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VANCOUVER, BC, July 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ – In a post-COVID world, business leaders are still grappling with how to drive engagement, motivation, and create the best work environment for their teams. Recent data from KindWorks.AI highlights that a key to overcoming these workforce challenges lies in the simple practice of kindness. By fostering a culture of authentic kindness—characterized by sincerity, recognition, and human connection—leaders can significantly enhance employee performance and drive exceptional business results.

In 2023, 77% of employees reported feeling disengaged, and employee loyalty significantly declined, with over half indicating their intention to leave their current jobs. Losing strong employees is extremely costly: replacing an experienced employee exceeds $50,000. The situation is exacerbated by hybrid and remote work where people increasingly feel isolated and disconnected.

The answer can be simple: Kindness 

Hundreds of scientific research papers have demonstrated the benefits of kindness in the workplace. Now, real-world data reveals that incorporating kindness, facilitated by technology, yields significant business results. KindWorks has developed an AI agent named ‘Beni’ that integrates with tools like Slack, WhatsApp, and Microsoft Teams to share kindness exercises and strengthen the ‘kindness muscle.’ Beni’s exercises are science-based and provide a personalized journey with various methods to practice kindness.

KindWorks.AI works with customers at the highest-performing global companies who are seeing the impact of kindness on people and business results.  

The Impact of Kindness on Business Results

Since implementing Beni, Beekman 1802 has seen a 65% increase in sense of connectivity, and a 59% increase in employees’ sense of connectivity and a 59% increase in their feeling of appreciation. The platform has enabled the team to form deeper and more meaningful relationships with colleagues, many of whom they have never met in person. “Beni has allowed us to bridge the gap that comes with working from different locations. Now, one of my closest friends is in New York and I would have not connected with her if it wasn’t for Beni,” says Yvette Lozano, a West Coast Sales Leader.  Yvette feels that regular use of the AI agent has enhanced her visibility and connection with other departments, allowing her to perform her job more efficiently and effectively.

The results are evident in both sales and employee retention. A statistical analysis revealed a strong correlation between practicing kindness and increased sales performance. “As an agile and growing organization, Beni provides intentional and relevant prompts to our leaders to stop and provide mentorship, gratitude, and kindness to themselves, their teams, and cross-functional partners. We are working more collaboratively and efficiently as a result. Organizationally, we have seen a decrease in voluntary and involuntary turnover since utilizing Beni,” states Alyssa Straub, Senior Director of HR at Beekman 1802. 

Prosegur Alarms has experienced similar positive results. Statistical analysis of their sales data shows that for each additional kindness exercise completed, an extra 3.6 units were sold. This led to the best sales quarter in the office’s history. Additionally, the division received the ‘Passion for Customers’ award for the first time, a prestigious global recognition given by the company’s headquarters. “Beyond the positive data that we’ve observed, the true transformation Beni has brought to our team is evident in how we connect with each other. By starting our day with kindness as a core value, we build meaningful relationships with our peers and customers, reflecting our company’s values,” explains Ana Carolina Ramirez, General Director of Prosegur Alarms in Colombia.

The results from Beekman 1802, Prosegur, and other clients across consulting, banking, healthcare, food and beverages, and law firms demonstrate that kindness is a powerful and straightforward solution to some of our most significant workplace challenges. While kindness is ‘simple,’ it is often not ‘easy,’ which is why Beni is so effective in encouraging and facilitating the intentional practice of kindness.

And the opportunity is endless. As Daniel Lozano, CEO & Founder of KindWorks.AI states, “our goal is to bring the power of kindness to billions of people, to change not only the way that we work, but how we live. This is just the beginning of a deeper revolution that has the potential to make the world a better place.”

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IIFL Capital Launches Algo Marketplace with Over 100 Ready-Made Strategies

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MUMBAI, India, June 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — IIFL Capital Services Limited (https://www.iiflcapital.com) today announced the launch of its next-generation algorithmic trading platform. The platform offers access to more than 100 ready-made exchange-approved algorithmic trading strategies, making sophisticated trading tools accessible to a wider investor base.

Algorithmic trading has emerged as one of the fastest-growing segments in global capital markets, driven by advances in technology, data analytics and automation. In India, increasing regulatory clarity and growing investor adoption are accelerating the shift towards systematic and rules-based trading approaches.

Commenting on the launch, Rachit Mehta, Head of Products and Platform, IIFL Capital, said:

“For over three decades, IIFL has been at the forefront of innovation in India’s financial services industry. From pioneering digital investing solutions to building cutting-edge trading infrastructure, technology has been central to our growth journey. The launch of our Algo Marketplace marks another important milestone in that evolution.”

“With access to over 100 ready-made strategies, a robust technology architecture and participation from leading exchange-approved strategy providers, I believe we have created one of the most comprehensive algorithmic trading ecosystems in the country. Our objective is to democratize access to sophisticated trading strategies and empower investors with institutional-grade tools through a simple and intuitive platform.”

