relations
Jackson Phoenix
Phoenix MGMT & Consulting Group
PR@PhoenixMGMTConsulting.com

Punta Mita, Mexico, June 16th, 2026, FinanceWire

Running October 25–27, the summit pairs beachfront sessions and private villa workshops built to turn three days of conversation into strategies attendees can act on.

Mita TechTalks, an invite-only summit on the convergence of Bitcoin, artificial intelligence, and energy, will gather 125 guests October 25–27, 2026, in Punta Mita, Mexico. The summit brings together high-net-worth investors, family office allocators, corporate leaders, and builders for three days of oceanside sessions, private workshops, and unhurried conversations along the most exclusive stretch of Mexico’s Pacific coast. 

Sessions take place at the Kupuri Beach Club, an oceanview, open-air venue inside the private, residential community of Punta Mita, home to the Four Seasons, St. Regis, Montage, and Pendry resorts and two Jack Nicklaus Signature golf courses. The agenda opens with a beachfront welcome dinner, followed by full sessions and private-villa breakout workshops, evening dinners under the palapa, and a closing afternoon of Jack Nicklaus Signature golf or ocean sports. Because guests and speakers stay within the same community for the full three days, the schedule gives way to long, off-record conversations, and the chance to build authentic relationships with the people rather than collect badges.

Confirmed speakers include Jeff Booth, founder of ego death capital and author of The Price of Tomorrow; Lisa Hough, founder of BTM Energy; Sam Callahan, Director of Strategy and Research at OranjeBTC; Andre Neves, ZBD Co-Founder & CTO and more. Additional speakers will be announced in the coming weeks.

The summit is built on a simple premise: Bitcoin, artificial intelligence, and energy are no longer separate stories. Bitcoin is moving onto corporate balance sheets and into treasury strategy, AI is working its way into finance and the Bitcoin economy, and the power demands of both AI data centers and Bitcoin mining are redrawing the energy map. Programming spans three tracks, covering macro and corporate strategy, energy, and AI, where speakers and guests dig into how the three feed one another.

“Technology is inherently deflationary, and AI is about to accelerate that beyond anything we’ve seen. The real question for investors and companies is how you position for a world where the cost of almost everything trends toward zero,” said Jeff Booth, founder of ego death capital and author of The Price of Tomorrow. “In a fast paced world, the most meaningful breakthroughs happen when you slow down. That’s what Mita TechTalks is built for, and it’s why Bitcoin, AI, and energy belong in the same room, in a place like Punta Mita.”

Mita TechTalks is organized by Lynne Bairstow and Israel Muñoz, partners at Base Layer Advisors and co-hosts of the Build With Bitcoin podcast. Bairstow began her career on Wall Street at Merrill Lynch before moving to Mexico, where she founded MITA Ventures in 2012 and has spent more than two decades backing early-stage tech across Mexico and Latin America; she is also a co-founder of La Casa de Satoshi, a Bitcoin and freedom-tech hub in Mexico City. Muñoz co-founded an early cross-border payments startup and helped launch 500 Startups’ Miami operation, and now invests in early-stage Bitcoin infrastructure ventures.

“Some of the best moments at these gatherings happen away from the sessions. They happen at dinner, walking the beach, in a villa after the sessions end,” said Bairstow. “When a small group of people share the same place for three days, you leave having actually gotten to know the people at the forefront of capital market innovation.”

“Bitcoin, AI, and energy are the technologies that will redefine the global economy,” said Muñoz. “We wanted to bring the people at the center of that shift together somewhere they could actually talk, and there’s no better place to do it than in Punta Mita.”

Registration is open by application at 2026.mitatechtalks.com. Passes are released in tiers starting at $2,750 and rising as each phase sells out, and the summit is capped at 125 guests; once that number is reached, registration closes. Every pass includes full access to sessions and workshops, all meals, and evening events. Punta Mita is located 40 minutes from Puerto Vallarta International Airport.

This year’s Mita TechTalks is supported by ArcadiaB as Platinum Partner and Punta Mita as Host Partner, with Base Layer Advisors and Build With Bitcoin as Organizing Partners and Forager and Gannett Trust as Bronze Sponsors. If you are interested in sponsoring, please contact lynne@baselayeradvisors.com. 

