(St. Charles, Mo., September 24, 2026) Mosaics Fine Art Festival awarded its 2026 Best of Show honor to Jessica Martinez of Washington, Missouri during the organization’s 31st annual festival. Martinez was selected from nearly 70 juried artists representing more than 15 states. Martinez received a $1,000 cash prize as the first-place winner for her oil and acrylic artwork. Eight artists received Awards of Recognition and…
BRED Bank Fiji advances payments modernisation with BPC SmartVisa
Fiji, 24 September, 2026 – BRED Bank Fiji, part of the BRED Group, has reached a key milestone in its international payments modernisation journey with BPC, a global leader in payment solutions. All active Visa and private-label cards in Fiji have now been migrated to BPC’s cloud-based SmartVista issuing platform, following the earlier modernisation of acquiring services. The migration is part of BRED Group’ wider…
MobileSphere Index Finds Mobile Numbers Are Becoming the New Digital Identity
Financial services account for 41.6% of identified verification activity, as messaging and global mobility highlight the expanding role of the mobile number CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Sept. 16, 2026 – MobileSphere, a leading provider of global mobile communications, today released its Mobile Identity Index for the first half of 2026, finding that the mobile number is evolving from a communications endpoint into an important digital identity credential…
Wordly Turns Live Event Translation into Revenue Generator
Organizers can now fund language access for multilingual events with high-visibility sponsor logo placements LOS ALTOS, CA – September 23, 2026 – Wordly, the pioneer in AI translation and captions used across conferences, governments, schools, and enterprises, today announced the launch of Sponsor Logos, a new enhancement that allows event organizers to sell sponsor placement within the live translation and captioning experience for the first…
Liquibase Secure Now Available on Snowflake Marketplace to Automate and Govern Change Across Data Platforms
AUSTIN, Texas, September 23, 2026 – Liquibase, the leader in Database Change Governance, today announced that Liquibase Secure is now available on Snowflake Marketplace, giving Snowflake customers a new way to automate and govern change. Snowflake, the platform for the AI era, makes it easy for enterprises to innovate faster and get more value from data. As more critical workloads move to Snowflake, the scope…
Straive and Imagetwin Partner to Strengthen Image Integrity Screening in Scientific Publishing
New York, September 23, 2026 – Straive, a global leader in data and AI operationalization, and Imagetwin, a leading provider of image integrity analysis software, are pleased to announce a strategic partnership to bring image forensics directly into the editorial workflow. Image manipulation in scientific publishing has moved well past basic photo editing. Generative AI and GAN-generated figures can now produce fake data that bypasses…
Al-Futtaim Partners with Juspay to Unify Digital Payments Across Brands and Markets
Dubai, September 22nd, 2026: Al-Futtaim has announced a strategic partnership with Juspay, a global payments technology company, which will serve as its payment orchestration partner across its brands and markets. The orchestration rollout will commence in September 2026, with the first brand scheduled to go live that month. The partnership is an important step in Al-Futtaim’s digital commerce transformation, with Juspay providing a unified payment platform across the Group’s businesses for a simpler, more seamless checkout experience. The solution will also support fraud management, adaptive 3D Secure workflows, local payment methods, network tokenisation and consolidated analytics and reconciliation. Juspay will also integrate its Breeze commerce stack, a next-generation checkout layer designed for digital-first consumer brands to support scale, conversion and retention. (L-R)Paul Carey, EVP-Cards, Payments & Fintech, Al-Futtaim_ and Nakul Kothari, Head of APAC & Middle East, Juspay The partnership is designed to support the operational complexity of managing payments across multiple brands and markets. Juspay will deploy a multi-hierarchical architecture with central controls, country-level configurations and individual brand settings. This will allow each brand to maintain its own checkout identity and local payment experience, while Al-Futtaim’s central team retains unified visibility and control across the payment ecosystem. For Al-Futtaim, this is expected to support a more consistent and modernised checkout experience