HONG KONG – USDKG, the gold-backed stablecoin issued by the Kyrgyz Republic, today announced its official listing on OSL HK, the Hong Kong-licensed digital asset exchange of global stablecoin payment and trading platform OSL Group. The milestone marks a significant step for the state-supervised, asset-backed digital currency as it enters one of the world’s most established licensed virtual asset markets.

Link: https://www.osl.com/hk-en/announcement/new-listing-on-osl-hk-gold-dollar-usdkg

Pegged 1:1 to the U.S. Dollar and fully backed by physical gold reserves, USDKG is now accessible to professional investors through OSL’s institutional-grade infrastructure. The initial trading pair USDKG/USDT is now available to professional investors across OSL HK’s over-the-counter (OTC) platform.

The listing of USDKG aligns with OSL’s commitment to contribute to the development of a secure and compliant digital asset ecosystem in Asia and beyond. It also expands USDKG’s reach into new markets through a regulated platform aligned with institutional standards, supporting its use in cross-border settlement and broader financial applications.

Jason Liu, Global Exchange COO of OSL, said: “OSL is dedicated to providing investors with access to regulated, innovative assets. The listing of USDKG not only enriches OSL’s product offerings for the market, but also strengthens its compliant stablecoin ecosystem, as the introduction of a state-backed, compliant digital asset further underscores OSL’s credibility and leadership within the industry.”

Biibolot Mamytov, CEO of Gold Dollar (USDKG), said: “This listing represents an important milestone for USDKG as we enter one of the most established and highly regulated digital asset markets globally. Hong Kong is widely regarded as the gold standard for digital asset regulation, and working with OSL reflects our focus on transparency, gold-backed reserves, and institutional-grade infrastructure.”

About USDKG

USDKG is issued by OJSC Virtual Asset Issuer, a state-owned entity under Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Finance, with an initial issuance of $50 million backed by physical gold reserves audited by Kreston Global. The stablecoin is deployed on Ethereum and TRON, with smart contract audits conducted by ConsenSys Diligence.

The token is already accessible through decentralized exchanges, including Curve and Uniswap, and supported by major wallets such as Ledger Live, MetaMask, Trust Wallet, and TronLink. The stablecoin is fully compliant with FATF KYC/AML standards and is designed to facilitate financial inclusion and efficient cross-border value transfer.

With this listing, Kyrgyzstan continues to position itself as a regional first-mover in regulated, asset-backed digital currencies, bridging traditional finance and blockchain infrastructure while maintaining full sovereign oversight and public accountability.

About OSL Group

OSL Group (HKEX: 863) is a global stablecoin payment and trading platform that strives to provide compliant and efficient digital financial infrastructure services globally, empowering enterprises, financial institutions and individuals to seamlessly exchange, pay, trade, and settle between fiat and digital currencies. Grounded in the core values of Open, Secure, and Licensed, it is committed to building a more efficient ecosystem that connects global markets and enables instant, seamless and compliant value movement worldwide. For media inquiries, please contact: media@osl.com.

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Post Oak Group, recently named the Top Middle-Market Investment Bank in Texas, is reporting a meaningful acceleration in transaction activity across the middle market

Houston, Texas, United States, 22nd May 2026 – As broader M&A markets continue to navigate shifting macroeconomic conditions, interest rate normalization, and evolving buyer behavior, the middle market has emerged as the strongest and most active segment of dealmaking in 2026. Post Oak Group, recently named the Top Middle-Market Investment Bank in Texas, is reporting a meaningful acceleration in transaction activity across the middle market, a trend the firm sees as reshaping the broader M&A landscape heading into the second half of the year.

While large-cap M&A has remained selective and mega-deal volume has been uneven, the middle market is demonstrating a level of consistency, resilience, and deal momentum that distinguishes it as the most reliable segment of the 2026 cycle. Founders, family-owned businesses, sponsor-backed companies, and institutional buyers are all returning to the table with renewed conviction, driving a broad-based resurgence in middle-market deal activity.

Post Oak Group, a leading middle-market investment bank headquartered in Houston, Texas, attributes this strength to several converging dynamics:

 

A Narrowing Bid-Ask Spread

After two years of valuation disconnects between buyers and sellers, expectations are aligning. Sellers have adjusted to the current rate environment, and buyers, particularly private equity, family offices, and strategic acquirers, are showing increased willingness to transact at levels that work for both sides. This is one of the most significant unlocks for middle-market deal flow in 2026.

 

Renewed Buyer Appetite Across Multiple Channels

Private equity firms with record levels of dry powder are deploying capital aggressively into the middle market, where competition for high-quality assets remains intense but more rational than during the 2021 peak. At the same time, family offices have emerged as a dominant force, often outcompeting traditional sponsors on founder-led deals where cultural fit, longer hold periods, and operational alignment matter as much as price.

