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  • CapitalXtend Launches New Brand Identity and Enhanced Digital Experience

    Quatre Bornes, Mauritius, August 08, 2026, ZEX PR WIRE — CapitalXtend has announced the launch of its refreshed identity and redesigned website, marking an important milestone in the company’s continued evolution. The update reflects CapitalXtend’s commitment to creating a more modern, accessible, and client-focused trading experience while strengthening the foundation for its next phase of growth.

    This represents more than a visual update. It reflects CapitalXtend’s ongoing investment in improving how traders engage with the company across every touchpoint. Alongside the new identity, the redesigned website introduces a cleaner interface, improved navigation, and a more intuitive structure, making it easier for both new and existing clients to explore the company’s products, platforms, and trading services.

    The enhanced digital experience enables traders to access account information, compare trading solutions, explore platform features, and navigate market opportunities with greater ease. Every improvement has been designed to simplify the user journey while maintaining the professional standards, reliability, and performance for which CapitalXtend is known.

    This milestone also reinforces CapitalXtend’s broader commitment to innovation and continuous improvement. By refining its digital experience and strengthening the way traders interact with the brand, CapitalXtend continues to invest in making its services more accessible, intuitive, and user-focused. As part of its offering, traders continue to benefit from solutions such as CFD Shares, Holders Account, Return on Equity, and Unlimited Leverage.

    Existing clients will experience a seamless transition, with no changes to account credentials, funds, or account types. The updated platform allows traders to continue operating without interruption while benefiting from a more refined digital environment.

    Speaking on the milestone, Dr. Farrukh Adeeb, Group CEO & Chairman of XGroup, said:

    “This is an important milestone for CapitalXtend. Our refreshed identity reflects how the company has evolved and where we are heading next. Beyond a new look, this launch represents our continued investment in delivering a better experience for our clients, making it simpler to access our services, navigate our platform, and trade with confidence as we continue to grow.”

    The website is now live, representing another step in the company’s journey to deliver a trusted, innovative, and client-centric trading experience for its global community.

     

    About CapitalXtend

    CapitalXtend is a global multi-asset broker committed to delivering a secure, transparent, and technology-driven trading experience. Offering access to a wide range of financial markets through advanced trading platforms, the company continues to focus on innovation, client-centric service, and empowering traders with reliable trading solutions.

  • AI Expert Amol Walvekar Builds First-Ever RAG-Powered, Custom AI for Finance Processes

    Anchor, from Adra Technologies, builds the first retrieval-augmented generation to the finance back office built by a product leader who shipped enterprise-grade AI at JP Morgan, WePay, Lead, Bolt, and Insight Data Science.

    San Francisco, CA, August 7th, 2026— Amol Walvekar, an AI expert who has spent his career building enterprise-grade machine learning systems, today announced the launch of Anchor’s industry first RAG for finance teams, and custom agents built specifically for finance processes. Anchor by Adra Technologies Inc. enables finance teams to build, operate, and scale AI agents for complex back-office work directly within their ERP, CRM, and data warehouse.

    Understanding RAG, Its Enterprise Value, and Proven ROI

    Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) is an architectural framework that enhances the functionality of Large Language Models (LLMs) by integrating external data retrieval mechanisms. Rather than relying solely on static training data or forcing models to guess. The core business value of RAG lies in its ability to deliver secure, highly accurate, and audit-ready outputs across complex structured and unstructured corporate data.

    By grounding LLM responses in an organization’s internal datasets—such as contracts, policies, and systems records—RAG dramatically reduces hallucinations, eliminates the risks of stale static knowledge, and maintains strict enterprise-grade compliance without the high expenses of continuous model retraining.

    Leading industry implementations and technical benchmarks highlight the significant operational ROI of optimized RAG systems:

    • Error Reduction: Advanced semantic filtering has demonstrated the ability to reduce incorrect or partially correct RAG outputs by up to 80% while boosting baseline retrieval accuracy by over 20 percentage points.
    • Frontier Accuracy: In standardized end-to-end evaluations like the RAG-QA Arena, optimized systems utilizing fully integrated architectures consistently outperform general frontier models.
    • Efficiency Gains: Deep-dive development platforms focused on enterprise AI evaluation loops have successfully accelerated engineering cycles, delivering up to a 10x improvement in model prototyping, validation, and production deployment speeds.

    Walvekar’s expertise was forged inside some of the most demanding enterprise AI environments in financial services. At WePay, through its acquisition by JP Morgan, he built enterprise-grade ML for risk and payments systems where a model’s decisions carry real financial consequences and must hold up at bank-level standards of accuracy, auditability, and scale. He continued that work across Lead and Bolt, applying machine learning to payments infrastructure where reliability is non-negotiable. As an AI Fellow at Insight, he built and shipped an abstractive text summarization platform for knowledge workers — early, hands-on work in the language-model techniques that now power Anchor.