The launch further strengthens IIFL Capital’s position as a technology-led financial services institution. Over the past three decades, the company has consistently invested in digital innovation, helping millions of investors access capital markets through advanced yet user-friendly solutions.

As algorithmic trading continues to gain momentum in India, IIFL Capital’s platform aims to bridge the gap between institutional-grade technology and retail investor participation, bringing automation, discipline and data-driven decision-making to a broader audience.

About IIFL Capital Services Ltd

IIFL Capital Services Ltd (formerly known as IIFL Securities Limited) (NSE: IIFLCAPS) (BSE: 542773) is one of the key capital market players in the Indian financial services space. IIFL Capital offers broking services, wealth management, financial products distribution, institutional broking, research and investment banking services.

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LUMIQ Raises INR 50 Crore Pre-Series B to Become the AI Decision Layer for Financial Services

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While most AI in financial services remains advisory, LUMIQ has built the layer that owns the decision — autonomous, auditable AI agents making regulated calls in production at leading banks, insurers, and capital markets firms. Today, LUMIQ serves clients across India, the United States, and Southeast Asia — leading institutions across insurance, banking, and capital markets.

NEW DELHI and MUMBAI, India, June 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — LUMIQ, an AI-native financial services company, today announced a strategic funding round to scale auto-decisioning for financial institutions across the United States and Southeast Asia. The round was led by Bajaj Finserv, one of India’s largest and most diversified financial services groups, with participation from existing investor Info Edge Ventures.

Right now, thousands of customers are waiting for a policy to be issued, a loan to be disbursed, a claim to be adjudicated, because somewhere an FSI employee is drowning in decisions, held back by the risk of getting it wrong. Today, when e-commerce delivers the same day, banks and insurers still decide in weeks. We built LiteCone to take that burden: AI decides the routine cases, completely and accountably, so humans spend their judgment on the one case that actually needs it. This round lets us bring that to every financial institution in the markets that matter most.
Shoaib Mohammad, Co-founder and CEO, LUMIQ

From AI that assists to AI that decides

For decades, financial institutions have bought technology that made their people faster — faster data, faster scoring, faster copilots. The decision still landed on a human. LUMIQ is changing that. Through its LiteCone platform, the company deploys AI agents that read the file, apply the institution’s own guidelines, and reach the decision end to end — escalating only the cases that genuinely require human judgment. The output is not a recommendation. It is a decision, with full reasoning attached, cross-referenced to policy, and defensible under audit.

The results in production speak clearly. At a leading life insurer, LUMIQ’s LEO agent decides 75–80% of underwriting cases with zero human touch, reduced policy issuance cost by roughly 25%, and compressed turnaround from days to under eight minutes — running 24×7 with complete auditability. Across its client base spanning insurance, banking, and capital markets in India, the US, and Southeast Asia, LUMIQ now processes millions of decisions annually.

LiteCone turns a real financial-services role into a working AI agent in weeks. Every agent we deploy is consistent, explainable, compliant, and auditable by design — not as an afterthought. This capital lets us go deeper on the platform and broader across roles. And through our cloud and AI lab partnerships, institutions will increasingly find LiteCone already embedded in the platforms they run today.
Vaibhav Dobriyal, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer, LUMIQ

This round funds four priorities: expanding go-to-market in the US and Southeast Asia; deepening LiteCone’s decisioning capabilities; extending the agent workforce across more financial-services roles; and building a partnership ecosystem with cloud hyperscalers, AI labs, and core banking and insurance platforms so LiteCone is embedded where institutions already run.

LUMIQ’s investors backed the round for the same reason its customers adopt LiteCone: agents already deciding in production, with auditability and control built in.

As a financial-services group, we know how much rests on getting regulated decisions right, at speed and at scale. LUMIQ has built AI agents that decide in production with auditability and control built in, the capability the industry has been moving toward. We are proud to lead this round and to support the team’s expansion across the US and Southeast Asia.
Lakshmi Iyer, Group President – Investments & CEO, Bajaj Alternates

Our conviction is grounded in what LUMIQ has already built. Their AI agents aren’t just built for the future. They are operating in production today, at speed. This combination is rare, and its value will only compound as the company scales globally.
Girish Jhunjhunwala, Fund Manager – PE and VC Investments, Bajaj Alternates

Financial services is one of the hardest categories to crack — regulated, risk-averse, and unforgiving of hype. LUMIQ has put agentic AI into live financial-services workflows and earned the trust of large institutions across the US, Southeast Asia and India. That is how a category-defining company in financial-services AI gets built, and we are proud to keep backing the team as they scale globally.
Kitty Agarwal, Partner, Info Edge Ventures

LUMIQ’s goal is to lead one category: auto-decisioning at production scale for financial services. Agents that act, not assist, and never compromise audit, compliance, or predictability.