 

Strategic Acquirers Returning to the Table

Corporate buyers are increasingly active in the middle market as they pursue tuck-in acquisitions, sector consolidation, and capability-driven deals. With many large public companies focused on disciplined growth, the middle market has become a primary source of strategic optionality.

 

Sector Breadth Driving Sustained Activity

Unlike prior cycles concentrated in a handful of sectors, 2026 middle-market activity is broad-based, spanning industrial services, healthcare services, energy transition, business services, technology-enabled services, and consumer-driven verticals. This diversification is one of the key reasons the segment is proving more durable than the broader M&A market.

 

A Shift Toward Quality and Certainty

Buyers and sellers alike are placing a premium on certainty to close, disciplined diligence, and well-prepared processes. This favors middle-market transactions, where senior-led advisory, structured execution, and relationship-driven dealmaking continue to outperform.

As the Top Middle-Market Investment Bank in Texas, Post Oak Group has been at the center of this resurgence, advising founders, shareholders, and institutional clients across complex M&A and capital markets transactions throughout 2026. The firm’s partner-led model, institutional-grade execution, and deep sector coverage have positioned it as a trusted advisor in a market environment where preparation, precision, and process integrity are more important than ever.

“The middle market has consistently demonstrated its ability to perform across cycles, and 2026 is proving to be one of its strongest years in recent memory,” said David Chua, Managing Partner of Mergers & Acquisitions at Post Oak Group. “We are seeing renewed confidence from buyers, recalibrated expectations from sellers, and a meaningful expansion in transaction activity across nearly every sector we cover.”

“What makes this cycle different is the breadth of activity,” Chua added. “Founders are coming to market with stronger businesses, sponsors are deploying capital with greater discipline, and strategic acquirers are returning in force. The middle market is where most of the meaningful dealmaking is happening right now, and we expect that momentum to continue through the back half of the year.”

 

About Post Oak Group

The Post Oak Group is a prominent middle-market investment bank headquartered in Houston, Texas. As the Top Middle-Market Investment Bank in Texas, the firm advises founders, shareholders, and institutional investors across M&A advisory and capital markets transactions. With approximately 300 professionals, a leadership team representing more than 250 years of combined investment banking experience, and more than $82 billion in completed transactions across 12 countries, Post Oak Group combines institutional-quality execution with senior-led, partner-driven engagement across industrial services, healthcare, energy, business services, technology-enabled services, and consumer sectors.

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General Compute has opened its production inference cluster to developers building agent applications, running SambaNova SN40 and SN50 dataflow silicon that posts the fastest independently benchmarked speeds on the MiniMax M2.7 model family.

San Francisco, California, United States, 22nd May 2026 – General Compute today announced the general availability of General Compute Cloud, the first ASIC-native neocloud purpose-built for the next generation of autonomous AI development tools. Where existing neoclouds rack incumbent GPUs, General Compute has designed its serving stack around its inference-optimized ASICs.

Unlike traditional cloud platforms designed around human operators clicking through dashboards, General Compute Cloud is also the first major cloud to treat AI agents as first-class users. Coding agents can complete the entire onboarding flow themselves, creating an account, claiming the launch credit, and retrieving a working API key, without requiring a developer to step in. The result: a developer can ask their AI agent to “switch its inference to General Compute,” and minutes later be looking at running infrastructure they never had to provision by hand.

Agentic workloads issue dozens or hundreds of model calls per task, which means even small per-token gains compound into dramatic differences in developer experience and unit economics. By optimizing the silicon, runtime, and API surface for inference rather than retrofitting general-purpose accelerators, General Compute aims to push down both first-token latency and sustained token throughput on the open and frontier models developers use most.

Agent-native signup is supported out of the box. When invoked through OpenCode, OpenClaw, or any compatible client, the agent can complete account creation, verify the workspace, claim launch credit, and return a scoped API key back to the developer’s environment — turning what was historically a multi-step onboarding into a single natural-language instruction.

“Our goal is simple: we want General Compute to be the fastest inference provider on the market, and we want to ship the fastest inference API any developer or AI agent can call,” said Jason Goodison, CTO and co-founder of General Compute. “Optimizing the silicon is how we get there. The $200 in launch credit is our way of inviting builders, and their agents, to put us up against anyone else and see the numbers for themselves.”

General Compute Cloud is available immediately to customers globally at generalcompute.com. The launch credit is automatically applied to new accounts created between May 20 and May 27, 2026. OpenCode and OpenClaw users can begin a General Compute session directly from within their agent by asking it to “sign me up for GeneralCompute.com”

About General Compute

General Compute is the first ASIC-native neocloud, building custom inference silicon and the cloud platform that runs on it. The company’s stated goal is to operate the fastest inference provider and the fastest inference API for AI agents and the developers who deploy them. Founded in 2025 and headquartered in San Francisco, General Compute is backed by leading technology investors. Learn more at generalcompute.com.
 