    “Finance processes have resisted automation because generic AI doesn’t know your chart of accounts, your contracts, your ERP, or your policies,” said Walvekar. “Anchor is different by design: it’s retrieval-augmented and custom to each finance team, grounded in their own systems and documents. That’s how you get the accuracy and reliability of a trained analyst. The model isn’t guessing, it’s retrieving and reasoning over the customer’s actual financial data.”

    RAG, purpose-built for the finance back office

    Anchor’s retrieval-augmented architecture connects directly to the systems where finance work lives including NetSuite, Salesforce, Workday, Microsoft Dynamics, Sage, Snowflake, and more than a dozen other platforms and grounds every agent in the customer’s own data, documents, and processes. Finance teams create custom agents in natural language, with no developer effort, to automate work arising from reconciliations, budget management, sales and marketing spend, commissions, and revenue compliance. The platform is SOC 2 Type II compliant, meeting the highest requirements for data protection and privacy.

    The result is AI that behaves the way enterprise AI has to behave: precise, explainable, and dependable at production scale now applied to the finance back office.

    Beyond building Adra, Walvekar is an active angel investor and writes on enterprise AI adoption, agentic architectures, and market structure. He holds a graduate degree from Boston University.

    About Amol 

    Amol is the Cofounder of Adra Technologies Inc. is the company behind Anchor, the first RAG-powered, custom AI platform for finance processes. The company is headquartered in San Francisco. Learn more at www.getadra.com.

    Media Contact: founders@getadra.com

  • Win Up to 150 Grams of Gold at Forex Expo Dubai this September 2026

    • Verified Traders, Introducing Brokers, and Affiliates stand a chance to win a share of 150 grams of 24K gold while gaining access to one of the world’s largest gatherings for the online trading industry.

    Dubai, U.A.E, Aug 06, 2026, ZEX PR WIRE  As Forex Expo Dubai prepares for its 9th Edition on 22–23 September 2026 at Dubai World Trade Centre, the event has unveiled a Gold Lucky Draw, with 150 grams of 24K gold set to be won across the two-day expo.

    Open exclusively to Verified Traders, Introducing Brokers (IBs), and Affiliates, the lucky draw rewards attendees while adding to an event already built around learning, networking, and business growth.

    With 33 winners set to take home a share of 150 grams of 24K gold, this year’s Gold Lucky Draw will be distributed across the following prize categories:

    • 1 winner of a 50grams 24K Gold Bar

    • 2 winners of 10grams 24K Gold Bars

    • 10 winners of 4grams 24K Gold Bars

    • 20 winners of 2grams 24K Gold Coins

    While lucky draw winners will take home gold, every participant will have the opportunity to build new partnerships, gain fresh market insights, and connect with companies shaping the future of online trading.

    Five Halls. One Global Trading Landscape.

    Across five halls, Forex Expo Dubai 2026 will bring together 250+ exhibitors and 100+ speakers, featuring leading brokerages, fintech companies, liquidity providers, payment providers, trading technology firms, and financial services companies from around the world.

    Attendees can discover new products and services, compare trading platforms, meet solution providers, and engage directly with businesses driving the evolution of online trading.

    For those looking to stay ahead of the curve, the conference programme will feature discussions on market trends, regulation, trading strategies, and the future of online trading.

    Raising the Standard for Industry Events

    The 9th edition introduces expanded experiences designed around the needs of its key attendee groups.

    Verified Traders gain access to dedicated seminar sessions, the Traders Lounge, and the Traders Clinic, where they can pre-book one-to-one sessions with market experts.

    Introducing Brokers can participate in the dedicated IB Programme, connect with brokers to discuss partnership models and rebate structures, and access the IB Lounge for focused networking.

    Beyond these dedicated experiences, attendees can explore live product demonstrations, private meeting zones, pre-bookable meetings through the official event app, and side events taking place before and after the expo — creating more ways to learn, build relationships, and discover new opportunities.

    *T&C Apply

    About Forex Expo Dubai 

    Forex Expo Dubai is one of the region’s leading gatherings for the global online trading and fintech industry, bringing together brokerages, fintech innovators, traders, investors, payment providers, IBs, affiliates, and online trading technology companies under one roof. The expo provides a platform for business networking, technology showcases, industry insights, and conversations shaping the evolution of modern finance.

  • Why every serious MedTech player needs to be in Hong Kong this August

    Balzan, Malta, Aug 06, 2026, ZEX PR WIRE  There’s a moment in every industry’s calendar that separates the people who talk about growth from the people who actually achieve it. For MedTech in Asia, that moment lands on August 26th in Hong Kong. And if you’re not in the room, someone else will be — making the deals, building the relationships, and locking in the partnerships that define the next decade.

    Here’s why Hong Kong, and why now.

