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Centage announced that it has received two 'Top Rated' awards from TrustRadius for 2024, winning in the Corporate Performance Management and Budgeting & Forecasting categories. Based on genuine user reviews, Centage's high score of 9.6 far surpasses the minimum requirement of 7.5, fully reflecting customers' high recognition of its products and services.
The largest antitrust class action settlement in U.S. history—the $5.5 billion payment card settlement—has a claim deadline of February 4, 2025. Any business that accepted Visa or Mastercard credit or debit cards in the United States between January 1, 2004, and January 25, 2019, regardless of size, may be eligible. Claims can be submitted via an online portal or by mail, with the process taking as little as five minutes.
According to the "2024 Yooz Survey: Leaders and the Ledger" released by Yooz, a cloud-based procure-to-pay (P2P) automation provider, only 33% of finance teams can meet executive expectations for strategic contribution. The survey found that finance teams feel frustrated by a lack of recognition and understanding of their daily operational challenges, with 77% of respondents expressing dissatisfaction. Meanwhile, executives and finance teams differ in their perceptions of the primary role of the finance department, but both agree that automation is key to unlocking finance's strategic potential.
Legion Technologies' 2024 Hourly Workforce Report shows that 27% of hourly workers want unionization efforts, and 50% plan to leave, underscoring the urgency for employers to improve the employee experience.
A new report from Web3 Finance Club and Request Finance, based on a survey of nearly 900 web3 finance professionals, shows that web3 finance roles pay significantly more than traditional finance, with CFOs receiving 17% higher packages and accountants up to 128% more. The study also covers remote work prevalence, gender pay disparities, crypto compensation, variable pay, and equity compensation.
Unison Energy, LLC, a turnkey microgrid provider headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, announced on June 17, 2024, its acquisition by Tiger Infrastructure Partners, a middle market growth infrastructure investor. The acquisition expands Tiger's energy transition portfolio and represents the final platform investment from its Fund III, which closed at $1.25 billion in early 2022. Unison designs, builds, owns, and operates microgrids for commercial and industrial customers across North America, with approximately 30 projects in operation or under signed Energy Service Agreements.
The report "CloudBolt Industry Insights: Focus on FinOps - The Alignment Paradox," jointly released by CloudBolt Software and Wakefield Research, is based on a survey of 900 FinOps leaders, practitioners, DevOps/engineering, and IT executives in North America. It reveals the growing divide between FinOps and DevOps/engineering teams, as well as challenges related to cloud cost responsibility attribution and the speed from insight to action.
Fintech company Marco recently provided a $20 million factoring facility to a New York-based export company to support its cross-border business growth. The transaction reflects Marco's continued growth and enhanced capabilities in trade financing for small and medium-sized enterprises.