MIAMI, Dec. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Messangi, a leader in enterprise messaging and CPaaS solutions, has been promoted to Select Partner in Meta’s Partner Performance Accelerator for Business Messaging Program. This advancement reflects the significant growth and rapid adoption of WhatsApp among Messangi’s customers across the Americas.

Over the past several years, Messangi has helped enterprises, telecom operators, aggregators, and ISVs transition from legacy SMS-only platforms to modern, conversational messaging channels. As organizations increasingly sought richer interactions and more engaging customer experiences, WhatsApp quickly became the preferred channel for both businesses and consumers. Messangi’s customers adopted WhatsApp at an accelerated pace, generating strong usage and performance that contributed directly to this Select-level recognition.

Through real-world implementations in industries such as banking, telecommunications, retail, insurance, and e-commerce, Messangi has consistently seen WhatsApp outperform SMS in key metrics. Customers using WhatsApp through Messangi have reported higher conversion rates, stronger engagement, improved delivery reliability, and faster customer response times. These results underscore a clear shift in communication behavior and validate the investments Messangi has made in WhatsApp enablement.

Messangi’s promotion to Select Partner expands its access to Meta’s enablement resources, incentive programs, and collaboration opportunities. This strengthened position allows the company to better support organizations upgrading legacy infrastructure, integrating native WhatsApp capabilities, embedding messaging into their software, or seeking specialized guidance to scale conversational strategies.

“Being promoted to Select Partner reflects the trust our customers have placed in us as they expand their use of WhatsApp,” said Santiago Rojas, CEO of Messangi. “The growth in WhatsApp adoption among our customers—and the results they’re achieving—are clear indicators of where the industry is heading. This milestone allows us to deepen our support and help more organizations transition into modern, multichannel communication.”

As the business messaging landscape continues to evolve, Messangi remains committed to helping enterprises adopt and operationalize channels such as WhatsApp, SMS, RCS, and Email with the support of intelligent workflows, AI-powered chatbots, and scalable automation.

To learn more about Messangi’s WhatsApp solutions and multichannel capabilities, visit https://www.messangi.com or contact info@messangi.com.

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AI Capital Exchange, the world’s first AI-powered debt lending platform connecting institutional investors, lenders, agencies and borrowers globally.

The platform – AI Capital Exchange - was conceptualized, built, and developed entirely by Persaud over four months, using artificial intelligence to power a first-of-its-kind cross-border capital-matching system. In a global financing environment where emerging markets, including the Caribbean, often struggle to access affordable debt capital, the platform aims to level the playing field for entrepreneurs and governments alike.

“AI Capital Exchange is proof that we can build solutions that reshape the global financial landscape – starting from our community,” said Persaud.

The platform pre-qualifies borrowers and matches them with lenders for:
• Commercial real estate
• Renewable energy
• Equipment financing
• Business expansion
• Tech financing
• Government-linked projects
• Infrastructure capital

Investors and lenders gain access to AI-organized, pre-screened deal flow, while investment agencies can showcase national investment programs to attract new foreign capital. What makes the achievement unprecedented is not only the technology — but the builder behind it.

Persaud, a Caribbean immigrant with no formal tech background, developed the entire platform herself using artificial intelligence, strategic automation, and unrelenting determination.

“This platform was built in silence – through long nights and hundreds of hours of work,” Persaud said. “It is a testament to what immigrants, women, and non-tech founders can create when given the tools and the opportunity.”

AI Capital Exchange has also been formally submitted to the India AI Global Impact Challenge 2026, signaling its potential as a global-impact innovation.

AI Capital Exchange is also inviting interest from strategic investors and capital partners seeking to support the platform’s early expansion.
Connect via the investor portal: https://www.investcaribbeannow.com/ai-capital-exchange/investors

About Felicia J. Persaud
Felicia J. Persaud is the founder of ICN Group, the parent company of Invest Caribbean, CaribPR Wire, Hard Beat Communications, and the News Americas News Network. A Guyana-born, US-based Caribbean immigrant journalist turned media and investment entrepreneur, Persaud is widely recognized for her pioneering contributions to Caribbean diaspora media, her advocacy for the creation of a U.S. Census category for Caribbean nationals, her longstanding immigration reform work, and her commitment to driving investment and economic empowerment across the Caribbean region.

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The Series of Events Runs From 23 to 26 September 2024

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, July 17, 2024 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Registration is now open for the 2024 Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) DNS Symposium (IDS) and the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) Domain Names Week. Both events will be held in Santa Marta, Colombia and accessible online.

