WATERLOO, Iowa, Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Veridian Credit Union has ranked No. 1 among all U.S. credit unions in Callahan & Associates’ Return of the Member Index, a national measurement designed to evaluate how effectively credit unions deliver value to their members. The quarterly ranking uses credit unions’ regulatory call report data to assess the value provided by credit unions across the U.S. Veridian is ranked No. 1 for the second quarter of 2026.

“This recognition is especially meaningful because it reflects that we’re staying true to our purpose, helping our members build stronger financial futures and providing value that lasts,” said Veridian President and CEO Renee Christoffer. “As a member-owned cooperative, these efforts are core to our mission, and I’m grateful we have such a meaningful way to measure that impact.”

The Return of the Member Index evaluates performance in three key areas: value for savers, value for borrowers and member service usage. It assigns a numerical score to each credit union, allowing for easy comparison among credit unions and tracking of performance over time.

Veridian consistently ranks in the top 1% of U.S. credit unions on the Return of the Member Index and has ranked in the top 10 since the fourth quarter of 2022. The last time Veridian ranked No. 1 was in a streak of seven consecutive quarters from the fourth quarter of 2017 to second quarter of 2019. Veridian is the only credit union based in Iowa, Nebraska or Minnesota to rank No. 1 on the Return of the Member Index within the last 5 years.

Founded in 1934, Veridian Credit Union is a member-owned financial cooperative dedicated to improving the financial well-being of its members. With 32 branches across Iowa, eastern Nebraska and the Twin Cities metro area, Veridian provides personal and business financial services designed to help people build confidence, achieve their goals and create stronger financial futures. Earnings are returned to members through competitive rates, innovative products, convenient services and personalized guidance. Learn more at veridiancu.org.

Callahan & Associates is a Washington, D.C.-based research, consulting and data analytics firm specializing in the credit union industry. Founded in 1985, Callahan & Associates exists today to empower credit unions with actionable data, foster collaboration and drive innovation to help the cooperative financial model thrive. They provide financial analysis and benchmarking platforms allowing credit unions to compare their performance against peer institutions using call report data. More information is available at callahan.com.

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Eligible customers can now pay with Cash App Pay for purchases from FastSpring sellers in the U.S.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — FastSpring, the leading merchant of record for digital technology companies, today announced the availability of Cash App Pay across its checkout experiences. In the U.S., FastSpring sellers can now offer eligible customers the option to pay with Cash App Pay as an additional payment option at checkout.

Cash App Pay transactions through the FastSpring platform are approved within an authenticated Cash App session, allowing customers to use their Cash App balance, an experience designed to reduce checkout friction and manual card entry.

“Giving customers the payment methods they already know and use is an important part of creating a seamless checkout experience,” said Jeremy Waxman, VP of Payments at FastSpring. “With Cash App Pay enabled through FastSpring, approved sellers can give eligible U.S. customers another convenient way to pay.”

Cash App Pay is now available for approved FastSpring sellers. Eligible U.S customers complete payment through the Cash App iOS or Android app, via a one-tap flow on mobile or a QR code on desktop. Cash App Pay is supported by both one-time and recurring purchases through FastSpring.

Sellers can learn more in FastSpring’s Cash App Pay documentation or by contacting their FastSpring account representative.

About FastSpring

FastSpring is how digital technology companies sell online in more places around the world. We handle every payment need — from subscription management to tax collection, remittance, and more — so your business can go global faster. We’re also the leading merchant of record for global software companies, powering over a billion dollars in worldwide transactions every year. We’ll manage your checkout, VAT and sales taxes, compliance, and more, freeing you to focus on what you do best: building great software. For more information, please visit https://fastspring.com.

About Cash App

Cash App is the money app. Banking* on Cash App is easy: customers can receive paychecks early with direct deposit, spend money where Visa is accepted with a personalized Cash App Card, and grow their money with a separate savings balance – all without hidden fees. Customers can also create a unique $Cashtag to share with anyone to get paid fast, make purchases with Cash App Pay, trade stocks and buy and sell bitcoin**. With Afterpay***, customers can also pay over time in a way that best fits their financial needs through participating merchants or directly in the app. Download Cash App for free at cash.app/download.

*Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. See cash.app for more details.

**Brokerage services provided by Cash App Investing LLC, member FINRA/SIPC, subsidiary of Block, Inc. Stablecoin, Bitcoin Map, and Lightning Network are not available to New York residents. Bitcoin services provided by Block, Inc. Bitcoin services are not licensable activity in all U.S. states and territories. Block, Inc. operates in New York as Block of Delaware and is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the New York State Department of Financial Services.

Investing and bitcoin are non-deposit, non-bank products that are not FDIC insured and involve risk, including monetary loss. Cash App Investing does not trade bitcoin and Block, Inc. is not a member of FINRA or SIPC. For additional information, see the Bitcoin and Cash App Investing disclosures.

***Afterpay is offered and managed through your Cash App account – no Afterpay account needed. Eligibility is based on several factors and is not guaranteed. Afterpay is not available in all states. Afterpay loans issued by First Electronic Bank, serviced by Square Capital, Inc. View state licenses.

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Launch of Apollo Builder Studio, Intelligence Layer and Messaging OS makes sophisticated GTM simple and accessible to businesses of any size

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Apollo, the AI go-to-market system, today held its annual ApolloNEXT conference where it unveiled three major new products designed to fundamentally change how businesses build and operate their revenue engines. Apollo Builder Studio, the Apollo Intelligence Layer and Apollo Messaging OS give revenue teams a connected way to help build custom GTM workflows with AI, determine which opportunities matter most, and turn those insights into action to drive revenue.