    The numbers don’t lie: This is the world’s MedTech capital

    Forget the clichés about Hong Kong being a “gateway to Asia.” The data tells a more specific and more compelling story.

    In 2025, Hong Kong ranked #1 globally for biotech IPOs. Not top five. Not top three. Number one. Since 2018, biotech firms listed on the HKEX have raised a staggering $17.5 billion. Right now, there are 260+ listed healthcare companies on the exchange, with a combined market capitalisation of HK$4.8 trillion. This isn’t an emerging ecosystem quietly finding its feet. This is a fully formed, capital-dense machine that has been printing results for years.

    And the money doesn’t stop at the public markets.

    Hong Kong is home to 1,500+ VC funds managing over $200 billion in assets. Asia’s second-largest stock exchange sits at a $4.9 trillion market cap. Family offices, sovereign wealth funds, institutional investors, they are all here, concentrated in one of the most compact, navigable cities on earth. You could spend months trying to meet this network by flying from capital to capital across the region. Or you could be in Hong Kong for three days in August.

    The key to mainland China

    For Western MedTech companies, China is simultaneously the most attractive and the most complicated market in the world. 1.4 billion people. A rapidly ageing population. Rising middle-class healthcare expectations. And a regulatory environment, anchored in the NMPA, that has historically been difficult to navigate from abroad.

    Hong Kong changes that equation entirely.

    It is the only city in the world that offers full legal protection under common law and direct access to the mainland China market. That isn’t a minor administrative distinction; it is a structural advantage that no other city can replicate.

    The regulatory alignment is accelerating. CMPR 2026 enables mutual recognition between Hong Kong and the NMPA, meaning approvals earned in Hong Kong carry new weight on the mainland. And the cross-border eHealth record system is already live, serving 6.3 million users across the border right now. This isn’t a future vision. The infrastructure is operational.

    For those navigating between FDA or EMA standards and the NMPA, Hong Kong is positioning itself as the world’s only true regulatory bridge. The MDACS fast-track pathway is already in place, and a new CMPR agency launching in 2026 will begin primary device evaluations, further compressing the timeline between global approval and China market entry.

    The ecosystem behind the headlines

    The financial and regulatory story is impressive. The on-the-ground infrastructure is what makes it real.

    The Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks (HKSTP) houses 400+ healthtech startups. The Cyberport digital health hub adds another layer of innovation density. Five QS top-100 universities provide the research pipeline feeding it all. Government R&D investment has exceeded HK$10 billion since 2020 — funding that has been systematically deployed into the kinds of deep-science companies that MedTech strategists, acquirers, and investors spend years trying to find.

    MedTech World Asia 2026 brings this entire ecosystem into a single venue at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre for 72 hours of curated deal-making, product showcases, regulatory sessions, and networking that frankly can’t be replicated anywhere else in the region.

    The neutral ground that deals actually get done on

    There’s a subtler reason Hong Kong works that is often overlooked: trust.

    Deals between Western multinationals and Chinese companies are notoriously difficult to close — not just because of regulatory complexity, but because of the mutual discomfort of negotiating on someone else’s home turf. Hong Kong removes that friction. Both sides arrive on neutral ground. Common law. English courts. English as the language of business.

    It is the only city in Asia where both Western and Chinese counterparts sit at the table with confidence. That dynamic doesn’t just make conversations easier — it makes them possible.

    The bottom line

    The case for Hong Kong isn’t built on optimism or branding. It is built on $17.5 billion in biotech IPO proceeds. On 1,500 VC funds. On a regulatory framework that uniquely bridges East and West. On 6.3 million cross-border eHealth users who are already living in the future that the rest of the industry is still planning for.

    MedTech World Asia 2026 is happening on 26–28 August in Hong Kong. The question isn’t whether Hong Kong matters to the future of MedTech. The question is whether you’ll be there when it does.

    Secure your place at MedTech World Asia 2026.

  • BlockComp and Dragonfly Partner to Launch the Third Annual Crypto Compensation Survey, Setting a New Standard for Industry Benchmarks

    Participating organizations will receive three months of complimentary access to the BlockComp Platform, featuring benchmark data from more than 55 crypto companies across 100+ countries.

    Amsterdam, New York, August 6th,2026, ZEX PR WIRE — BlockComp, the compensation benchmarking platform purpose-built for crypto and digital asset organizations, today announced a partnership with Dragonfly, a leading global investment firm focused on the digital asset ecosystem, to launch the third edition of the Crypto Compensation Survey.

    The initiative aims to establish the industry’s most comprehensive compensation database, providing organizations with a reliable, data-driven view of compensation practices across functions, seniority levels, geographic markets, and reward structures.

    As the crypto industry continues to grow, compensation remains one of its most complex and least transparent areas. Fragmented market data, inconsistent benchmarking methodologies, and the growing prevalence of token-based compensation have made it increasingly difficult for organizations to design competitive and sustainable Total Rewards programs. The BlockComp x Dragonfly Crypto Compensation Survey addresses this challenge by consolidating anonymized and standardized compensation data from across the ecosystem into a single, trusted benchmark.