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Lisbon, Portugal, 22nd May 2026, ZEX PR WIRE — United Renewables is proud to announce a landmark achievement at its Alentejo Solar Park in São Domingos, Portugal, with the successful installation of its 50,000th solar panel. This milestone marks a defining moment in the company’s mission to accelerate the transition to renewable energy across the Iberian Peninsula and beyond.

The Alentejo Solar Park, set against the sweeping landscapes of southern Portugal, stands as one of the region’s most ambitious clean energy projects. The installation of 50,000 panels represents a significant step forward in generating sustainable power for thousands of homes and businesses, reducing carbon emissions, and supporting Portugal’s national renewable energy targets.

“Reaching 50,000 panels is not just a number — it is a testament to the dedication of our teams, our partners, and the communities who have supported this vision from the very beginning,” said João Sousa, spokesperson for United Renewables. “We are proud to be delivering clean energy at scale from one of Europe’s sunniest regions.”

A Partnership Powering Progress

United Renewables attributes much of the project’s momentum to its strategic partnership with Apex Trading Corporation, whose investment and expertise have been instrumental in driving the Alentejo Solar Park forward. Together, the two companies have combined financial strength with operational excellence to deliver a project that sets a new benchmark for renewable energy development in Portugal.

“Our partnership with Apex Trading Corporation has been central to what we have achieved here in São Domingos,” João continued. “Their commitment to sustainable infrastructure aligns perfectly with our own, and we look forward to building on this relationship as we expand our footprint across the region.”

Giving Back to São Domingos

Beyond its environmental impact, United Renewables remains deeply committed to the local community that has welcomed the project. Through its Community Investment Programme, the company donates €500,000 annually to support vital social causes in the São Domingos area, including funding for homeless shelters, public libraries, and local schools.

This ongoing investment reflects United Renewables’ belief that the benefits of the green energy transition must be felt not only on a national scale, but at a grassroots level — in classrooms, on bookshelves, and in the lives of the most vulnerable members of society.

“We are neighbours here, not just developers,” João added. “The people of São Domingos deserve to share in the prosperity that this project generates, and we are proud to play a part in strengthening their community for years to come.”

Looking Ahead

With 50,000 panels now operational, United Renewables has set its sights on further expansion of the Alentejo Solar Park, with a target of 200,000 panels across the farm in the coming months.

New York, NY, United States, 22nd May 2026 – IAMPROSAY, an AI-powered legal-tech platform, today announced the expansion of its platform with the launch of several new automated tools designed to simplify complex administrative and procedural workflows for consumers, solo practitioners, and small law firms.

The latest platform update introduces new automation features that guide users through multi-step document preparation and filing processes — areas that have traditionally required significant time, expertise, or professional assistance.

New Platform Capabilities

The expanded platform includes automated workflow tools covering a range of administrative processes, including document generation, step-by-step filing guidance, and structured response workflows. These tools are designed to help users navigate processes that are often time-sensitive and procedurally complex.

The new features are accessible through IAMPROSAY’s existing platform interface and are available to both individual users and legal professionals.

Serving Consumers and Legal Professionals

IAMPROSAY’s dual-engine model is designed to serve two distinct audiences: everyday consumers who need help navigating administrative processes, and legal professionals — including solo practitioners and small firms — seeking to improve operational efficiency through automation.

“Millions of Americans face complex administrative and procedural challenges every year, often without access to affordable assistance,” said the IAMPROSAY founder. “Our platform gives them the tools to move through these processes quickly, accurately, and confidently.”

About IAMPROSAY

IAMPROSAY is an AI-powered legal-tech platform that automates document preparation and procedural workflows for consumers, solo practitioners, and small firms. The platform is designed to help users navigate complex processes with speed, accuracy, and confidence.

Learn more at: www.iamprosay.com

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The university partnership is the first-ever public university to offer an MBA program under the CPT hybrid program

PASADENA, Calif.—May 21, 2026— GoElite, the global education platform that connects international students with top universities and hybrid programs, today announced that it is partnering with Texas-based Lamar University to offer the first-ever MBA program provided under the CPT hybrid program. This innovative university partnership is part of GoElite’s strategy to empower students through streamlined access to educational opportunities. It is one of several strategic partnerships GoElite has forged with institutions of higher education in the USA. 

“We are very pleased to be announcing our partnership with Lamar University,” said a spokesperson for GoElite. “Because Lamar is a public university, submitting application requirements results in an easier process in immigration, as it is directly affiliated with the U.S. government.” 

Lamar University is a growing Texas institution serving over 17,000 students. Part of the Texas State University System, it offers more than 120 affordable degree programs from bachelor’s to doctoral levels. As a Carnegie Doctoral Research University accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), Lamar emphasizes hands-on learning, applied research, and academic excellence through its five undergraduate colleges and robust Honors Program. 