About Mita TechTalks 

Mita TechTalks is an invite-only summit exploring the intersection of capital markets, Bitcoin, artificial intelligence, and energy. Held in the private, gated community of Punta Mita on Mexico’s Pacific coast, it is designed for wealth managers, family offices, corporate executives, and industry leaders shaping the future of capital. Organized by Base Layer Advisors and Build With Bitcoin, the summit returns October 25–27, 2026. For more information, users can visit 2026.mitatechtalks.com.

Contact

Founder
Phil
21M Communications
phil@21mcommunications.com

Wilmington, United States, June 16th, 2026, FinanceWire

WNSTN selected to strengthen Leverate’s AI roadmap with broker-focused customization, in-platform engagement, and actionable client-intent intelligence

Leverate, a global leader in white-label technology for financial institutions, CFD brokers and prop firms, and WNSTN, a provider of compliant AI solutions for financial institutions and brokerages, today announced that Leverate has selected WNSTN AI to enhance its recently launched AI Investments Assistant with a broker-focused conversational intelligence and engagement layer.

The announcement follows Leverate’s launch of an intelligent AI assistant embedded inside its trading platform, giving traders a natural-language way to explore market insights and giving brokers new visibility into trader interests, questions, and engagement patterns. WNSTN will add to that roadmap by bringing customizable, white-label AI engagement technology designed specifically for brokers that want to improve platform stickiness, session depth, and client retention without moving traders outside the trading environment.

As Leverate continues to lead its broader AI innovation roadmap, WNSTN’s role is to enhance capabilities by adding a flexible intelligence and engagement layer that allows brokerages to deliver branded AI experiences, understand client intent, and turn trader conversations into actionable business insight.

“AI is fast becoming a core layer of the modern brokerage experience, but it has to be practical, embedded, and measurable,” said Ran Strauss, CEO of Leverate. “When we launched the AI Investments Assistant, our goal was not simply to add a chatbot to a trading platform. It was to give brokers a practical AI layer that improves the trader experience and produces meaningful business intelligence. WNSTN stood out as the clear choice for advancing our AI vision. Its broker-ready platform combines intelligent personalization, powerful engagement capabilities, and real-time business insights, enabling brokers to build stronger client relationships, increase platform stickiness, and drive measurable growth.”

WNSTN’s technology is designed to help financial platforms deliver AI-powered engagement across client journeys, combining conversational intelligence, financial market context, personalization, real-time analytics, and governance tools. Its solutions are built for brokerages and financial institutions seeking to deploy AI securely, under their own brand, and at scale.

“We are proud that Leverate selected WNSTN after a competitive review and that our technology will enhance an AI solution already positioned at the center of the broker platform,” said Roy Michaeli, Co-Founder and CEO of WNSTN. “The winning approach in this market is to understand clients’ needs and offer trusted cooperation in building AI together. Brokers need AI that is embedded in the trading journey, tailored to their brand, multilingual, compliant, and connected to commercial outcomes such as engagement, retention, and client understanding.”

By integrating WNSTN’s broker-focused AI layer into Leverate’s ecosystem, broker clients can give traders immediate access to market insights, deeper technical analysis, contextual data, and educational explanations while giving brokers a clearer view of what clients are asking, researching, and reacting to in real time.

Together, the companies said the collaboration reflects a shared view that AI in brokerage must be more than content delivery. It must be embedded, branded, measurable, and connected to the workflows that matter most to brokers and traders.

Key WNSTN-enhanced capabilities within Leverate’s AI Investments Assistant include:

Embedded AI chat inside the trading platform

Traders can access conversational market insights directly from the trading screen without switching apps or disrupting their workflow.

Real-time market insights and data visualization

Responses can include financial context, live charts, data tables, and easy-to-understand market breakdowns.

Broker-grade customization and white-label deployment

The assistant can be delivered under the broker’s own brand, aligned with Leverate’s white-label platform model and customized to each brokerage’s engagement strategy.

Client-intent intelligence and engagement analytics

Brokerages can gain visibility into trader interests, frequently asked questions, searched instruments, and engagement patterns, helping teams personalize outreach and improve platform stickiness.

Multilingual trader support

The assistant can support traders across markets and regions through built-in language capabilities.

Compliance-aware AI infrastructure

WNSTN’s financial-services AI layer is designed with governance, guardrails, and oversight for regulated environments.

About Leverate

Leverate is a leading force in fintech innovation, dedicated to empowering financial institutions, CFD brokers, and prop firms with technology that drives growth, efficiency, and success. With more than 19 years of experience and broker clients worldwide, Leverate provides a complete ecosystem spanning trading platforms, CRM, liquidity, broker operations, and trader engagement tools, helping financial firms launch, operate, and scale with confidence.

