CANADA USA

Wagepoint, a leading provider of payroll software for small businesses across Canada, has announced a refreshed brand identity, marking an exciting new chapter for the company as it strives to become the payroll and human experience platform of choice for Canadian small businesses. Wagepoint’ s momentum continues to accelerate, with a team of more than 170 employees across Canada and plans to grow further this year by adding more than 45 new remote roles nationwide. This investment in Canadian talent directly supports the company’ s focus on innovation and long-term value for the small business community.

LanternPartners. AI has announced its launch with a clear mission: put the‘ Main back in Main Street’ by empowering business owners and operators with AI-native operational intelligence to manage and grow their businesses. Positioned as a disruptor in a market long dominated by slow, expensive and inflexible enterprise software, LanternPartners. AI introduces LanternBRP, an AI-native Business Resource Planning platform built for businesses across any vertical. Designed to be streamlined and cost-effective, LanternBRP reaches the entire market, including the 99.9 % of small- to medium- sized businesses that make up the‘ Main Street’ of America and the 90 % of small- to medium-sized businesses that make up the global economy.

UK DUBAI

This has been used elsewhere. Please replace with Cross-border payments company, Currenxie, has launched its business account solution in the UK for SMEs looking to transact globally and enter new markets. Currenxie, a FinTech company founded in 2014, specialises in simplifying global payments for businesses. The company provides comprehensive solutions for SMEs when collecting, exchanging and sending money worldwide. As businesses face constant pressure to keep pace with international competitors and drive growth, they are also hit with increased supply chain costs. The Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply recently warned that consumer goods prices are likely to soar during 2026, with over a fifth( 22 %) of supply chain businesses report shipping costs have increased by more than 10 %.

Loyyal, an enterprise SaaS leader pioneering AI and Web3 loyalty solutions, has announced the launch of Perxi AI, the world’ s first AI Agent of Loyalty. Perxi AI is engineered to democratise access to sophisticated customer retention tools, enabling small and medium businesses( SMEs) to instantly launch and manage their own branded loyalty programmes on messaging apps like WhatsApp. Historically, SMEs have been unable to launch loyalty programmes due to high costs associated with software, commercial commitments and having dedicated staff training. Perxi AI eliminates these barriers entirely.

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