To get information or book a free consultation with GoElite, visit https://goelite.com/free-application
To learn more about GoElite’s new partnership with Lamar University, visit https://goelite.com/universities/lamar-university

About GoElite

GoElite offers a global education platform for affordable hybrid professional programs that connect international students with top universities and hybrid programs. The company empowers students through streamlined access to educational opportunities and supports strategic partnerships with institutions in the USA. As the spokesperson explained, “We partner with top-tier universities, global recruitment agencies, and education stakeholders to create win–win opportunities. Our student-first philosophy, professional expertise, and commitment to excellence enable us to serve as a trusted bridge between global talent and world-class education.”

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The LEGENDS Rural Alliance Expands Its National Reach with NREA as Advocacy Association Ally

United States, 22nd May 2026 LEGENDS Research today announced a formal co-engagement agreement with the National Rural Education Association (NREA), establishing NREA as the Alliance’s inaugural Advocacy Association Ally under the LEGENDS Education Rural Rally Alliance. The agreement marks the latest expansion of an alliance that has been central to the mission of LEGENDS Research since its founding.

The LEGENDS Rural Alliance carries a record that predates LEGENDS Research itself. Co-Founder Eric Bonniksen has spent more than three decades leading small and rural schools in California, most recently as Superintendent of the Placerville Union School District and as immediate past President of the Small School Districts’ Association (SSDA), a role in which he served as a statewide and national advocate for equitable funding, legislative reform, and the professional development of rural school leaders. LEGENDS Research has maintained an active research and advocacy relationship with SSDA, including Crisis-Agnostic Design research conducted in partnership with SSDA to document how small and rural districts maintained operational coherence under sustained disruption.

In February 2026, LEGENDS Research brought its Legacy of LEGENDS framework to the DLAC Ignite Legacy Lab in Sacramento, California, introducing the Rural Alliance initiative to a national audience of digital learning and rural education leaders. The formal partnership with NREA announced today extends that work into the national policy and research infrastructure that NREA has built over more than a century of service.

“The LEGENDS Rural Alliance has always been grounded in what Eric has lived and led,” said Dr. Kimberly Bonniksen, EDD, Founder and CEO of LEGENDS Research. “Partnering with NREA gives that work a national research platform and an institutional voice that reaches every rural district in the country.”

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The National Rural Education Association and the Policy Infrastructure of Rural Education

NREA brings to this alliance what no single institution can manufacture: more than a century of accumulated institutional trust across every rural state in the country. Founded in 1907, NREA serves the 9.7 million students enrolled in rural schools nationwide, operating through a membership structure that spans 50 states, five countries, 42 state affiliates, and 240 university and college partners. Its peer-reviewed research journal, The Rural Educator, is among the longest-standing publications in the field. Its annual research conference, NFARE, convenes researchers, practitioners, and policymakers whose work defines the national rural education agenda.

Under the executive leadership of Dr. Melissa Sadorf, who brings more than 30 years of rural education experience as teacher, principal, and superintendent in Arizona, and author of The Resilient Rural Leader (ASCD, 2024), NREA produces the Why Rural Matters research report, maintains active legislative relationships that translate field-level conditions into national policy, and provides publication credentialing and institutional visibility for applied rural education research.

Board President Dr. Bill Chapman brings a superintendent’s record built across multiple rural Texas districts, including eight years in Jarrell and four years in Palacios, before assuming leadership of London Independent School District. His frame for rural governance is precise: “Small and rural districts hold a structural advantage that large systems cannot replicate. A large district is a battleship: the decision to turn is made long before the bow moves. A small district is a dinghy: the captain decides, and the heading changes. Though that agility is sometimes complicated by limited resources, it is a strategic, powerful governance advantage.”

That structural argument is what the NREA / LEGENDS Rural Alliance was built to document, measure, and advance.

Eric Bonniksen and the Foundation of the Rural Alliance

Eric Bonniksen, Co-Founder of LEGENDS Education, is a fifth-generation educator whose career has been defined by the conviction that rural leadership constitutes a distinct and advanced form of educational governance. His tenure as SSDA Board President, during which he guided the association through post-pandemic recovery, enrollment decline, and significant organizational transition, demonstrated the kind of consequential leadership under pressure that the LEGENDS framework was designed to study and support.

Eric’s work in Legacy of LEGENDS, Chapter 9, The Turtles and the Eel: The Wisdom of the Shared Shell, highlighting the art of swimming with turtles and dodging of eels that showcase the resiliency of small school administrators, serves as evidence of his position that “rural leadership is an advanced style leadership worthy of study and replication.” Governance demands placed on rural superintendents, who operate with constrained resources, limited margins for error, and direct accountability to small communities, represent some of the most rigorous leadership conditions in American education.

