Virtu International Elite Team·Capital Markets (VCM) Team

Against the backdrop of the accelerated digitalization, institutionalization, and technological advancement of global capital markets, the financial industry’s requirements for professional talent are undergoing significant changes. In the past, market participants focused more on single products, single markets, and short-term market movements; today, global liquidity, electronic trading, quantitative models, market structure, artificial intelligence, risk management, and cross-regional resource collaboration are collectively forming the crucial foundation for a new generation of financial professional capabilities.   Against this trend, Virtu International Elite Team is gradually developing into an international professional elite team with a global capital market background, supported by financial capital...

Chongde Capital Team: Professional Collaborators, Long-Term Growth Together

In the rapidly changing global financial markets, what’s truly scarce is never just information. More importantly—a global perspective, professional expertise, a talent network worthy of long-term trust, and a team culture that fosters mutual growth. This is the value that Chongde Capital Team aims to build in the long term. Chongde Capital Team uses the global financial market as a key connecting point, focusing on long-term development around global financial literacy, professional talent connections, fintech exchange, enhancing international perspectives, professional education, and building a high-quality community. We advocate: Professionalism, Integrity, Responsibility, Collaboration, Innovation, and Long-Term Vision. The team hopes to...

A Plum Teacher Helped Fund a Forest in China. Now 25 Chinese Students Are Writing Back.

Ronald Sakolsky helped secure $5,000 for Yin Yuzhen to buy saplings in 1999. This summer, students at eHello Online English used their English to show him what that act of kindness had helped set in motion. In a photograph Ronald Sakolsky sent from his home in Plum, an 11-year-old Chinese student’s drawing appears in a black frame among pictures of his family. The drawing shows Sakolsky beside Yin Yuzhen, a woman who has spent four decades planting trees in the Mu Us Sandy Land of northern China. The student, Kate, first held it up during an online conversation in July....

WhatsLove AI: Top AI Companion Platforms With Real-Time Video Generation in 2026

If you’ve spent any time testing modern AI companion tools over the past year, you’ve likely encountered the same frustrating disconnect. Chatbots today hold smarter, more human conversations than ever before. They remember personal details, adapt to unique personalities, and lean into nuanced, natural dialogue that barely resembles the rigid robotic responses of early AI iterations. Yet when it comes to visual interaction, most platforms still feel stuck in 2023. Static portraits, recycled animation loops, and tone-deaf visual assets remain the industry norm. A heartfelt, vulnerable chat still pairs with a generic cheerful avatar idle. A playful, flirty exchange might...

Josh Snow, Founder of AffiliateMarketing.com, Unveils Patent Pending Creator Acquisition Cloud and Opens Expanded Agency Partner Program to Scale Performance Across Industries

Serial entrepreneur behind $100M+ bootstrapped oral care brand SNOW and $70M MediaAlpha exit expands proprietary creator performance network; additional partner spots available for agencies serving any vertical  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. / NASHVILLE, Tenn.  Josh Snow, founder of AffiliateMarketing.com and creator of the Flywheel Stacking® distribution model, today announced the continued expansion of the patent-pending Creator Acquisition Cloud® (CAC 2.0), a private performance network purpose-built for activating creators at scale for measurable views, activations, and commerce outcomes. Concurrently, AffiliateMarketing.com is opening additional agency partner spots to help agencies accelerate client results across any industry, with particular strength in non-ecommerce categories.  Snow, who...

AKQ Enters a New Phase of Accelerated Global Expansion as Growth in the Americas and Oceania Advances Its Global Strategy

[August 2026] AKQ announced that its global business expansion has entered a new phase of accelerated growth. With continued momentum across the Americas and the official launch of its Oceania operations, both regional businesses are advancing simultaneously, further expanding the Group’s cross-regional tourism collaboration network and bringing its globalization strategy to a new stage. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in London, United Kingdom, AKQ is an organization focused on creative advertising and tourism promotion. Through its global team, the company provides online review and promotional support for tourist attractions, five-star hotels, and tourism-related organizations, helping its partners strengthen brand visibility...

The Bascom Group Completes $8.5 Million Refinancing of Historic Charleston Apartments in Downtown Los Angeles

Irvine, California – The Bascom Group, LLC (“Bascom”) has completed an $8.5 million refinancing of The Charleston Apartments, a 133-unit historic multifamily community located in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles.  Michael Derk, Daizy Gomez, Linsey Farrahi, and Zack Metzner of the Marcus & Millichap Capital Corporation (“MMCC”) arranged the debt financing for Bascom. The loan was provided by CalPrivate Bank, represented by Senior Vice President and Senior Relationship Manager Anthony Lopo. Ingenious Asset Group, Inc., a Los Angeles property management & real Estate firm that offers commercial and residential management & brokerage services, oversees property management. The Charleston Apartments,...

Payoneer Expands Financial Planning Resources With Currency and Tariff Calculators for Global Businesses

Global businesses face financial decisions that can change from one transaction to the next. Currency exchange rates fluctuate. Import duties vary by market. Taxes and other cross-border costs can affect the final economics of a transaction. For freelancers, ecommerce sellers, exporters, and growing companies, understanding these costs before making a decision can be valuable. To support this need, Payoneer offers two online planning tools: its Currency Conversion Calculator and Tax and Tariff Calculator. Together, they help businesses estimate two important aspects of international commerce: currency values and import-related costs. Two Tools for Two Common Cross-Border Challenges Businesses operating internationally may...

BuzzVoice Unifies Facebook Growth After Platform Retires Page Likes

Followers for Pages and profiles are now sold from a single page, following Facebook’s August 2026 move to make followers the one audience metric for both For more than a decade, Facebook counted its audiences two different ways: personal profiles had followers, while business Pages collected Page Likes. In August 2026, Facebook ended that split, retiring the Page Like as a public metric and moving Pages to the same follower model that profiles use. Today, social media growth service BuzzVoice announced it has done the same — merging its two separate Facebook services, Page Likes and Followers, into a single...

DataShyre Introduces Next-Generation Agentic AI Agent Network for Privacy and Compliance

DALLAS, Texas – DataShyre today announced the launch of the DataShyre Agent Network, a new Agentic AI Agent Network designed to transform how organizations manage privacy, compliance, consent, data governance, and regulatory risk. While traditional privacy software helps teams document compliance and AI chatbots can answer questions, the DataShyre Agent Network is designed to go further. It acts as the intelligent orchestration layer across the DataShyre platform, continuously analyzing privacy requirements, organizational policies, and actual system behavior before helping teams execute the work required to close identified gaps. Chatbots answer questions. MCP servers expose tools. The DataShyre Agent Network does...