About WNSTN

WNSTN provides compliant AI solutions for financial institutions, brokerages, and capital markets firms. Built with layered compliance controls, multi-agent financial intelligence, enterprise-grade security, and white-label deployment capabilities, WNSTN enables institutions to deliver real-time AI experiences across client engagement, service automation, market intelligence, and internal analytics workflows.

Contact

Jamie Rakover
WNSTN INC.
jamie@wnstn.ai

Castries, Saint Lucia, June 16th, 2026, FinanceWire

PrimeXBT, a global multi-asset broker and crypto asset service provider, has announced major spread reductions across several of the most actively traded markets, reinforcing its commitment to competitive pricing, transparent trading conditions, and long-term value for traders.

The updated conditions include standard spreads from 0 pips for EUR/USD, 0.4 points for S&P 500 (US500), 0.8 points for NASDAQ (USTEC). Active traders can unlock even tighter pricing through PrimeXBT’s VIP Tiers Program, with spreads from 0.2 points for S&P 500, 0.4 points for NASDAQ, $0.17 for Gold (XAU/USD), and $19 for Bitcoin (BTC/USD). The new pricing is significantly below industry averages, offering traders a meaningful reduction in trading costs.

The broker noted that, unlike some brokers that offset lower spreads with commissions or more complex pricing structures, its CFD offering remains commission-free, supporting a more transparent pricing environment.

“Many traders underestimate how much spreads can impact results over time, especially those trading frequently or at higher volumes,” said Jonatan Randin, Senior Market Analyst at PrimeXBT. “A small difference in spread may seem insignificant on a single position, but across hundreds or thousands of trades, the cumulative impact can become substantial.”

The move comes as trading costs increasingly become a point of focus for active market participants, particularly in highly traded and volatile markets where spreads can significantly influence long-term performance. While traders often focus on market direction, execution and strategy, spreads remain one of the few costs paid on every trade, regardless of outcome.

With its latest pricing improvements, PrimeXBT continues to raise the standard for competitive trading conditions across multiple asset classes, while prioritising fairness, transparency, and a trader-first approach focused on helping clients keep more of what they earn.

Users can learn more by visiting the PrimeXBT website.

About PrimeXBT

PrimeXBT is a global multi-asset broker and crypto asset service provider trusted by traders in more than 150 countries. The platform bridges traditional and digital markets within one integrated environment, redefining versatility and innovation in online trading. Clients can access Forex, CFDs on indices, commodities, shares, crypto, and Crypto Futures, as well as buy, store and exchange cryptocurrencies. This unified experience extends across both the native PXTrader 2.0 platform and MetaTrader 5, supported by advanced risk-management tools and a wide range of funding options in crypto, fiat and local payment methods. Since 2018, PrimeXBT has focused on empowering traders through broad multi-asset access, fair and transparent conditions, professional-grade technology and dedicated human support. By combining expertise, trust and a client-first approach, PrimeXBT sets a benchmark of excellence in the financial industry and provides traders with the tools they need to trade, grow and succeed with confidence.

Disclaimer

The content provided here is for informational purposes only and is not intended as personal investment advice and does not constitute a solicitation or invitation to engage in any financial transactions, investments, or related activities. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. The financial products offered by the Company are complex and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. These products may not be suitable for all investors. Before engaging, users should consider whether they understand how these leveraged products work and whether they can afford the high risk of losing money. The Company does not accept clients from the Restricted Jurisdictions as indicated on its website / T&Cs. Some products and services, including MT5, may not be available in jurisdiction. The applicable legal entity and its respective products and services depend on the client’s country of residence and the entity with which the client has established a contractual relationship during registration.

Contact

PrimeXBT
pr@primexbt.com

Palm Beach Gardens, United States, June 16th, 2026, FinanceWire

White paper finds trillions in household taxable equity wealth locked in place by realization costs above 35%, and argues conversions are most likely revenue-neutral for the Treasury

ExchangiFi LLC, the platform for Section 351 tax-deferred exchanges, today released a white paper estimating that $5.0 trillion in U.S. taxable equity assets are structurally suited to convert into exchange-traded funds via Section 351 of the IRC.