About LUMIQ

LUMIQ is an AI-native financial services company. Through its LiteCone platform and a growing workforce of production AI agents, LUMIQ turns real financial-services roles — insurance underwriter, credit underwriter, claims adjudicator — into agents that are consistent, explainable, compliant, and auditable. The company pairs deep domain expertise across banking, insurance, and capital markets with frontier AI. LUMIQ employs over 350 AI and data specialists, and has offices in New Jersey, Singapore, and Delhi NCR (India).

Web: www.lumiq.ai

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LUMIQ Raises Strategic Funding to Become the AI Decision Layer for Financial Services

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While most AI in financial services remains advisory, LUMIQ has built the layer that owns the decision — autonomous, auditable AI agents making regulated calls in production at leading banks, insurers, and capital markets firms. Today, LUMIQ serves clients across India, the United States, and Southeast Asia — leading institutions across insurance, banking, and capital markets.

NEW YORK and SINGAPORE, June 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — LUMIQ, an AI-native financial services company, today announced a strategic funding round to scale auto-decisioning for financial institutions across the United States and Southeast Asia. The round was led by Bajaj Finserv, one of India’s largest and most diversified financial services groups, with participation from existing investor Info Edge Ventures.

Right now, thousands of customers are waiting for a policy to be issued, a loan to be disbursed, a claim to be adjudicated, because somewhere an FSI employee is drowning in decisions, held back by the risk of getting it wrong. Today, when e-commerce delivers the same day, banks and insurers still decide in weeks. We built LiteCone to take that burden: AI decides the routine cases, completely and accountably, so humans spend their judgment on the one case that actually needs it. This round lets us bring that to every financial institution in the markets that matter most.
Shoaib Mohammad, Co-founder and CEO, LUMIQ

From AI that assists to AI that decides

For decades, financial institutions have bought technology that made their people faster — faster data, faster scoring, faster copilots. The decision still landed on a human. LUMIQ is changing that. Through its LiteCone platform, the company deploys AI agents that read the file, apply the institution’s own guidelines, and reach the decision end to end — escalating only the cases that genuinely require human judgment. The output is not a recommendation. It is a decision, with full reasoning attached, cross-referenced to policy, and defensible under audit.

The results in production speak clearly. At a leading life insurer, LUMIQ’s LEO agent decides 75–80% of underwriting cases with zero human touch, reduced policy issuance cost by roughly 25%, and compressed turnaround from days to under eight minutes — running 24×7 with complete auditability. Across its client base spanning insurance, banking, and capital markets in India, the US, and Southeast Asia, LUMIQ now processes millions of decisions annually.

LiteCone turns a real financial-services role into a working AI agent in weeks. Every agent we deploy is consistent, explainable, compliant, and auditable by design — not as an afterthought. This capital lets us go deeper on the platform and broader across roles. And through our cloud and AI lab partnerships, institutions will increasingly find LiteCone already embedded in the platforms they run today.
Vaibhav Dobriyal, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer, LUMIQ

This round funds four priorities: expanding go-to-market in the US and Southeast Asia; deepening LiteCone’s decisioning capabilities; extending the agent workforce across more financial-services roles; and building a partnership ecosystem with cloud hyperscalers, AI labs, and core banking and insurance platforms so LiteCone is embedded where institutions already run.

LUMIQ’s investors backed the round for the same reason its customers adopt LiteCone: agents already deciding in production, with auditability and control built in.

As a financial-services group, we know how much rests on getting regulated decisions right, at speed and at scale. LUMIQ has built AI agents that decide in production with auditability and control built in, the capability the industry has been moving toward. We are proud to lead this round and to support the team’s expansion across the US and Southeast Asia.
Lakshmi Iyer, Group President – Investments & CEO, Bajaj Alternates

Our conviction is grounded in what LUMIQ has already built. Their AI agents aren’t just built for the future. They are operating in production today, at speed. This combination is rare, and its value will only compound as the company scales globally.
Girish Jhunjhunwala, Fund Manager – PE and VC Investments, Bajaj Alternates

Financial services is one of the hardest categories to crack — regulated, risk-averse, and unforgiving of hype. LUMIQ has put agentic AI into live financial-services workflows and earned the trust of large institutions across the US, Southeast Asia and India. That is how a category-defining company in financial-services AI gets built, and we are proud to keep backing the team as they scale globally.
Kitty Agarwal, Partner, Info Edge Ventures

LUMIQ’s goal is to lead one category: auto-decisioning at production scale for financial services. Agents that act, not assist, and never compromise audit, compliance, or predictability.

About LUMIQ

LUMIQ is an AI-native financial services company. Through its LiteCone platform and a growing workforce of production AI agents, LUMIQ turns real financial-services roles — insurance underwriter, credit underwriter, claims adjudicator — into agents that are consistent, explainable, compliant, and auditable. The company pairs deep domain expertise across banking, insurance, and capital markets with frontier AI. LUMIQ employs over 350 AI and data specialists, and has offices in New Jersey, Singapore, and Delhi NCR (India).

Web: www.lumiq.ai

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