Commencing with a full day of plenary sessions, the week-long series of events promises a comprehensive exploration into the pivotal issues that impact the Domain Name System (DNS) landscape. These events are intended to foster ongoing collaboration among relevant stakeholders, which is key to ensuring the security, stability, and resiliency of DNS, which in turn supports a single, globally interoperable Internet. The schedule of events:

• Monday, 23 September – Plenary Sessions (IDS and LAC Domain Names Week)
• Tuesday, 24 September – LAC Domain Names Week
• Wednesday, 25 September – IDS
• Thursday, 26 September – DNS Community Day by the DNS Operations, Analysis, and Research Center (DNS OARC)

LAC Domain Names Week brings together individuals from the public and private sectors, as well as technical communities interested in exploring topics related to the DNS. Participants include registries, registrars, country code top-level domain (ccTLDs) and generic top-level domain (gTLD) resellers, intellectual property lawyers, and other interested professionals. This year, ICANN is organizing the event with the Latin American and Caribbean Address Registry, the Latin American and Caribbean Association of ccTLDs, the Internet Society, the Public Interest Registry, the Ministry of ICT of Colombia, and the ccTLD .CO.

The theme of IDS 2024 is “Navigating the Future: Innovations and Challenges in DNS Operations”.

“This marks the first time IDS 2024 will be hosted in Latin America since initiating the symposium in 2017,” said Matt Larson, VP of Research in the Office of the CTO, ICANN. “This opportunity is exciting and timely, with the region emerging as a dynamic hub of technological advancement and digital innovation”.

IDS is intended for attendees in the DNS industry, such as DNS hosting providers and others who operate DNS infrastructure, generic top-level domain (gTLD) brand and geographic registries, ICANN-accredited registrars, gTLD resellers, gTLD hosting providers, and registry service providers.

“Fostering these technical dialogues in a country that stands as the fourth-largest Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) market in Latin America is significant. It amplifies our collective impact on regional digital advancement,” said Rodrigo de la Parra, VP, Stakeholder Engagement, Latin America and the Caribbean, ICANN.

Please visit our registration page to sign up.

About ICANN
ICANN’s mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an address – a name or a number – into your computer or other device. That address must be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a nonprofit public benefit corporation with a community of participants from all over the world.

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LAKE MARY, Fla., April 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ – Finastra, a global provider of financial software applications and marketplaces, announces that British Caribbean Bank Limited (BCB), a Turks and Caicos-based financial institution offering international bank accounts and customized loan options, has selected Finastra Essence, deployed on Microsoft Azure cloud, to modernize its core and transform its back-office operations. The move enables increased readiness for regulatory changes and positions the bank for continued growth.

BCB’s selection of Essence provides the bank with the modern capabilities, open APIs, and cloud functionality needed to better compete in the market and simplify payment regulatory changes in Turks and Caicos. The core solution’s agile, cloud-based technology, combined with Finastra’s broad and deep banking functionality, makes it simple and streamlined for BCB to adapt quickly and efficiently, while also enabling increased connectivity to third-party partners for an enhanced customer experience.

“To transform our core and enhance our operations, we needed an innovative partner to provide the expertise and tech stack required to complete our modernization journey,” said Marcus Samuel, Managing Director at British Caribbean Bank Limited. “Finastra Essence helps us go above and beyond by positioning our team to deliver both an enhanced customer experience and innovative products, all while being agile and quick to market as we grow.”

The move delivers new efficiencies for BCB. By modernizing its core, the bank can now benefit from a simplified back-office, reducing costs and increasing productivity for its team.

Essence, a cloud-first, next-generation banking solution that combines sophisticated functionality and advanced technology to increase enterprise agility, is seeing increased presence in the Caribbean. Its deep retail and commercial banking functionality enable financial institutions around the world to quickly adapt to local needs while rapidly deploying market-leading products and services.

“Finastra is pleased to see Essence growing in the Caribbean and across the Americas, as more financial institutions are seeking core solutions that support digital transformation through increased agility, the cloud, and connectivity to the financial ecosystem,” said Siobhan Byron, EVP, Universal Banking at Finastra. “Our continued and enhanced partnership with BCB and its affiliates provides the bank with the resources and support it needs to grow, thrive, and adapt to an ever-evolving financial services landscape.”