The paper, “The Structural Distribution of American Taxable Equity Wealth and the Strategic Landscape for Section 351 ETF Conversions,” draws on Federal Reserve Z.1 data, IRS aggregates, and industry research. It finds that American households hold $57.7 trillion in corporate equities and fund shares, with roughly 87% held by the top 10% of households. Much of that wealth carries large embedded gains. For a top-bracket California resident, selling can cost 37.1% of a position once federal, surtax, and state layers are combined.

The research presents splits the addressable market into three pools. An estimated $2.9 trillion sits in low-basis concentrated single-stock positions. An estimated $1.0 trillion sits in tax-aware overlays and direct-indexing accounts where loss harvesting has plateaued. An estimated $1.1 trillion sits in actively managed taxable equity SMAs subject to annual turnover tax drag of an estimated 100 to 200 basis points and high fees. The paper excludes roughly $150 billion in leveraged long/short assets, which cannot qualify because short positions are liabilities rather than transferable property.

“Financial advisors have a fiduciary duty to diversify their clients portfolios, and to minimize taxes, which are often in direct conflict,” said Matthew Bucklin, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ExchangiFi. “I founded ExchangiFi because the demand for these conversions is measured in trillions and the bottleneck is operational. Building compliant baskets, running the diversification tests, and executing the in-kind transfer cleanly is software work, and we built the software.”

The paper also addresses the fiscal question directly. Measured against the strategies wealthy holders actually use, including borrowing against positions and holding until the Section 1014 basis step-up erases the gain at death, the research argues a Section 351 conversion is most likely revenue-neutral. The investor’s cost basis carries into the ETF and the gain remains in the tax base until shares are eventually sold.

The white paper covers the legal guardrails in detail, including the Section 351(e) diversification tests, the 80% control requirement, and the anti-abuse constraints around pre-arranged dispositions, stuffing, and sequential seeding. The full paper is available at ExchangiFi.com.

About ExchangiFi LLC

ExchangiFi operates an independent marketplace platform connecting wealth managers and ETF issuers to facilitate Section 351 tax-deferred exchanges. The platform automates compliance testing, portfolio optimization, and transaction coordination, replacing manual processing with auditable software. ExchangiFi is based in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Financial advisors and ETF sponsors can learn more at ExchangiFi.com.

Contact

Founder & President
Matt Bucklin
ExchangiFi
info@exchangifi.com

Boca Raton, United States, June 15th, 2026, FinanceWire

Deal pairs the futures prop firm’s funded accounts with ChartChamps’ ranked, Elo-scored practice arena, five days after Tradeify crowned its $1 million Grand Cup 2 champion

Futures prop firm Tradeify on Wednesday announced it has acquired ChartChamps.com, a competitive trading platform where traders face off in live, Elo-ranked matches on historical market data. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. ChartChamps will continue to operate under its own name.

ChartChamps turns trading practice into a sport. Traders face off in real-time, one-on-one matches on randomly selected historical data spanning bull, bear and sideways conditions, with global leaderboards, bracket and group tournaments, daily challenges, match replays and TradingView charting built in. All competition is simulated; no real money is traded. The platform also runs a rule-based prop-firm mode that mirrors evaluation conditions, including profit targets and drawdown limits.

The acquisition completes a pipeline Tradeify has been building since the first Grand Cup in 2025: practice competitively, compete for real prizes and trade firm capital. Tradeify’s Grand Cup 2: Outlaws, a free-to-enter simulated tournament with a $1 million prize pool, drew a five-day open qualifier and a 1,024-trader single-elimination bracket before its June 5 championship. ChartChamps gives that competitive format a permanent, year-round home.

“Tournaments showed us that traders want to compete, not just pass evaluations. ChartChamps is where that competition lives every day of the year, and the traders who rise up its leaderboards are exactly the traders we want trading our capital,” said Brett Simberkoff, CEO of Tradeify.

ChartChamps remains free to use, with an optional Premium tier.

About Tradeify

Tradeify is a U.S.-based proprietary trading firm that runs performance-based evaluations and funded trading accounts for retail futures traders headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida. The firm was named Best Payout Process and Highest Rated Prop Firm by PropFirmMatch in 2025. As of June, 2026, Tradeify has paid more than $230,000,000 to funded traders. Users can learn more at tradeify.co.

About ChartChamps

ChartChamps.com is a competitive trading-practice platform offering ranked one-on-one matches, tournaments, daily challenges, and historical-replay backtesting on TradingView charts. Traders compete on simulated historical market data, climb global Elo leaderboards and review match replays to sharpen their edge.