“Rural superintendents manage enrollment decline, strained funding, multi-role staffing structures, and direct community accountability without the institutional buffers available to large districts,” said Eric Bonniksen, Co-Founder of LEGENDS Education. “The leaders carrying these conditions require research grounded in those realities. That is what this alliance is designed to produce.”

Partnership Structure

Under the terms of the agreement, LEGENDS Research will lead a structured organizational planning process with NREA leadership, conduct applied research grounded in the LEGENDS analytical framework, and develop a forward-looking advocacy, revenue and positioning strategy. The agreement also includes the delivery of the Kairos AI Strategic Intelligence Agent, a custom decision-support tool configured for NREA’s strategic parameters and extended to the executive directors of NREA member organizations and affiliated researchers.

NREA has established the Rural Research Alliance Partner designation within its membership structure. LEGENDS Research is the inaugural partner under this category. “Rural Research Alliance Partners are organizations committed to advancing rural education research and advocacy through active, mission-aligned collaboration with NREA. This recognition reflects a relationship built on shared purpose and shared work.”

Coinciding with this announcement, LEGENDS Research is opening applications for qualified companies, with existing engagement with rural educators and students to fund the inaugural offering of five (5) Sponsored Research Sprints (12 weeks), structured research initiatives through which institutional sponsors may underwrite targeted inquiry into specific rural education challenges. NREA will provide co-authorship and institutional credentialing on all resulting publications.

“The National Rural Education Association is proud to formalize this relationship with LEGENDS Research,” said Dr. Melissa Sadorf, Executive Director of the National Rural Education Association. “The depth of rural education experience that Eric and Kim bring to this work is what our members require: research grounded in the actual conditions of rural leadership.”

About LEGENDS Research

LEGENDS Research is a women-owned institution studying how consequential decisions are made under pressure. The institution applies a structured analytical framework to support leaders navigating complex, high-stakes environments across education, policy, business, and innovation. Founded in August 2013 by Dr. Kimberly Bonniksen, EDD, LEGENDS Research holds educational certification and maintains active research partnerships with state and national education organizations. Prior to founding LEGENDS Research, Dr. Bonniksen served as Director of Research and Training for Business Breakthroughs International, a Chet Holmes and Tony Robbins Company, advising on education-based marketing for Business Mastery. Her latest publication, Legacy of LEGENDS: Unchanging Wisdom for Today’s Most Influential Leaders is available now.

For more information, visit legendsresearch.com.

About LEGENDS Education

LEGENDS Education is the research-driven leadership development division of LEGENDS Research, co-founded by Dr. Kimberly Bonniksen, EDD and Eric Bonniksen. The division applies the LEGENDS analytical framework across the full education ecosystem, providing courses, decision frameworks, and strategic tools for leaders operating under consequence at the district, state, and national levels. LEGENDS Education operates on a hub-and-spoke model designed to produce organizational coherence across education’s interdependent institutions, including districts, state agencies, tribal education departments, advocacy organizations, and university partners. The division is the institutional home of the Kairos AI Application, a strategic intelligence tool configured for structured analysis and leadership decision support. For more information, visit legendseducation.com.

About the National Rural Education Association

The National Rural Education Association has served as the voice of all rural schools and communities across the United States since 1907. NREA connects rural educators with the legislative guidance, research support, and field-specific resources required to serve today’s students under conditions that national education systems routinely underestimate. The association provides direct assistance to member districts navigating policy changes and their local implications, supports the publication and dissemination of rural education research through its peer-reviewed journal The Rural Educator, and advocates for every rural learner, educator, and community at the state and federal levels. NREA’s awards programs, including the National Rural Teacher of the Year and the NREA Hall of Fame, document and honor the field’s most consequential practitioners. The NREA Foundation extends the association’s reach through philanthropic support for rural education initiatives. The Rural Voice and The Rural Scoop podcasts carry NREA’s research and advocacy directly to working educators and school leaders across the country. NREA’s mission is to serve as the trusted voice for rural education, advocating for every rural learner, educator, and community. Its vision is strong rural schools and communities where education is the catalyst for resilience, opportunity, and sustained student success. For more information, visit nrea.net.

About the National Forum to Advance Rural Education

The National Forum to Advance Rural Education (NFARE) is the National Rural Education Association’s annual conference and the nation’s premier gathering dedicated to the distinct challenges and opportunities facing rural schools and communities. NFARE convenes a national network of K-12 and higher education leaders, district and school administrators, researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and community partners united by a shared commitment to strengthening outcomes for rural learners. The Forum serves as the primary venue for the release of NREA’s rural education research and the advancement of policy priorities that reflect conditions on the ground in rural America. The 2026 Forum takes place October 19-21 in San Antonio, Texas, in partnership with the Texas Rural Education Association, and will coincide with the release of NREA’s 2028-2033 Rural Research Agenda. For conference information, visit nrea.net/nfare.