About Finastra
Finastra is a global provider of financial software applications and marketplaces, and launched the leading open platform for innovation, FusionFabric.cloud, in 2017. It serves institutions of all sizes, providing award-winning software solutions and services across Lending, Payments, Treasury & Capital Markets and Universal Banking (Retail, Digital and Commercial Banking) for banks to support direct banking relationships and grow through indirect channels, such as embedded finance and Banking as a Service. Its pioneering approach and commitment to open finance and collaboration is why it is trusted by over 8,000 institutions, including 45 of the world’s top 50 banks. For more information, visit finastra.com

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On Wednesday March 20, 2024, during Airspace World 2024 Metron Aviation will present a panel on - Enhanced ATM Capability Through System-to-System Integration. This panel of industry experts representing different aspects of ATM will gather to discuss the benefits and capability extension that can be realized through greater system integration.

Metron Aviation is honored and excited to present this outstanding group of industry experts:

• Brett Fujisaki, Vice President Sales & Business Development – Metron Aviation
• Juan M. Gomez, CEO – Synaptic Aviation
• Fredrik Lindblom, Vice President, Head of Saab Thailand & Sales Director Region Asia – Saab Group
• Adam Stark, Senior Product Manager, Solutions Specialist – SITA
• Christopher Devlin, Director of Product Management – Aireon
• Moderator: Javier Alejandro Vanegas, Region Director Latin America & Caribbean Affairs – CANSO

During the tradeshow, between March 19-21, 2024, Metron Aviation invites attendees to visit Stand #J08 in Geneva to learn more about their ATM and ATFM solutions and options for onsite deployment or cloud solution delivery models.

In addition, Metron Aviation will showcase its Harmony System and Post-Operations Evaluation Tool for its primary stakeholders — airlines, airports, and air navigation service providers. Metron Aviation’s smart software enables its users to better manage the efficient use of their airspace and airport capacities while also meeting their environmental goals and mitigating impact on our ecosystem.

About Metron Aviation
Metron Aviation is a global leader in aviation software development for air navigation service providers, airlines, airports, and the U.S. Federal government. Our technical software is implemented via onsite deployment or cloud solutions in support of our primary focus — to be the global brand that delivers excellent services in the aviation industry and inspires customers through an exceptional experience.

For details, visit www.metronaviation.com

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WOBURN, Mass., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ – BridgeHead Software, the Healthcare Data Management company, today announced a strategic partnership with leading healthcare IT services provider, CereCore^®. The collaboration offers integrated delivery networks (IDNs), health systems, and independent hospitals a range of data solutions and IT services that help ensure clinical care teams have the data they need to provide quality patient care and smooth hospital operations.

Digital transformation initiatives have accelerated across the healthcare industry, especially since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. BridgeHead and CereCore are both deeply experienced in serving the healthcare market. Their complementary solutions support hospitals throughout the process of managing and protecting patient and healthcare operations data and migrating to the Cloud.

Through this global partnership, BridgeHead and CereCore are expanding the options for hospitals to gain a fully-managed healthcare data solution focused on these common challenges:

• Safeguarding clinical data through a backup and disaster recovery managed service will help support the continuity of patient care. Using the BridgeHead RAPid Data Protection solution, mission critical systems such as an electronic health record (EHR) can be recovered from a cyberattack, system outage, data corruption, accidental data deletion or natural disaster.
• Providing clinical and operational leaders access to archived healthcare data in a cost-efficient manner can lead to more informed decision making. Using BridgeHead’s FileStore^™ (also part of the RAPid Data Protection suite), healthcare operators and leaders have a cost-effective solution to actively store, retain, and manage their vast array of unstructured data.
• Consolidating and centralizing clinical data stored outside of the EHR supports quality patient care. The managed service using BridgeHead’s HealthStore^®, an independent clinical repository, can give providers and clinical care teams direct access to patient data in context via the EHR or other primary systems. Not only will HealthStore^® create a vendor neutral archive (VNA) that can underpin an enterprise imaging strategy, but it will allow healthcare organizations to retire a wide variety of duplicate or replaced systems.

“CereCore has expertise in public and private Cloud hosting, and our partnership will provide more opportunities for BridgeHead solutions to be deployed in flexible and varied ways – offering on premise, fully Cloud, or hybrid Cloud options,” said Jim Beagle, President and CEO at BridgeHead Software. “Both of our companies have been immersed in healthcare IT for more than 20 years and have a shared vision to enable healthcare organizations with technology solutions that improve clinical and operational efficiency whilst providing a futureproof blueprint for the long-term management of patient data.”