Disclaimer: Futures trading involves substantial risk and may not be suitable for every investor. An investor could potentially lose all or more than the initial investment. Trading should be undertaken only with risk capital; funds that can be lost without jeopardizing one’s financial security or lifestyle, and only by those who can afford such losses. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. ChartChamps competitions are simulated and do not involve real-money trading. Nothing in this release is a guarantee of trading results.

Contact

Dane Nakama
Tradeify Holdings, Corp.
press@tradeify.co

New York, United States, June 15th, 2026, FinanceWire

Launch 3 Telecom (“Launch 3”) today announced it has secured a new facility in Lakeland, Florida, significantly expanding its capacity to support customers with advanced logistics and distribution services.

The new Lakeland facility, located at 848 Kensinger Road Lakeland FL 33815, spans approximately 25,000 square feet, enabling Launch 3 to store, manage, and distribute a wider range of telecom, electrical, and related products. The company expects to complete its move into the facility in the next two to three months, positioning Launch 3 for its next phase of growth.

“We’ve been in wireless for a long time, but we’re now investing heavily in logistics and new product categories,” said David Zoldan, CEO of Launch 3 Telecom. “This new Lakeland facility will allow us to accommodate more inventory, streamline logistics services, and better support partners across telecom, electrical, and adjacent industries.”

Expanding Beyond Wireless into New Industries

As the traditional wireless market matures, Launch 3 is strategically pivoting into:

• Logistics and 3PL services
• Electrical products and complementary technologies
• New distribution partnerships with manufacturers outside core wireless

The Lakeland expansion underscores Launch 3’s goal to become a go-to logistics and distribution partner for manufacturers seeking reach, reliability, and scalable fulfillment in North America.

“We’re actively seeking new partnerships, especially with manufacturers in electrical and related sectors looking for distribution and logistics support,” added Zoldan. “Our expanded footprint in Lakeland is a key step in that direction.”

Supporting Growth Through Hiring and Talent Acquisition

To support its expansion, Launch 3 is actively looking to hire high-level, senior professionals across key functions.

• Focus on top-tier, leadership-level talent
• Roles to support logistics, operations, business development, and strategic growth

“We’re not just expanding our physical footprint—we’re expanding our team,” Zoldan said. “We are looking for high-level, top-of-the-food-chain professionals who can help drive Launch 3’s next stage of growth.”

Qualified candidates can inquire at https://www.launch3direct.com/pages/careers.

About Launch 3 Telecom

Launch 3 Telecom is a nationwide distributor and logistics partner specializing in wireless infrastructure and electrical products and solutions. With approximately $25 million in annual revenue, the company provides materials from leading manufacturers alongside value-added services including third-party logistics (3PL), site kitting, and operational support. Headquartered in Fairfield, New Jersey, Launch 3 serves the telecom, DAS, EV charging, data center, and electrical industries with reliable, scalable solutions designed to streamline project execution nationwide. 

For more information about Launch 3 Telecom, users can visit https://www.launch3direct.com/.

Contacts

Camille Manalo
Quantum Media Group, LLC
team@quantum-corp.com
Vice President
Brittany Houser
Launch 3 Telecom
brittany.houser@launch3.net

Dubai, UAE, June 15th, 2026, FinanceWire

The gathering brought together more than 30 professionals across AI, energy, finance, mobility, sustainability, cybersecurity, design, and sports business for a high-level exchange on practical innovation.

STARTRADER hosted the KTH Alumni Evening in Dubai, bringing together 74 alumni of KTH Royal Institute of Technology, technology professionals, AI innovators, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders for a curated evening focused on cross-sector dialogue, intelligent innovation, and real-world collaboration.

Founded in 1827, KTH Royal Institute of Technology is Sweden’s largest technical university and one of Europe’s most influential centres of innovation, ranked #74 globally and #37 in Engineering and Technology by QS World University Rankings 2025. It has spent nearly two centuries producing graduates who shape industries at the highest level.

Designed as more than a networking event, the gathering brought together technical expertise, business strategy, and future-focused thinking. With participants across AI, renewable energy, smart grids, cybersecurity, fintech, mobility, sustainability, blockchain, architectural lighting, and sports business, the evening showed how innovation grows when ideas move across industries.