    Combining Data, Talent Expertise, and Industry Reach

    The partnership brings together BlockComp’s proprietary compensation dataset and deep expertise in Total Rewards with Dragonfly’s extensive network and talent insights across the global crypto ecosystem.

    By expanding participation across a broader range of organizations, markets, and talent profiles, the survey aims to deliver the most representative and actionable compensation benchmark available to crypto employers. The resulting dataset will help organizations make more informed decisions around compensation strategy, talent acquisition, retention, equity design, and token-based incentive programs.

    Contribute Data and Gain Complimentary Platform Access

    Organizations that complete the survey submission will receive three months of complimentary access to the BlockComp Platform, enabling them to benchmark compensation practices against real market data from across the crypto industry.

    The platform currently contains compensation insights from more than 55+ crypto organizations, covering 100+ countries and incorporating over 11,000 compensation data points. Participants will gain access to benchmarks across base salary, annual incentives, equity compensation, and token-based rewards. With this new partnership, the dataset is expected to grow significantly, delivering the most robust, reliable, and industry-specific compensation benchmark available.

    To ensure the highest standards of confidentiality and data integrity, all submitted information is aggregated, anonymized, and analyzed in accordance with strict data privacy protocols. No individual company data will be disclosed or identifiable within the published results.

    Shaping the Future of Compensation in Crypto

    As competition for talent intensifies and compensation structures continue to evolve, access to reliable market intelligence has become increasingly critical for organizations operating in the digital asset sector.

    By participating in the survey, organizations will not only gain access to valuable benchmarking insights but also contribute to the development of a more transparent, data-driven, and sustainable compensation landscape for the broader ecosystem.

    How to Participate

    Organizations interested in contributing to the industry’s leading compensation benchmark can participate by completing the survey submission.

    Survey Link

    About BlockComp

    Built specifically for crypto and digital asset organizations, BlockComp is a compensation benchmarking platform powered by a proprietary dataset of more than 11,000 compensation data points from 55+ companies across 100+ countries. Founded by a team with 12+ years of compensation experience across the Tech and Blockchain ecosystem, BlockComp enables organizations to design, benchmark, and optimize compensation strategies covering base, bonus, equity, and token compensation.

    Website: https://platform.blockcomp.io/

    About Dragonfly

    Dragonfly is a $3.6B crypto-focused global investment firm. Since 2017, Dragonfly has been at the forefront of blockchain and crypto innovation with a long-term-oriented, technical, and research-driven approach, having been early backers of some of the most influential protocols and companies in the industry.

    Website: https://www.dragonfly.xyz/

  • Stange Law Firm Completes Move from Clayton and Opens Creve Coeur Headquarters

    The firm’s new St. Louis County office at 600 Emerson Road opens August 1 as a visible, accessible home base for clients, attorneys, and multi-state operations.

    CREVE COEUR, Mo., Aug 04, 2026, ZEX PR WIRE — Stange Law Firm, PC has completed the relocation of its St. Louis-area headquarters from Clayton to Creve Coeur and has opened its new office at 600 Emerson Road, Suite 110, Creve Coeur, Missouri 63141.

    The opening marks the completion of a planned transition from the firm’s former office at 120 South Central Avenue in Clayton. More than a change of address, the move gives Stange Law Firm a long-term home base that better reflects how the firm serves clients and supports attorneys across its expanding multi-state practice.

    A Practical St. Louis County Home Base

    The Creve Coeur office combines professional visibility with practical convenience. Stange Law Firm’s exterior sign is prominently displayed on the building, while the main-floor suite, nearby parking, landscaped campus, and central St. Louis County location are intended to make office visits more straightforward for clients and guests. The office is located near the Interstate 270 and Olive Boulevard corridor, providing access from communities throughout the metropolitan area.

    “Clayton was an important part of our history, but the Creve Coeur office is a better fit for the way our firm operates today and where we are headed,” said Kirk Stange, President and Founding Partner of Stange Law Firm. “It gives our team a visible, professional home in St. Louis County and gives clients a location that is easier to reach and easier to use. We are proud to open the doors and begin this next chapter.”

    The move also allows the firm to bring its leadership, administrative, and client-service functions together in a setting designed for collaboration and long-term operating efficiency. Although the headquarters location has changed, the firm’s telephone number, website, client-service standards, and existing attorney-client relationships remain the same.

    NEW HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS
    Stange Law Firm, PC
    600 Emerson Road, Suite 110
    Creve Coeur, MO 63141

    Effective August 1, clients, vendors, courts, and other correspondents should use the Creve Coeur address and discontinue mailing items to the former Clayton office.