“The power of today’s healthcare applications lies within its data – the ability to consolidate it, protect it, analyze it and make it available to healthcare providers around the clock,” said Curtis Watkins, President and CEO of CereCore. “BridgeHead provides a suite of healthcare data technology solutions that gives the healthcare organizations we work with a wider range of options. Like us, they have an acute understanding of the key challenges facing healthcare providers today as they continually strive to enhance patient care against a backdrop of legislative change, economic uncertainty, and cost constraints. Perhaps even more importantly, BridgeHead Software is a partner organization who shares our vision for making a tangible difference in the way clinical care teams use technology to deliver improved clinical outcomes and better overall patient experience. Their long-standing position in the healthcare industry pioneering high quality data management and protection solutions makes them a great match for CereCore.”

“The partnership between CereCore and BridgeHead comes at a time where there is a real shift in the healthcare market,” said Beagle. “Though the effects of the pandemic are still being felt by healthcare providers and continue to have a significant global impact, it has also accelerated digital transformation initiatives – especially those concerning the long-term management of data. With the rapid pace of emerging technologies, the value that data can bring in improving care and driving efficiency is evident. CereCore and BridgeHead, together, are able to offer customers ‘tried and tested’, cost-effective, and comprehensive data management solutions, with an array of deployment options (including a fully managed service), all provided by trusted healthcare IT experts. By allowing BridgeHead and CereCore to do what they do best, frees our customers from operational data management tasks to focus on the hospital’s highest priorities.”

CereCore provides IT services that make it easier for hospital operators to focus on transforming healthcare through technology. With a heritage rooted in top-performing hospitals, we provide IT and application support, technical professional and managed services, IT advisory services, and EHR implementation and consulting to hospitals and health systems. Find more information at https://cerecore.net.

With over 25 years’ experience in data and storage management, BridgeHead Software is trusted by over 1,200 hospitals worldwide. Today, BridgeHead helps healthcare facilities overcome challenges stemming from rising data volumes and increasing storage costs while delivering peace of mind around how to consolidate, store, protect, and share clinical and administrative information.

BridgeHead’s Healthcare Data Management solutions are designed to work with any hospital’s chosen applications and storage hardware, regardless of vendor, providing greater choice, flexibility and control over the way data is managed, now and in the future. For more information, visit http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com or follow on Twitter at @BridgeHeadHDM.

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The G20 TechSprint global competition which is jointly organized by Bank Indonesia and Bank of International Settlement Innovation Hub focuses on the development and showcasing of retail and wholesale CBDC as a viable solution in three core areas: issuance, wholesale, retail, and distribution of CBDC; financial inclusion through the use of CBDC; and CBDC as an improved means of interoperability among participating sovereign payment systems.

“We are honored that we have been chosen as a finalist in the issuance, wholesale, retail, and distribution of the CBDC segment. We are about serving the future unmet needs of the industry with innovative blockchain powered solutions. This growth opportunity allows us to illustrate how Dragonfly simplifies digital banking covering the entire spectrum from monetary policy making to wholesale, settlement, and retail distribution in an interoperable system,” comments Lon Wong, Founder and CEO of Singapore-based Dragonfly Fintech.

Dragonfly is also excited about the increased visibility on the world stage as a cutting-edge Asian fintech leader first conceptualized in 2015, and is rapidly expanding its footprint worldwide to engage and support other central banks in making their CBDC vision a reality.

About Dragonfly Fintech

Dragonfly Fintech is an innovative fintech solution provider utilizing the ProximaX blockchain protocol to address clients’ unmet digital needs in the banking and capital markets, advancing the nascent neobanking and CBDC globally. Tomorrow’s banking, today!

For more information, please visit www.dfintech.com

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UTRECHT, Netherlands, April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ – Ultimaker, the global leader in professional 3D printing, has launched the beta for Ultimaker Cura 5.0, the latest version of its free, open source, slicing software during the Spring Showcase. Unique applications in design, architecture, engineering and metal 3D printing have been enabled by the enhanced slicing engine that sets a new threshold for finer and faster 3D prints. The newly developed variable line width capability of this slicing engine improves its ability to print thin walls and fine details. Parts printed with this engine will also be stronger. Other improvements include faster print profiles for owners of Ultimaker printers, support for Apple M1 chips, and more.

“Ultimaker Cura 5.0 represents the biggest leap forward in print quality that the software has ever seen. This is the start of a true revolution in 3D printing technology,” says Miguel Calvo, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Ultimaker. “We believe that even those who have looked at 3D printing before and concluded that it may not be ready for their use, today it is time for them to look again. Until now, you had to make your design work for 3D printing. It’s time to turn the table… from designing for 3D printing, to 3D printing for design.”

The most eye-catching improvements of Ultimaker Cura 5.0 are:

Thinner walls and finer details

The new slicing engine in Ultimaker Cura 5.0 allows for the use of variable line width when slicing a 3D model to most accurately print fine details.