The programme featured Peter Karsten, CEO of STARTRADER, with 30 years of C-level experience across AI, machine learning, and tech infrastructure, who framed the evening around turning ambitious technology into measurable business value. David Watts, Head of Middle East Strategy and Development at the NBA, added a sharp sports-business perspective on how global partnerships and community-led growth create lasting market relevance.

The evening also reflected a natural alignment between KTH’s engineering legacy and STARTRADER’s approach to financial technology. As a company at the intersection of markets, platforms, and client experience, STARTRADER sees gatherings like this as a direct pipeline from emerging technology to practical value, for its clients, partners, people, and the wider ecosystem it serves.

The exchange was further enriched by founders, executives, researchers, and innovation leaders including Nuha Salem, Bahgat Ahmed, Farhan Mahmood, Vinay Nagendra, Vigneshwaran Ramesh, and Karthik Iyer. Their work across emerging technology, production AI, power systems, Industry 4.0, mobility strategy, blockchain, and deep tech helped turn the evening into a practical conversation on what is already being built across the region.

“KTH has spent nearly two centuries producing people who build things that matter. Bringing that community together in Dubai, alongside leaders from energy, finance, mobility, and beyond, reflects exactly the kind of cross-sector thinking that drives real progress. These are the conversations that move ideas forward.” — Peter Karsten, Chief Executive Officer, STARTRADER

Those words carry particular weight in the context of financial services. The global AI trading platform market is projected to reach USD 33.45 billion by 2030, with agent and algorithmic trading already commanding nearly 40% of that market. For brokers operating at the frontier of this shift, conversations like the ones held that evening are strategic.

STARTRADER’s role here extends beyond hosting. The relationships and perspectives that emerge from evenings like this inform how the company develops its platforms, supports its partners, and positions itself within the markets it serves.

About STARTRADER

STARTRADER is a global multi-asset broker empowering retail and institutional partners to access global markets through a range of platforms, including MetaTrader, STAR-APP, and STAR-COPY.

Regulated in five jurisdictions (CMA, ASIC, FSCA, FSA, and FSC), STARTRADER combines strong governance with a client-first approach, serving both retail clients and partners with a commitment to transparency, reliability, and long-term growth.

Contact

Janna Magabilen
STARTRADER
Janna.magabilen@startrader.com

Wilmington, United States, June 11th, 2026, FinanceWire

EvonSys, a global technology partner to leading financial institutions, recently launched TracEI, a SaaS solution designed to bring greater control and consistency to payment investigations, exception management, and investigation workflows.

The launch comes at a time when financial institutions are facing growing pressure to modernize operational processes surrounding payment exceptions and investigations. Since its launch, TracEI has also been recognized with the Pega Launchpad Elevation Award at PegaWorld 2026, which honors providers that leverage proprietary intellectual property and deep subject matter expertise to solve meaningful business challenges through innovative applications.

For those working in banking and payments, the transformation over the last decade has been significant. Payments today are faster, more seamless, and more transparent than ever before. 

For the small but critical percentage of transactions that don’t go as expected, the experience remains largely unchanged — manual, fragmented, and difficult to scale. 

This contrast is becoming more visible as the industry modernizes. Swift gpi has improved payment traceability, ISO 20022 is enabling richer and more structured data, and the transition from MT to MX messaging is redefining how cross-border payments are processed and monitored. Yet when something goes wrong, investigations still rely on coordination across teams, systems, and counterparties. 

In an ecosystem built for speed and transparency, this gap is increasingly shaping operational efficiency, cost, and client experience for global banks. 

Built on EvonSys’ 10 years’ experience delivering large-scale payments and workflow transformation programs — supported by an 800+ global team across 8 locations with over 200 enterprise applications delivered — TracEI addresses a growing need in payment operations and transaction lifecycle management: enabling banks to handle exceptions with the same reliability as payments themselves. 

TracEI introduces a unified, workflow-driven layer that connects data, teams, and processes involved in investigations. It helps reduce manual effort and resolution time, improves visibility across cross-border payment flows, and strengthens auditability and operational oversight for global financial institutions’ payments and treasury teams. 

The solution’s approach has already gained industry recognition. At the recent Pega Launchpad Awards at PegaWorld 2026, TracEI received the Elevation Award, presented to providers that combine their own intellectual property with deep domain expertise to address critical business challenges. The recognition reflects EvonSys’ experience in payments transformation and reinforces the growing need for innovation in payment investigations and exception management.