across its brands, with enhanced payment security and smoother customer journeys across markets. At the heart of the partnership is also a focus on creating simpler, faster and more reliable payment experiences for customers. As digital expectations continue to evolve, customers increasingly expect choice, convenience and security at every stage of their journey. By strengthening the payments experience across its brands, Al-Futtaim aims to reduce friction at checkout, support more local and preferred payment methods, and make it easier for customers to transact confidently across its businesses and markets. “At Al-Futtaim Finance, we see payments as an important part of the overall customer experience. Our partnership with Juspay is about creating a simpler, more seamless and secure way for customers to transact across Al-Futtaim’s brands and markets, while building the infrastructure needed to support our continued growth and digital ambitions. As customer expectations continue to evolve, partnerships like this allow us to bring greater choice, convenience and innovation into the everyday payment experience.” Said Omar Haddad CEO, Al-Futtaim Finance. “Al-Futtaim is the kind of enterprise that requires payment infrastructure to support multiple brands, markets and payment service providers through one unified system and a consistent checkout experience for customers. That is precisely what Juspay’s orchestration layer is built for. We are proud to be their partner as they advance digital commerce across the region,” said Nakul Kothari, Head of APAC & Middle East at Juspay. “The launch of our payment orchestration platform marks a major milestone in Al-Futtaim’s digital transformation journey. By unifying payment operations across 50 brands and 12 markets, we are creating a scalable and resilient foundation that supports growth, innovation and exceptional customer experiences. Beyond today’s benefits, payment orchestration is a key enabler of the emerging era of agentic commerce, where intelligent AI-driven interactions will increasingly shape how customers discover, purchase and pay.” said Paul Carey, EVP Cards, Payments & Fintech at Al-Futtaim. Juspay’s payment stack processes over 350 million transactions daily, surpassing $1 trillion in annualised Total Payment Volume (TPV) at 99.999% uptime. With a presence across Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Latin America, Europe, the UK and North America, Juspay’s global footprint provides Al-Futtaim with the flexibility to build scalable and localised payment experiences across its markets. The partnership also sets the foundation for building agentic commerce experiences for Al-Futtaim’s brands, enabling AI agents to autonomously initiate and complete payments on behalf of customers. Through partnerships like this, Juspay is committed to improving the payments experience for customers across the region, working alongside enterprise merchants and financial institutions to build future-ready payment infrastructure that is reliable, flexible and built for tomorrow’s commerce.
Red Sift launches BIMI Maker to help every brand get its logo into email inboxes
The free tool uses AI to prepare existing logos for BIMI, validate email authentication, and guide brands through certification in a single workflow. LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – September 23, 2026 – Red Sift, the company making the internet fundamentally safer, today launched Red Sift BIMI Maker, a free self-service tool that uses AI to take brands from virtually any logo file to an inbox-ready Verified…
Kalki 2898 AD’ Wins Two National Film Awards, Makers Celebrate Major Milestone
Kevadia (Gujarat), Sept. 23: The sci-fi epic ‘Kalki 2898 AD’ added another major achievement to its record after securing two honours at the 72nd National Film Awards. The Prabhas, Amitabh Bachchan and Kamal Haasan-starrer was named Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment, while Nitin Zihani received the National Award for Best Production Design for his work on the film. Directed by Nag Ashwin and produced…
Odisha Police Steps Up ‘Daman’ Drive Ahead Of Festive Season; 109 NBWs Executed
Bhubaneswar, Sept. 23 (UDN): The Odisha Police have intensified the statewide ‘Daman’ campaign against criminals and anti-social elements ahead of the upcoming festive season, with 109 non-bailable warrants (NBWs) executed and 148 excise cases registered since September 21. The special drive, being conducted under the direction of Director General of Police Vinayatosh Mishra, involves district police units, commissionerate police, railway police and other specialised wings.…