Stronger parts

The variable line width capabilities of the new slicing engine in Ultimaker Cura 5.0 results in fewer gaps on the inside of printed parts, making them more solid, and therefore stronger. The improved printing of thin walls brings parts printed with Ultimaker Cura 5.0 closer to the strength of those produced using injection molding.

“Cura is evolving and there is much more freedom in the design for FFF, so the software is less of a limiting factor. Thin walls, and the kind of small design features that are often featured in injection molded parts, are created more efficiently and this results in applications being produced in an improved way in 3DP,” according to Steve Cox- Engineer and 3D printing advocate .

Faster print profiles

Print profiles available to users of Ultimaker printers have been updated to make use of the improved capabilities of Ultimaker Cura 5.0 resulting in print time reductions of up to 20%.

New possibilities and new applications

The Showcase featured innovators and thought-leaders from the 3D printing community who demonstrated unique applications enabled by the newest version of Ultimaker Cura 5.0. It can be watched here for anyone who missed the original presentation of Cura 5.0.

You can download Ultimaker Cura 5.0 beta here: https://ultimaker.com/software/ultimaker-cura.

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CaribPR Wire, BOSTON, May 06, 2019: Xceedance, a global provider of insurance consulting, managed services, technology, data sciences, and blockchain solutions, today announced the availability and client implementation of a new software and services offering, the MGA Agility Suite.

The Xceedance MGA Agility Suite enables established and startup program administrators, managing general agents (MGAs), and managing general underwriters (MGUs) worldwide to swiftly deploy a tailored, advisor-driven sales and service engine to capture profitable market segments — a key competitive differentiator in managing diverse insurance products, especially lower-margin classes of business.

Additionally, Xceedance announced a successful implementation of the MGA Agility Suite for Archipelago Risk Services (Archipelago), helping the London-based MGA to boost underwriting efficiency and augment the policyholder experience.

“The Xceedance MGA Agility Suite provides software and associated services to support MGAs in insurance markets worldwide,” said Travis MacMillian, chief business officer at Xceedance. “MGA operations typically rely on software or platforms intended for primary insurers. In contrast, the dedicated MGA Agility Suite comprises an insurtech platform, coupled with lifecycle services for program administrators, MGAs, and MGUs.”

Through advanced software development and integration with a diverse set of technologies that support operational efficiency, the MGA Agility Suite gives MGAs and their retail agents proficient automation for personalized, intermediated policyholder services. The MGA Agility Suite combines policy-administration capabilities, an underwriting platform, distribution and communication tools, and the business intelligence (BI)/reporting functionality MGAs need to write more business efficiently and profitably. The MGA Agility Suite facilitates regulatory compliance and partnerships with organizations such as actuaries and third-party administrators (TPAs); and it enables robust integration with insurance data providers, payment gateways, general ledger applications, and document generation services. The platform can be hosted on the cloud for superior performance in managing diverse insurance products and core MGA/MGU operations.

“The MGA Agility Suite elevates our personalized service delivery to program administrators, especially with an innovative broker and underwriter portal, and a configurable rating/pricing engine,” said MacMillian. “The automated workflows and streamlined policy lifecycle processes built into the MGA Agility Suite create transactional efficiencies, while enhancing user experience and customer-centricity for MGAs and MGUs.”

Archipelago recently deployed the MGA Agility Suite, providing the company with a single platform for clients — via intermediaries — to purchase motor (auto), home, investment property, travel, and pet insurance, quickly and efficiently. In implementing the bespoke platform, Archipelago leveraged operational expertise from five principal insurance capabilities at Xceedance: technology and core systems; actuarial services; insurance data sciences; catastrophe and exposure management; and BI and reporting.

“The Xceedance MGA Agility Suite empowers us with highly-automated workflows and a streamlined policy lifecycle — boosting organizational efficiency, enhancing the policy buying experience, and lowering operating costs,” said Richard Coleman, managing director at Archipelago Risk Services.

About Xceedance
Xceedance is a global provider of strategic consulting and managed services, technology, data sciences, and blockchain to insurance organizations. Domiciled in Bermuda, with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, India, and Australia, Xceedance helps insurers launch new products, drive operations, implement intelligent technology and blockchain solutions, deploy advanced analytic capabilities, and achieve business process optimization. The experienced insurance professionals at Xceedance enable re/insurers, brokers, and program administrators worldwide to enhance policyholder service, enter new markets, boost workflow productivity, and improve profitability. For more information, please visit www.xceedance.com.