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Donald Stojack, Chief Legacy Officer, LEGENDS Research | LEGENDS Education
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The award-winning global Forex and multi-asset broker will be present at India’s premier financial industry event on 29–30 August 2026, bringing its zero-spread trading platform and 2,100+ asset offering to one of the world’s fastest-growing retail trading markets.

Mumbai, India, May 22nd, 2026 — CentFX Limited, the globally regulated multi-asset broker known for zero-spread Forex trading and institutional-grade execution, has confirmed its participation at Money Expo India 2026. The company will be present at Booth No. 13 — the Titanium Booth — on 29 and 30 August 2026 at the Jio World Convention Centre, Mumbai, marking a significant step in its commitment to the Indian trading community and the broader South Asian market.

 

Expo Details At A Glance

Event:  Money Expo India 2026

Dates:  29–30 August 2026

Location:  Jio World Convention Centre, Mumbai, India

Booth:  No. 13 — Titanium Booth

Website:  centfx.com

 

Centfx At Money Expo India 2026

Money Expo India is one of the most prominent financial industry gatherings in Asia, bringing together retail traders, institutional investors, brokers, fintech firms, and industry leaders under one roof. For CentFX, the 2026 edition represents a direct opportunity to engage face-to-face with the Indian trading community — one of the fastest-growing retail Forex markets globally.

Visitors to Booth No. 13 — Titanium Booth — will have the opportunity to explore CentFX’s full suite of trading products and account types, receive live platform demonstrations, speak directly with the CentFX team about trading conditions, and learn about the broker’s industry-leading 0.0 pip ECN spreads, 1:1000 leverage, and 0.04-second average execution speed.

The booth will also serve as a venue for potential introducing brokers, affiliates, and business partners to explore collaboration opportunities with a broker that holds regulatory authorisations across Anguilla (ARCA), Mauritius (FSC), and Dubai (Government of Dubai), and has accumulated more than 18 industry awards since its retail launch in 2022.

Why India, Why Now

India’s retail trading population has expanded rapidly in recent years, driven by increasing financial literacy, smartphone penetration, and growing appetite for global market access. CentFX’s multilingual platform — available in Hindi, Bengali, and seven other languages — and its support for the full MetaTrader 5 ecosystem on both desktop and mobile position it as a natural fit for Indian traders seeking professional-grade conditions without complexity.

The company offers over 2,100 tradeable instruments spanning Forex, indices, commodities, and more, alongside a dedicated CentFX Academy offering video courses, eBooks, calculators, and market analysis tools — all free of charge. For Indian traders looking to move beyond domestic equities into global markets, CentFX provides a credible, award-winning, and accessible gateway.

Also Featuring: Centpay

CentFX will also be spotlighting its affiliated fintech product, CentPay (CentFX will also be spotlighting its affiliated fintech product, CentPay — a crypto-to-fiat payment solution that allows users to convert USDT or other cryptocurrencies into a spendable balance via the CentPay Card, which supports both Mastercard and Visa payments and is accepted at millions of locations worldwide. With no complicated conversion processes, low fees, and real-time fund access, CentPay makes everyday spending with digital assets genuinely frictionless.

The CentPay app is available on both Android and iOS, bringing full wallet management and card control to users’ fingertips wherever they are.

Meet The Team In Mumbai

Traders, partners, and industry professionals attending Money Expo India 2026 are invited to visit Booth No. 13 to meet the CentFX team, request a live account walkthrough, or discuss partnership opportunities. For those unable to attend in person, full platform access and account registration remain available at centfx.com.

 

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24Seven Commerce’s Octopus Bridge Gives Retail Pro Prism Users a Direct, Real-Time Connection to Amazon, Shopify, Walmart, and More — Without Disrupting How They Already Operate

San Jose, CA, United States, 22nd May 2026 – 24Seven Commerce today highlights the growing adoption of Octopus Bridge among Retail Pro Prism retailers — a purpose-built integration platform that connects Retail Pro Prism directly to the world’s leading online marketplaces, including Amazon, Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento, Walmart Marketplace, and eBay.

For Retail Pro Prism users ready to grow their online presence, Octopus Bridge eliminates the manual work, inventory mismatches, and overselling risks that come with managing a POS and eCommerce channels as two separate systems. The result is a fully synchronized retail operation — without replacing or reconfiguring the system retailers already depend on every day.

The Problem It Solves

Retail Pro Prism retailers who sell online consistently face the same frustrations: inventory that doesn’t update in real time, orders that must be entered manually into the POS, and stock counts that drift out of alignment across channels. These aren’t small inconveniences — they lead to cancelled Amazon orders, damaged seller account metrics, lost Buy Box eligibility, and hours of avoidable administrative work every single week.