    Continuing a St. Louis-Area Story That Began in 2007

    Stange Law Firm was founded in the St. Louis area in 2007. Since then, the firm has grown into one of the largest family law firms in the country, with offices in Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Indiana, Iowa, Texas, Kentucky, and Tennessee. The Creve Coeur office serves as the firm’s headquarters while also providing a local point of contact for individuals and families in St. Louis County and throughout the surrounding region.

    The firm represents clients in divorce, child custody, child support, paternity, adoption, guardianship, modification, and other domestic-relations matters. Readers seeking information about divorce representation can visit the firm’s page for St. Louis divorce lawyers; those seeking broader information about domestic-relations matters can visit the firm’s page for St. Louis family law attorneys.

    “Our roots are in the St. Louis area, and this move keeps those roots firmly in place,” Stange said. “Creve Coeur gives us a headquarters that can support the people who work here, the clients who visit us, and the larger organization we have built. The location is new, but our commitment to helping people through difficult family-law matters has not changed.”

    To schedule a confidential consultation, call 855-805-0595 or visit stangelawfirm.com. Consultations are available by appointment.

    About Stange Law Firm, PC

    Stange Law Firm, PC is a multi-state divorce and family law firm focused on domestic-relations matters. The firm works to provide clients with caring, responsive, and diligent representation during divorce, custody disputes, and other family-law proceedings. Stange Law Firm’s mission is reflected in its motto: Here to Help You Rebuild Your Life™.

    The choice of a lawyer is an important decision and should not be based solely upon advertisements. Attorney services are provided by licensed attorneys in each state where Stange Law Firm, PC has offices.

    MEDIA CONTACT
    Kevin Fowler | Marketing Director
    Stange Law Firm, PC

    www.stangelawfirm.com

    Kirk Stange and Stange Law Firm are responsible for the content.

  • Stox Pips to Exhibit at ProFX Expo Africa 2026 in Cape Town, Connecting African Traders with a Complete Global Trading Ecosystem

    • The fast-growing multi-asset broker joins Africa’s premier financial gathering on 20-21 August 2026 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre

    Cape Town, South Africa, Aug 04, 2026, ZEXPRWIRE — Stox Pips, a globally incorporated online trading platform offering access to 300+ financial instruments across forex, metals, commodities, global indices, stock CFDs, and cryptocurrencies, has confirmed its participation at ProFX Expo Africa 2026 – the continent’s ultimate gathering for traders, investors, brokers, and fintech leaders.

    Stox Pips to Exhibit at ProFX Expo Africa 2026 in Cape Town, Connecting African Traders with a Complete Global Trading Ecosystem

    The two-day expo takes place on 20-21 August 2026 at Hall-5, CTICC-2, Cape Town, South Africa, and is organized by ProFX Expo. Stox Pips will be present at Booth 6 throughout both days, meeting traders, investors, and introducing brokers (IBs) face-to-face and showcasing its full suite of trading technology and partnership opportunities.

    Africa: The World’s Next Major Trading Frontier

    Africa is undergoing a financial revolution. With rapidly growing internet penetration, rising mobile adoption, and an increasingly financially literate young population, millions of traders across South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, and Tanzania are entering global financial markets for the first time. For Stox Pips – built on a mission to make global trading more accessible, efficient, and reliable – this moment represents a defining opportunity.

    “Africa is not an emerging market. It is an arrived market,” said Dr. Mayur Srivastav, Director, Stox Pips Ltd. “We are not here to observe the growth – we are here to be part of it. ProFX Expo Africa gives us the ideal platform to meet serious traders and business partners in one of the most exciting financial regions in the world.”

    Expert Insights: Keynote by Dr. Mayur Srivastav

    A major highlight of the event will be a specialized speaking session delivered by Dr. Mayur Srivastav. Recognized as a visionary leader in fintech strategy, and forex expertise, Dr. Srivastav brings over a decade of experience strategic fintech consultation.

    Having frequently spoken at prestigious global expos across Malaysia, the USA, and Dubai, Dr. Srivastav will share his insights into navigating the dynamic forex markets. His session will offer a transparent look into the industry, addressing the realities of forex trading—detailing the distinct advantages, the potential pitfalls, and actionable strategies on how traders can maximize their market potential. Dedicated to ethical leadership and shaping the future of finance through collaboration.