As client expectations shift toward real-time outcomes, the ability to resolve exceptions quickly and predictably is becoming just as important as executing transactions efficiently. Delays in investigations not only increase operational cost but can also impact liquidity visibility and client confidence. 

TracEI also incorporates AI to support faster and more informed decision-making — helping interpret fragmented signals, guide next actions, and move cases forward more efficiently. 

“The industry has made significant investments in modernizing payment execution, in large part due to ISO 20022” said Andy Elliott, Head of Product Strategy at EvonSys. “What many institutions are now finding is that operational inefficiencies within exception handling and investigations are becoming a major constraint on scale and productivity. TracEI is designed to make that layer more structured, scalable, and easier to manage — allowing banks to get up and running quickly without overhauling existing infrastructure. Just as importantly, banks don’t have to continually adapt to evolving rail, messaging, and annual conformance changes themselves — TracEI handles that complexity for them. The recognition from Pega LaunchPad further validates the importance of addressing this challenge with a purpose-built solution designed specifically for the needs of financial institutions.” 

“For customers, the expectation today is simple — if something goes wrong with a payment, they expect clarity and resolution almost immediately,” said Arun MS, CEO of EvonSys. “TracEI helps banks move investigations from processes that can take days into workflows that can often be resolved within hours or even minutes, while significantly improving visibility into payment status and case progression. Ultimately, that translates into a far stronger customer experience at the moments that matter most.”

About EvonSys

EvonSys is a global technology and consulting firm specializing in workflow automation, payments operations, and digital transformation for financial services. The firm partners with leading financial institutions worldwide and brings deep expertise across platforms such as Pega and other large SaaS platforms. With over 800 professionals across 8 global locations and more than 200 enterprise applications delivered, EvonSys is recognized for delivery excellence within the Pega ecosystem. 

Website: https://www.evonsys.com/

About TracEI

TracEI is EvonSys’ solution for payment investigations, exception management, and transaction resolution workflows, designed to provide a unified, scalable approach to handling payment breakdowns across systems, teams, and institutions. It enables banks to move from manual coordination to structured, workflow-driven resolution. 

Website: http://www.tracei.com/

For partnership opportunities, users can write to pedro.mullor@evonsys.com  

Contact

Associate Marketing Manager
Rajalakshmi Ganesh
EvonSys
rajalakshmi.ganesh@evonsys.com

East London, South Africa, June 12th, 2026, FinanceWire

Headway, a global broker, today announced the launch of its Headway World Cup 2026. The company is combining the excitement of football with the energy of trading. Participants can build their dream teams, trade forex and crypto markets to earn coins, and compete for guaranteed prizes and raffle rewards, with a total prize pool of $100,000 and over 3,000 winners. 

How the Promo Works

Traders can register for the event through their Personal Area on the Headway website or mobile trading app. After joining the promotion, any real trading account can be used to compete. Every trade earns coins, which can be spent on building a football team. Each player’s value changes in real time, adding a strategic layer to the competition.

Prizes for Participants

The traders compete and earn their rewards in two ways: 

• Guaranteed prizes – The top 10 most valuable squads will receive guaranteed rewards, including a MacBook Pro 16, iPhone 17 Pro Max, and more. The top 50 squads will be featured on the leaderboard.
• Raffle prizes – Every trade also earns raffle tickets. The more financial instruments are traded and the more tickets collected, the higher the chance to win a PlayStation 5 Pro, Meta Quest 3S VR headset, 1g Gold World Cup Trophy, and many other gifts.

Everyone Can Win

With over 3,000 winners of this trading promo and a $100,000 prize pool, every participant has a real opportunity to take home a reward. Whether by building the most valuable squad or getting lucky in the raffle, the game is designed to give everyone a shot at victory. 

How to Join

Traders can sign up for the Headway World Cup 2026 via their Personal Area on the Headway trading app or the website. The competition runs from June 9 (12:00 MT time) to July 19 (23:59 MT time). The final raffle is scheduled for July 22 (14:00 MT time). Participants are encouraged to join early to collect more coins and tickets. 

About Headway

Headway is an international Forex broker offering 500+ trading instruments and a wide range of services to traders of all experience levels. The trading conditions include: deposit bonuses, Swap Free accounts, local trading instruments, micro lots, unlimited leverage, and a minimum deposit of $1. More information available at https://hw.online/

Contact

PR-manager
Anna Semenova
Headway
care@hw.site