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Range completed an $8.3 million Series A funding round, bringing total funding to $11 million. Investors include traditional fintech funds TX Ventures and SixThirty, as well as crypto-native funds Maven 11 Capital and Onigiri Capital. Through its two modules, UNIFY and PROTECT, the Range platform provides real-time ledgers, pre-transaction risk screening, and compliance controls for businesses operating across stablecoins and fiat currencies, currently safeguarding over $30 billion in client assets and tracking 99.41% of stablecoin payment activity.
Companies undergoing restructuring, consolidating facilities, reducing headcount, exiting business lines, or streamlining operations often generate significant amounts of idle equipment, R&D instruments, vehicles, manufacturing assets, inventory, furniture, and facility infrastructure. These assets often remain on-site long after they are no longer needed, occupying valuable space, consuming resources, and continuing to depreciate. This article explores how to transform idle assets from an operational burden into a strategic financial resource.
nsKnox announced the launch of AI Agent Caller on July 1, 2026, as a new component of the PaymentKnox suite. This autonomous agent automatically handles scheduling, language, conversation, and audit recording for supplier callbacks, replacing manual processes. The product combines bank-data-driven global account verification to address BEC fraud (with losses exceeding $43 billion over the past five years) and AI voice cloning risks. AI Agent Caller supports multiple languages and time zones, scales infinitely, automatically records and summarizes each call, and stores results directly in the PaymentKnox Work Canvas, forming a standardized audit trail. CEO Nithai Barzam emphasized that the product provides an efficient, consistent, and auditable alternative for organizations with mandatory manual callback requirements, built on bank data verification. The product is available immediately.
On July 28, 2026, CyberFOX announced that David English has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. English brings over 35 years of CFO experience, having driven scaling, turnarounds, and successful exits in the SaaS and professional services sectors. He will oversee the company's financial strategy and operations, helping CyberFOX expand its cybersecurity product portfolio and partner network.
AI meeting assistant Fellow announces the launch of a new governance suite, including a compliance portal, automatic consent capture for meeting recordings, and password-protected meeting notes, aiming to help enterprises maintain control over their data while gaining AI insights. The suite supports SOC 2 Type II certification and commits to not using customer data for AI model training.
More than $2.5 trillion in working capital is tied up in U.S. B2B payments, with global companies taking an average of 78 days to convert sales into cash. Upflow notes that AR automation only addresses the operational issue of sending reminders, without improving customer relationship management. The company introduces the concept of Financial Relationship Management (FRM), emphasizing centralized context, structured coordination, and designed trust to tackle the challenges of the AI era.
FouAnalytics, an independent analytics and verification platform for digital advertising, websites, and mobile apps, released a public Master Services Agreement (MSA) template on September 1, 2026, aimed at helping advertisers and procurement teams establish an evidence-based governance framework for digital media spending. The template requires FouAnalytics as the measurement standard, stipulates that media placements are billable only when sufficient measurement data exists, and distinguishes between measurement gaps and measurement discrepancies. The template covers omnichannel media governance, including key clauses on advertiser control, access rights, measurement plans, brand safety, and supply chain transparency.
CTR Payroll | HR, a payroll and HCM provider, and SoftLedger, a cloud accounting platform, announced a new integration on Sept. 1, 2026. The integration connects payroll, HR, and accounting systems to eliminate duplicate data entry, streamline journal entries, and support faster month-end close. Company leaders from both firms commented on the collaboration.
FouAnalytics, an independent analytics and verification platform for digital advertising, websites, and mobile apps, announced on September 1, 2026, the public release of the "Digital Media Governance, Verification, Transparency, and Brand Safety MSA Boilerplate." The template provides a contractual framework for digital media procurement agreements between advertisers and agencies or vendors, requiring delivery-level analytics evidence directly observed by FouAnalytics as the basis for media delivery, quality, and billability. The template adopts a "measurement-first" billing model and distinguishes between measurement gaps and measurement discrepancies, while also covering provisions for advertiser control, supply chain transparency, brand safety, auditing, and remediation.