    What Visitors Will Find at the Stox Pips Booth

    Attendees at ProFX Expo Africa 2026 who visit the Stox Pips stand will have the opportunity to:

    • Explore 300+ trading instruments across forex, metals, commodities, indices, stock CFDs, and crypto – all accessible through a single account

    • Discover flexible account types – from the entry-level Cent account (minimum deposit: $20) to the high-performance Pro and Premium tiers – designed to suit every level of trader

    • Experience MetaTrader 5 live – the world’s most advanced multi-asset trading platform, with 38 built-in indicators, Expert Advisor support, and execution speeds under 30ms

    • Learn about Copy Trading and PAMM Accounts – enabling investors to follow expert traders or let verified portfolio managers grow their capital with full transparency

    • Explore the Introducing Broker Programme – with commissions of up to $15 per lot traded by referred clients, Stox Pips’ IB programme is one of the most competitive in the industry

    • Speak directly with the Stox Pips team – backed by 15+ years of combined industry experience and available 24/7 to support traders at every stage

    About

    Now in its latest edition, ProFX Expo Africa is the region’s most ambitious financial expo – a two-day immersive experience designed around education, networking, innovation, and deal-making. The 2026 edition features:

    • ProFX League Trading Arena – a live trading competition with a prize pool awarding up to $2,000 for 1st place, across multiple qualification rounds on both days

    • Keynote speeches and expert speaker sessions covering forex and crypto trends, trading psychology, risk management, and blockchain innovation

    • B2B networking lounges and meeting zones connecting brokers, fintech companies, payment providers, affiliates, and investors

    • ProFX Awards & Gala Night – an exclusive evening of industry recognition, VIP networking, premium dining, and entertainment

    • Live media coverage, podcast interviews, and influencer collaborations amplifying brand presence beyond the event itself

    Visitor Information & Free Tickets

    ProFX Expo Africa 2026 offers free admission for qualified visitors. The event is open to traders, investors, financial professionals, fintech leaders, IBs, affiliates, and anyone looking to build connections within the global financial industry.

    Venue: CTICC 2, Hall 5 – Corner of Heerengracht & Rua Bartholomeu Dias, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa
    Dates: Thursday-Friday, 20-21 August 2026
    Event Website: www.profxexpo.com

    Visit Stox Pips at ProFX Expo Africa 2026

    To learn more about Stox Pips or to arrange a meeting at the expo, visit www.stoxpips.com or contact the team at contact@stoxpips.com.

    About Stox Pips

    Stox Pips is a complete trading ecosystem designed for today’s global traders. Backed by a team with 15+ years of combined industry experience, Stox Pips provides access to 300+ instruments across forex, metals, commodities, global indices, stock CFDs, and cryptocurrencies through MetaTrader 5 and Web Trader. With account types starting from $20, zero deposit fees, leverage up to 1:2000, and 24/7 multilingual support, Stox Pips is built to make professional-grade trading accessible to everyone. Stox Pips Limited is incorporated under the International Business Companies Act, Saint Lucia.
    www.stoxpips.com

    About ProFX Expo Africa 2026

    ProFX Expo Africa 2026 is an international financial exhibition and networking event presented by ProFX Media – a globally recognised financial events and media organisation and proud holder of a Guinness World Record. The expo brings together traders, brokers, fintech companies, investors, and financial professionals from across Africa and the world for two days of trading, learning, and innovation in Cape Town, South Africa.
    www.profxexpo.com | +971 58 884 5033 | info@profxmedia.com

    Media Contact:
    Rahil Pathan
    CEO, Stox Pips
    contact@stoxpips.com
    www.stoxpips.com

  • How Seospidy Built a Digital Playbook for Franchise Growth — Using Cleanz24 as the Test Case

    NEW DELHI, India, August 4, 2026, ZEX PR WIRE Most franchise brands treat digital marketing as an afterthought: get the corporate website live, list a few cities, and let each franchisee sort out the rest on their own. Seospidy, the Delhi-based digital marketing and web design agency, has spent the past few years arguing that approach doesn’t work — and using Cleanz24, the laundry and dry-cleaning franchise, to prove it.

    Cleanz24 now runs over 100 stores across India. That number matters less on its own than what had to happen behind it: every one of those stores needed to be findable, trustworthy, and bookable online, in its own city, without the brand turning into a hundred disconnected websites.

    “Franchises usually fail online for one of two reasons,” said a spokesperson for Seospidy. “Either every location looks identical and none of them rank locally, or every franchisee does their own thing and the brand falls apart. We built Cleanz24’s system to avoid both.”

    The playbook Seospidy developed treats each new Cleanz24 store as a mini digital launch rather than an afterthought bolted onto a master site. That means a dedicated, locally-optimized page for the store, a claimed and properly categorized Google Business Profile, review generation built into the customer pickup-and-delivery flow, and paid campaigns geo-targeted tightly enough to matter in a city of a few hundred thousand people, not just the top six metros. The idea is that a store opening in, say, a Tier 2 city gets the same digital groundwork as one opening in Delhi or Mumbai — scaled to that market, not copy-pasted from a bigger one.

    “A lot of agencies will build one great website for a franchise’s head office and call it done,” the spokesperson said. “We think that’s backwards. The head office already has brand recognition. It’s the new store in a new locality that needs the SEO work, because nobody’s searching for it yet.”

