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Inspire Investing, a biblically based investment business, was recognized as one of USA Today's Top 500 Financial Advisory Firms for 2023. In collaboration with Statista Inc., the premier statistics site and source of industry rankings, USA Today presents its first rating. Inspire Investing was ranked in the top 500 out of 32,000 registered investment advisers based on the growth of assets under management over the short- and long-term as well as recommendations from customers and colleagues. The list was created by USA Today as a reference for anyone looking to invest their money. Due to their fiduciary obligation (always working in the best interests of the client) and the fact that they collect fees rather than sales commissions, registered investment advisors were selected as the best...

Over the last several months, national and industry magazines have included an award-winning, independent wealth management and Registered Investment Advisory company on many lists of the best financial advisors and fastest-growing businesses. CEO James Bogart was ranked #11 overall in the state of Virginia on Barron's list of America's Top 1,200 Financial Advisors and Best-In-State Wealth Advisors for 2023. According to Forbes, Bogart was ranked #5 overall in the state of Virginia and featured as a 2023 Best-In-State Wealth Advisor. Additionally, the company was listed as one of USA Today's Best Financial Advisory Firms of 2023 and was ranked #105 in the Mid-Atlantic area of 2023 Inc. Regionals Fastest-Growing Companies. Finally, Chief Investment Officer Aleksandr Spencer, who was sel...

Permex Petroleum Corporation ("Permex" or the "Company") announces that it has hired Renmark Financial Communications USA Inc. ("Renmark"), a third party with no business relationship to the Company ("Renmark"), to offer investor relations services (the "Services") to the Company. Renmark was hired to increase the company's visibility among investors and the market, as well as to extend the company's reach. Renmark uses a variety of contact channels, including as emails and live phone conversations, to carry out its investor relations program. For an extra setup charge, Renmark can arrange virtual non-deal roadshows for senior management in regions around the United States, Canada, and Europe in order to contact new prospective investors. Renmark will also make sure that current and ne...

At the Ecosperity Week 2023 conference in Singapore on June 8, business representatives stated that the phase-out of coal from the region's energy mix requires a combination of cautious public policies and precise financial incentives that take into account how deeply ingrained the fuel is in the region's social and economic structure. Adopting the proper governmental policies is necessary for growth. The pricing in of externalities is one of them, as is the elimination of subsidies for the production of coal power. The deployment of renewable generating and its ability to replace coal are also supported by policies that are required, according to Mark Carney, co-chair of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ)."However, we acknowledge that substantial public and private capit...

"Cash help: More than 1,000 flood-affected families will get UAH 22.5 million ($608,000) in cash assistance. In the impacted regions, each home would get UAH 2,200 ($60) per person for three months, up to a maximum of five individuals per household, according to UDAID's announcement on Thursday. Additionally, USAID enables the prompt payment of wages to more than 57,000 personnel of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, including rescuers operating in the Kherson area, via a $22.9 direct government budget contribution from the Government of Ukraine. The State disaster Service and other disaster response organizations are reportedly receiving assistance from USAID in order to purchase and supply water treatment equipment, water pumps, water rescue equipment, boats, and outboard mot...

There are fresh worries that North Korea's army of hackers is attacking financial institutions to support the Pyongyang dictatorship and perhaps finance its weapons development projects. According to a study released on Tuesday by the cybersecurity company Recorded Future, North Korean-aligned actors have been sending emails and documents that, if viewed, might provide the hackers access to crucial networks while impersonating well-known financial institutions in Japan, Vietnam, and the United States. According to the research from Recorded Future's Insikt Group, "the targeting of investment banking and venture capital firms may expose sensitive or confidential information of these entities or their customers." It warned that doing so "[might] lead to legal or regulatory action, ...

Insikt Group has discovered malicious cyber threat activity spoofing several financial institutions and venture capital firms in Japan, Vietnam, and the United States. The group responsible, referred to as Threat Activity Group 71 (TAG-71), has significant overlaps with the North Korean state-sponsored APT38. Between September 2022 and March 2023, Insikt Group discovered 74 domains and 6 malicious files associated with TAG-71's activities. TAG-71 has previously been observed spoofing domains belonging to financial firms and cloud services in Japan, Taiwan, and the United States. In March 2022, Insikt Group identified 18 malicious servers tied to TAG-71, which were also linked to the publicly reported CryptoCore campaign. These servers were used for malware delivery, phishing, and comma...

In order to bring banking services to the doorsteps of low-income people and strengthen its financial inclusion drive to support Bangladesh becoming a cashless economy, Bank Asia Limited has signed an agreement with Grameenphone to appoint the mobile phone operator's retailers as the bank's micro-merchants. According to a news release, the agreement was recently signed in the Bank Asia Tower in Karwan Bazar, Dhaka, by Rasheda Sultana, deputy director and head of financial services at Grameenphone, and Ziaul Hasan, the bank's deputy managing director. At the signing ceremony, which also included Shafiuzzaman and ANM Mahfuz, additional managing directors, and Md. Sazzad Hossain, deputy managing director, Adil Chowdhury, president and managing director of Bank Asia, was present. Among ...

The Best Digital Banking System - Business Banking category of the Banking Tech Awards USA was awarded by a FinTech company that specializes in digital banking and treasury management. The business's Universal Online Banker platform has achieved success in the quickly expanding FinTech industry. The Banking Tech Awards USA are in their second year of honoring remarkable accomplishments and breakthroughs made by businesses in the banking and fintech sectors throughout the country. FinTech Futures, a worldwide market intelligence platform for financial services technology, is in charge of organizing the awards ceremony. Over 1.4 million companies and their banks trust Dragonfly to handle their financial requirements, and the company is exclusively focused on their success. The fact th...

The Biden administration's point person for South Asia said on Thursday that the US wanted to participate in India's economic miracle, noting that the more India develops, the better it is for India, the United States, and the rest of the world. India, whose economy is now worth USD 3 trillion and has been among the fastest-growing major countries in recent years despite the global economic slowdown, has now set the audacious aim of reaching USD 10 trillion in GDP and being a developed nation by 2047. Donald Lu, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, said to PTI in an interview on Thursday, "We want to be part of your economic miracle." "We firmly support India's intention to expand its economy in a fair manner. India, the United States, and the rest of the g...