For multi-location retailers, the challenge is even greater. Keeping consolidated, accurate inventory counts across multiple store locations — and pushing those counts reliably to online channels — adds a layer of complexity that manual processes simply cannot handle at scale.

Octopus Bridge closes that gap entirely, automating the data exchange between Retail Pro Prism and every connected marketplace so retailers can focus on running their business — not managing spreadsheets.

What Retailers Get

  • Near Real-Time Inventory Sync — Stock levels update across every connected marketplace the instant they change in Retail Pro Prism. No delays. No overselling. No manual updates.
  • Automated Order Management — Online orders from Amazon, Shopify, Walmart, and eBay flow directly into Retail Pro Prism automatically. Fulfillment teams work from one system — the one they already know.
  • Multi-Location Inventory Intelligence — Inventory across multiple store locations is consolidated accurately and pushed to online channels in real time, regardless of where stock movement happens.
  • Centralized Pricing and Product Control — Price changes and product updates made in Retail Pro Prism push instantly to all connected marketplaces. One change. Every channel. Done.
  • Inventory Buffer Management — Retailers can set buffer rules to reserve stock for in-store customers, ensuring online channels never oversell available inventory.
  • Dedicated Onboarding and Support — Every retailer receives hands-on setup assistance and ongoing access to a team of integration specialists who understand both Retail Pro Prism and multichannel selling.

Built for Retail Pro Prism — Not Bolted On

“Retail Pro Prism retailers have invested in one of the best POS systems in the industry. Octopus Bridge doesn’t replace that investment — it extends it. Everything Retail Pro Prism already does exceptionally well now powers the retailer’s entire online business too.”

— 24Seven Commerce Team

Octopus Bridge was developed with Retail Pro Prism’s data architecture in mind — understanding how it manages SKUs, pricing, store locations, and inventory hierarchies. That purpose-built approach means the integration is accurate, reliable, and requires minimal ongoing maintenance from retail teams.

About 24Seven Commerce

24Seven Commerce is a retail technology company specializing in POS-to-eCommerce integration solutions for independent and multi-location retailers. Octopus Bridge supports Retail Pro Prism, Lightspeed, NCR Counterpoint, RMH POS, Heartland Retail, and more — connecting them seamlessly to Amazon, Shopify, WooCommerce, Walmart Marketplace, and eBay.

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United States, 22nd May 2026 – Huey is the daughter of a prominent South Korean chaebol family, a dynasty that controlled vast wealth, employed thousands, and expected absolute loyalty and silence. When she was four years old, her world was upended. She left Seoul for Los Angeles, not on a private jet but through the fog of a childhood she would spend decades trying to make sense of it.

The Attorney Turned Author Bares Her Soul in a Cinematic, Unforgettable Debut That Reads Like a Thriller and Heals Like a Prayer

LOS ANGELES, CA – 27 April – What happens when the family name that you’re meant to protect becomes the very thing that shatters you?  What happens when you trade chauffeurs for bus passes, palatial halls for silent nights in a foreign land, and still manage to claw your way to the top of the legal profession, only to discover that success is loud, but loneliness is louder?

Today, Huey Choi launches Who Stole My Pork Belly?, her debut memoir.  As a veteran corporate bankruptcy attorney, she has spent twenty-five years navigating the high-stakes world of BigLaw while quietly carrying a past that reads like a K-Drama intertwined with a Greek tragedy.

This isn’t a celebrity tell‑all, nor is it a self‑help guide disguised as a memoir.  It is a raw, lyrical, and deeply honest account of a woman who was born into one of South Korea’s most powerful chaebol families, only to have her life upended at age four by a sudden, traumatic move to Los Angeles, trading a dynasty for uncertainty. 

WHY THIS BOOK WILL CAPTURE MILLIONS

A Hook for Every Reader

  • For fans of Crying in H MartEducatedThe Glass Castle, and When Breath Becomes Air – Huey’s voice is intimate, unsentimental, and relentlessly honest. She does not ask for pity. She invites you to sit with her in the discomfort of the in‑between.
  • For the corporate crowd – Voted a top 5% attorney in America writing about resilience, bankruptcy (both financial and emotional), and the art of rebuilding. This is a book for every lawyer, executive, and entrepreneur who has ever felt like an imposter.
  • For the Korean culture wave– With BTS commanding global headlines and Korean storytelling reshaping platforms like Netflix, Huey’s memoir arrives at a cultural inflection point. She draws readers into the guarded world of a chaebol family, weaving in tender memories, her late grandmother’s Korean fried chicken, a comforting stew quietly bubbling in a ttukbaegi, and the gentle warmth of a celadon teacup, each a subtle act of quiet defiance.
  • For the animal lover – A central thread of the book is Huey’s rescue dog, Charlotte, a disabled pup, who, as she puts it, “rescued me right back.”  This is a story for anyone who has found healing in the eyes of an abandoned animal.
  • For the solo travelers and Foodies – Huey’s healing journey takes her through European cafés, Asian night markets, and solo oceanic vistas. The book includes a photo section of her travels, unvarnished, unglamorous, and deeply moving.