For years, world-class GTM required significant resources: specialized teams, technical expertise and a collection of tools stitched together across prospecting, data, engagement, signals and automation. AI is changing that equation. Apollo’s new products bring those capabilities into one connected system, giving businesses of any size the ability to build sophisticated GTM workflows, understand which customers and opportunities matter most, and turn that intelligence into action—while still using the tools and AI environments already embedded in their workflows, such as Claude, ChatGPT, Salesforce and Slack.

“Sales and marketing teams are at a structural inflection point. AI is changing not just how quickly teams can work, but how companies will build and operate their entire revenue engine. Context is necessary for AI, and disconnected teams and software must now quickly adapt,” said Matt Curl, CEO of Apollo. “We’ve had to solve this differently, and give customers a solution that doesn’t require millions of dollars and a complex technology stack. Apollo has made sophisticated GTM simple and accessible to every company, not just the top one percent.”

Apollo’s AI GTM System
The new products are designed to work together as a continuous GTM system, helping teams build the workflows they need, determine what should happen next based on customer context and signals, and execute across sales and marketing. This includes:

Apollo Builder Studio is Apollo’s natural-language builder for revenue teams. Teams describe the GTM tools and workflows they need, and Builder Studio turns them into working pages, databases and automations built on Apollo’s data and execution infrastructure, with full control and no engineering backlog. From prospecting, to pipeline management, to account monitoring, early beta users are building custom workflows and tools tailored to how their teams sell. Less-technical operators now have power-user capabilities, while experienced GTM pros can now build and execute faster. Apollo’s early customers are now automating sequencing and outbound without pulling in engineering support.The Apollo Intelligence Layer is Apollo’s GTM context engine for revenue teams. It provides the shared context that enables AI to understand customers, prioritize opportunities and recommend what should happen next. It connects customer data and business context to optimize GTM and take action with minimal human involvement. Early customers are using this intelligence to prioritize prospects and sharpen targeting based on the signals and behaviors most relevant to their businesses. The Apollo Intelligence Layer includes:Apollo Intelligence Profile, which creates a complete, continuously updated view of each contact and account that unifies and enriches data across Apollo, customer CRM, engagement history, and other connected sources. It gives teams and agents the context to help target buyers, prioritize accounts, and tailor outreach.GTM Harness, Apollo’s purpose-built AI and context engine, which reasons over that information using GTM-specific skills, orchestration, memory and governance to help teams determine which accounts matter, who to engage and what action to take.Apollo Messaging OS is Apollo’s signal-based execution system for sales and marketing. It uses buying signals and AI to recommend who to reach, when, and through which channel, helping teams act on buyer intent and avoid disconnected or overlapping outreach. Early users are putting these signals directly into action through automated outreach, with the system learning from engagement and conversion outcomes to improve future targeting and messaging. With Email Campaigns and Ad Audiences, Messaging OS expands Apollo’s existing email, sequencing, and dialing capabilities into marketing campaigns and advertising.Email Campaigns allow users to build and send marketing email campaigns directly from Apollo. The new Bulk Send API also lets agents execute campaigns.Ad Audiences let users turn their Apollo lists into audiences that push to Google Ads, and reach buyers with ads alongside the email sequences they’re already running.

“AI has changed how software gets built, but most go-to-market teams are still stitching tools together to make it all work,” said Mark Sieglock, Chief Product Officer at Apollo. “That changes today. Tell Apollo what you want to accomplish, and the system gets built, the outreach runs, and the intelligence layer learns from who buys, which messages work, what closes deals and then uses that knowledge to improve targeting and outreach. Apollo gets smarter as your business grows.”

“We’ve used Apollo to scale outbound operations and integrate data with our proprietary sources. This wouldn’t have been possible if Apollo hadn’t invested in AI-native capabilities that power world-class GTM across interfaces,” said Marc Daniels, Head of GTM at Magenta.

Recently, Apollo’s AI in Sales and GTM survey found that end-to-end workflow automation is the top AI priority for today’s revenue teams, even as the vast majority of teams are still navigating between two and five GTM platforms.

Apollo’s approach is designed to give teams a connected system without requiring a rip-and-replace strategy. For smaller and scaling businesses, that means gaining access to sophisticated GTM capabilities without building a large RevOps organization or buying a collection of specialized tools. For larger enterprises, it creates an opportunity to consolidate fragmented infrastructure while giving AI the shared context required to work across teams and workflows.

Apollo’s business continues to grow: the company has doubled its user base year-over-year, now serving more than 5 million users. The number of teams actively using Apollo’s MCP grew more than 4x over the six-month period from March to August 2026, and teams are also leveraging it more heavily, as daily credit consumption is up nearly 10x over the same time period. Today Apollo powers GTM for more than 600,000 companies, from founders and small businesses building their first repeatable revenue motion to some of the world’s largest enterprises, including more than 100 teams at Fortune 500 companies. The new products extend Apollo’s mission to make world-class GTM accessible to every company, regardless of size, technical sophistication or resources.

Curl unveiled the new capabilities during his keynote at ApolloNEXT, Apollo’s annual gathering of customers, partners and GTM leaders focused on the future of go-to-market. Read more about Curl’s vision for the future of Apollo, GTM, and what these product enhancements mean here.

Builder Studio and Messaging OS will be available soon; you can find more information here, and the Apollo Intelligence Layer is available now.

About Apollo

Apollo is the AI GTM System that uniquely combines data, intelligence, and execution in one loop helping every business find and win their next customer. Trusted by millions of users and over 600,000 companies worldwide, Apollo combines one of the industry’s largest B2B contact databases with a purpose built GTM intelligence engine and a full execution stack, in an all-in-one system. Learn more at apollo.io.

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