    That local-first approach appears to have paid off in Cleanz24’s case. As the franchise added stores, its digital presence grew in parallel rather than trailing behind — a common problem in fast-scaling franchise chains, where marketing infrastructure often can’t keep pace with new store openings. Seospidy’s team points to this as the core lesson other franchise brands should take from the Cleanz24 engagement: digital growth has to be built as a repeatable system from the first few stores, not retrofitted once a brand already has fifty locations struggling to be found.

    The laundry and dry-cleaning sector Cleanz24 operates in is a useful test case for this kind of thinking, since it’s still dominated by unorganized, hyper-local operators. Winning search visibility in that category isn’t about outranking other national brands — it’s about outranking the corner shop three streets away, in every city the franchise enters. That’s a fundamentally local-search problem, and Seospidy structured its work with Cleanz24 around treating it as exactly that, rather than defaulting to a one-size-fits-all national SEO strategy.

    Part of the playbook is a review flywheel built directly into the customer journey: every completed pickup or delivery triggers a request for a Google review, tied to that specific store rather than the brand as a whole. Over time, that’s given newer stores a base of local social proof faster than they would have gotten organically, which matters in a category where trust — who’s actually going to handle your clothes properly — is often the deciding factor between a customer choosing Cleanz24 and choosing whoever’s closest.

    The other half of the system is what happens when a new franchisee signs on. Rather than handing over a generic marketing manual, Seospidy’s team works through a fixed onboarding sequence for each new location — profile claims, page setup, initial ad spend, and a 90-day local visibility target — so a new store owner isn’t left guessing what “doing marketing” is supposed to look like in practice.

    Seospidy works with franchise and multi-location businesses more broadly, alongside single-location clients, through its core web design and SEO services. That includes its website design company in Gurgaon practice, website designing in Faridabad work for regional brands, and a growing website design company in Noida client base. The agency has also expanded into website design company in Greater Noida projects as the NCR’s development corridors grow, and continues to run affordable SEO company in Delhi services aimed at businesses that need to compete on search without a large marketing budget.

    For franchise brands weighing how much to invest in digital before they scale, Seospidy’s view — backed by the Cleanz24 numbers — is that the investment should come earlier than most brands assume, not after growth has already outpaced the marketing.

    “By the time a franchise notices its digital presence is a mess, it usually already has thirty or forty stores that need to be fixed retroactively,” the spokesperson said. “It’s a lot cheaper and a lot faster to build it right from store one.”

    Cleanz24 continues to add new locations across India, and Seospidy says the same store-by-store digital framework is being applied to each new opening as the brand expands further into Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities.

    About Seospidy
    Seospidy is a Delhi NCR-based digital marketing and web design agency specializing in local SEO, website design, and franchise digital growth strategy. The agency builds scalable digital systems for multi-location businesses, helping new locations gain search visibility from launch rather than after the fact.

    About Cleanz24
    Cleanz24 is a laundry and dry-cleaning franchise with over 100 stores across India, providing pickup, delivery, and in-store garment care to customers nationwide.

    Media Contact
    SEOSpidy Web Solution
    Address: 1816, First Floor, Uday Chand Marg, South Extension 1, New Delhi, India
    Email: info@seospidy.com

  • WebX 2026 draws over 13,500 attendees in its latest edition, spotlights Japan’s growing global influence in Web3

    Japan, Aug 3, 2026, ZEX PR WIRE  WebX, Japan’s flagship Web3 conference, has successfully concluded its fourth edition following two days of high-level discussions, product showcases and networking opportunities. The event drew an attendance of 13,641 participants from over 90 countries and featured over 70 side events.

    Against the backdrop of Japan’s rapidly evolving digital asset regulatory framework, WebX 2026 became a focal point for discussions on yen stablecoins, tokenization adoption by megabanks, and the rising institutional confidence driving the industry’s growth. 

    These conversations were led by a distinguished line-up of policymakers, regulators, institutional leaders, founders and technology innovators, including Sanae Takaichi, the Prime Minister of Japan; Katayama Satsuki, Japan’s Minister of Finance; Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry; Tom Lee, Chairman of Bitmine; Ian De Bode, CEO of Ondo Finance; John D’Agostino, Head of Strategy at Coinbase; Nischint Sanghavi, Head of Digital Currencies, Asia Pacific at Visa, among many others. 

    Key Highlights of WebX 2026:

    • Main Conference – Speaker Stages, Workshops and Exhibition Floor: The agenda featured discussions spanning stablecoins, AI, tokenization and digital infrastructure across three speaker stages: CRYL Stage, Binance Stage, and Limitless Stage, complemented by hands-on workshops and an interactive exhibition floor.  

    • WebX Stamp Rally: All attendees who completed the WebX Stamp Rally earned the opportunity to participate in a sure-win lucky draw with limited-edition WebX merchandise up for grabs. 