What Makes This Debut Different

Most memoirs of hardship follow a familiar arc: struggle, triumph, lesson learned.  Huey disrupts that formula. She writes with the precision of a lawyer and the heart of a poet. Every chapter is a revelation:

  • The dynasty that fell overnight – Not through scandal or war, but through a quiet, unexplained collapse that left a four‑year‑old girl wondering why love had a passport and a price.
  • The American dream, shift by shift – From a mother wiping down diner tables to a ceiling dripping water into a bucket, Huey paints financial hardship not as a montage but as a lived, relentless geography.
  • The glass tower – Law school. The Bar. BigLaw. Huey achieves what immigrants are taught to aspire. But she finds that success without connection is its own kind of solitary confinement.
  • Loss upon loss – A marriage that ends. Miscarriages that are never named. A family legacy that demands silence. Huey writes about each loss with a restraint that makes every sentence hurt and heal.
  • The fall of the conglomerate – While she rebuilds her life, the Choi empire crumbles. Greed, gaman, grace, grief and gratitude, each word becomes a chapter.
  • The warmth of a celadon teacup – Huey’s Korean rituals are not decorative, they are lifelines. The simple act of sitting with tea before the chaos begins becomes a “prayer before the prayer”.
  • Charlotte – A disabled rescue dog who teaches Huey that love does not have to be earned, it simply arrives.

PRAISE FROM EARLY READERS

“A knockout debut. Huey Choi writes like she’s been doing it for decades – sharp, tender, and utterly unforgettable. This memoir will find its way into your bones and refuse to leave.”
– Early Reader Review

“I’ve never read a memoir that so perfectly balances legal precision with raw emotional excavation. Choi’s voice is a revelation.”
– Advance Praise, Anonymous Editor

“This book made me cry, laugh, and call my mother. It is a gift to anyone who has ever felt like they didn’t belong anywhere.”
– Advance Reader ARC

ABOUT THE AUTHOR (THE REAL STORY-BEHIND-STORY)

Huey Choi is a seasoned attorney with over twenty‑five years of experience in corporate bankruptcy and creditors’ rights. She has been voted in Best Lawyers in America, a peer‑review recognition that places her among the top 5% of U.S. attorneys. A graduate of the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, she navigated the high‑stakes world of BigLaw while quietly carrying the weight of her past.

But the Bio line does not tell the full story.

Huey is the daughter of a prominent South Korean chaebol family, a dynasty that controlled vast wealth, employed thousands, and expected absolute loyalty and silence. When she was four years old, her world was upended. She left Seoul for Los Angeles, not on a private jet but through the fog of a childhood she would spend decades trying to make sense of it.

In the pages of Who Stole My Pork Belly?, Huey reveals for the first time:

  • The truth behind her family’s decision to flee South Korea, and the cost of protecting a name that never protected her.
  • The silent years of emotional and financial hardship, with a single mother who worked tirelessly and prayed alone at night.
  • The pressure to perform, to become a lawyer, to represent a legacy that had already abandoned her.
  • The marriage that failed. The children that never came. The cult‑like expectations of a family that demanded grace while offering none.
  • The healing she found not in therapy but in her late grandmother’s Korean fried chicken, a comforting stew quietly bubbling in a ttukbaegi, the warmth of a pale celadon teacup, and the unconditional love of a disabled rescue dog.

Huey Choi is also the founder and CEO of Snubbed, LLC, a company she launched in 2017 to support animal welfare initiatives. Through Snubbed Hats, she raises funds to feed and rehabilitate snubbed dogs, the ones no one else wanted. She lives in Southern California with her three rescue dogs, Angel, Portia, and Captain, and cares for her elderly mother.

A WORD FROM THE AUTHOR (EXCLUSIVE)

“I wrote this book for the person who feels like they are performing a life instead of living one. I wrote it for the immigrant who is tired of being the model minority. I wrote it for the lawyer who wins cases but loses sleep. And I wrote it for anyone who has ever loved a dog more than a family member.”
Huey Choi

FOR MEDIA, REVIEW COPIES, OR INTERVIEW REQUESTS

Huey Choi is available for select interviews on a confidential basis concerning, among other topics:

  • Resilience and reinvention
  • Korean American identity
  • Women in law and leadership
  • Animal rescue and healing
  • Memoir writing as a form of therapy

Available on 

Website: http://whostolemyporkbelly.com/

Amazon link: https://a.co/d/0exoTyvq

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