    • Business Networking Area: Attendees arranged one-to-one meetings by downloading the Bizzabo event app, building meaningful connections with potential partners, investors and industry peers. 

    • WebX 2026 Memory Wall: Decorated with wisteria flowers and Wagasa umbrellas inspired by elements of a traditional Japanese festival, attendees could snap a complimentary Polaroid shot by the WebX memory wall. The wall was constructed from a honeycomb-core board made from 100% recycled paper, made possible by the Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau. 

    • WebX 2026 VIP/Speaker Night: Hosted an exclusive networking evening for VIP and Speaker pass holders on day one, connecting industry thought-leadership and senior decision makers in a closed-door setting over dinner and drinks.

    Adding on to the conference experience, attendees were invited to unwind and relax in between sessions with complimentary massages and a bowl of matcha through a traditional Japanese tea ceremony. Closing the 2-day event with WebX 2026’s official after-party at Zouk Tokyo, bringing attendees together for a night of music, rapport-building and celebration.

    WebX 2026 was proudly supported by title sponsors Bitbank, Inc., bitFlyer, Inc., BitLending, eole Inc., SBI Holdings Inc., Simplex, UPCX, Advasa Holdings, Inc.

    Building on the momentum of this year’s edition, WebX will return on 25 to 26 August 2027 at Tokyo Big Sight, a venue nearly 1.8 times bigger than this year’s conference. As institutional participation accelerates and Japan continues to strengthen its position as one of Asia’s leading digital asset markets, WebX 2027 will offer an expanded international stage for global leaders to shape the next future of Web3 innovation. 

    Pre-registration for WebX 2027 will soon be available on www.webx-asia.com/

    About WebX

    WebX 2026 is Asia’s flagship Web3 and blockchain conference, planned and operated by CoinPost, Japan’s largest crypto media outlet. Since its launch, WebX has emerged as a premier platform uniting global leaders across the Web3, crypto assets, and blockchain ecosystem to explore the future of decentralised technologies and digital economies. The 2025 edition attracted over 14,000 attendees, drawing participants from more than 90 countries. Past speakers have included Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, Binance CEO Richard Teng, and TRON founder Justin Sun.

  • WasabiCard Heads to ChinaJoy 2026 to Power Global Business Growth

    Shanghai, China, August 3rd, 2026, ZEX PR WIREWasabiCard, a global payment infrastructure platform, announced its participation in ChinaJoy 2026, taking place from July 31 to August 2, 2026, at Shanghai New International Expo Centre. The company will showcase its global payment solutions at Booth W5-A102, connecting with businesses and industry partners from the gaming, internet, and digital entertainment sectors.

    As digital businesses continue expanding into international markets, efficient and scalable payment infrastructure has become increasingly important. At ChinaJoy 2026, WasabiCard will demonstrate how its payment solutions help enterprises simplify global payment operations, improve financial efficiency, and support cross-border business growth.

    Through its global payment infrastructure platform, WasabiCard enables businesses to access key capabilities including global card issuing, cross-border payments, and global payouts. The platform supports a wide range of business scenarios, including advertising payments, corporate expenses, SaaS subscriptions, creator payments, affiliate commissions, supplier settlements, and global workforce payments.

    WasabiCard’s card issuing solutions allow enterprises to launch virtual cards, physical cards, and customized card programs through flexible integration options. With support for digital wallet integration, including Apple Pay and Google Pay, businesses can manage global spending more efficiently across different operational scenarios.

    The company’s global payout capabilities enable businesses to distribute funds across 200+ countries and regions, supporting multiple fiat currencies and streamlined payout workflows for employees, creators, contractors, partners, and suppliers.

    With a focus on compliance and security, WasabiCard maintains a global regulatory framework, including U.S. MSB, Canada MSB, U.S. MTL, PCI DSS Level 1, and Visa TPA certifications, supported by comprehensive risk management processes covering KYB, KYC, KYT, and AML requirements.

    During ChinaJoy 2026, the WasabiCard team will meet with enterprises, partners, and industry leaders to discuss how modern payment infrastructure can help digital businesses improve operational efficiency and expand globally.

    Visitors are invited to visit WasabiCard Booth W5-A102 from July 31 to August 2, 2026, to explore global payment solutions and connect with the team.

    About WasabiCard

    WasabiCard is a global payment infrastructure platform enabling enterprises, fintech companies, and internet-native businesses to build scalable payment solutions through global card issuing, cross-border payments, and payout capabilities.

    Its platform supports virtual and physical card programs, multi-currency settlement, global fund distribution, and embedded payment solutions designed for modern global commerce. WasabiCard powers payment use cases across media buying, SaaS subscriptions, global payroll, creator payments, treasury management, and digital financial applications.

    Follow WasabiCard on X and LinkedIn for the latest updates on product developments, partnerships, and insights into the future of stablecoin-powered payments.

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