New website and educational resources bring three generations of staffing experience to the forefront as agency owners navigate changing financial and operational demands.

CLEVELAND, Oct. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As the staffing industry shows signs of renewed growth, agency owners face an increasingly complex challenge: securing the capital, operational support, and expertise needed to turn new business opportunities into sustainable growth.

Encore Funding, a family-owned funding partner serving staffing entrepreneurs, today announced the launch of its refreshed brand and website, reflecting the company’s continued evolution alongside the businesses it supports.

The announcement comes as the American Staffing Association reports that U.S. staffing industry revenue increased 3.3% year over year in the second quarter of 2026, with staffing employment also recording gains. While these figures signal improving industry activity, staffing entrepreneurs must continue to balance growth opportunities against payroll obligations, client payment cycles, and the operational demands of running their businesses.

For staffing firms, growth often creates a unique financial challenge. Employees must be paid weekly or biweekly, while customers may take 30, 60, or even 90 days to settle invoices. As agencies expand their client relationships and workforce, access to working capital becomes an important part of their ability to deliver.

Encore believes the relationship between staffing entrepreneurs and their funding partners must extend beyond financing alone.

“The staffing industry has changed significantly over the years, but one thing hasn’t changed. Entrepreneurs need a partner who understands what it takes to build and grow a staffing business,” said Chad Eberly, General Manager at Encore Funding. “We’ve spent three generations working alongside staffing owners, helping them navigate challenges, take advantage of opportunities, and build stronger businesses. This next chapter is about bringing that experience forward and making sure we’re continuing to evolve alongside the entrepreneurs we serve.”

More than funding: Supporting the business behind the business

Encore’s refreshed positioning reflects an approach built around three principles: personal relationships, removing operational complexity, and applying decades of staffing industry experience to help entrepreneurs navigate what comes next.

Through its combination of payroll funding, back office support, and strategic guidance, Encore works as an extension of its clients’ businesses, allowing agency owners to spend more time building client relationships, placing talent, and pursuing growth opportunities.

The company’s new website brings that approach together through clearer messaging, improved access to information, and a greater emphasis on helping staffing entrepreneurs understand the financial and operational decisions involved in running their agencies.

“When a staffing owner lands a major new client, that’s an exciting moment. But it also brings questions about payroll, cash flow, compliance, and whether the business has the infrastructure to support that growth,” said Dane Adelman, VP Business Development at Encore Funding. “Our job is to help take those challenges off their plate. We want entrepreneurs to know they have real people they can call, people who understand their business and are invested in helping them succeed.”

Bringing three generations of knowledge to the next generation of staffing entrepreneurs

A central part of Encore’s brand evolution is making its industry expertise more accessible to both established agency owners and entrepreneurs entering the staffing market.

Through Encore U and its educational masterclass series, the company is placing greater emphasis on providing practical guidance around the questions staffing founders face, from understanding payroll funding and managing cash flow to building the operational foundation needed for long-term growth.

The educational initiative reinforces Encore’s belief that helping staffing entrepreneurs succeed means providing knowledge and support, not simply financing their invoices.

“We’ve seen firsthand what it takes to start a staffing company, what can go wrong, and what separates businesses that grow sustainably from those that struggle,” added Chad. “We want to share that knowledge more openly. If we can help an entrepreneur make a better decision, avoid a common mistake, or feel more confident about their next stage of growth, we’re doing what we’ve always believed a good partner should do.”

As technology, workforce expectations, and business models continue to evolve, Encore’s refreshed brand represents a commitment to adapting while maintaining the personal relationships and staffing expertise that have defined the company across three generations.

“The new brand and website are an important step, but this is about much more than a new look,” added Dane. “It’s about making it easier for staffing entrepreneurs to understand who we are, what we can help them accomplish, and why having the right partner matters as their business evolves.”

The refreshed Encore Funding website and educational resources are available at www.encorefunding.com

About Encore Funding

Encore Funding is a family-owned business that partners exclusively with staffing entrepreneurs to help them build stronger businesses. Backed by three generations of staffing industry experience, Encore combines payroll funding, back-office support, and strategic guidance with the speed, flexibility, and personal attention agency owners need. By becoming an extension of its clients’ businesses, Encore helps staffing entrepreneurs navigate operational complexity and focus on serving clients, placing talent, and growing with confidence.

Media contact

Don Provident, Marketing Manager

dprovident@encore-funding.com 216-998-9900

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Former Volcano and Verb Surgical CEO brings extensive experience in interventional imaging, surgical robotics, and medical technology commercialization as DeepSight advances its Physical AI platform

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — DeepSight Technology, Inc., a company developing a Physical AI platform for interventional medicine, today announced the appointment of Scott Huennekens to its Board of Directors. Huennekens brings decades of experience building and scaling medical technology companies, with a track record spanning image-guided therapy, surgical robotics, and digital surgery.

His appointment follows DeepSight’s completion of a Series C financing and comes as the company advances its technology platform, expands strategic partnerships, and prepares for its next phase of growth.

“Scott has helped build some of the most influential companies in interventional imaging and surgical robotics, and he understands what it takes to translate breakthrough technology into clinical adoption,” said Nader Sadrzadeh, Co-Founder and CEO of DeepSight Technology. “At DeepSight, we are building a Physical AI platform that brings together sensing, imaging, and intelligence to give clinicians greater awareness and precision inside the body. Scott’s experience and perspective will be invaluable as we advance that vision and scale the business.”

Huennekens previously served as President and CEO of Volcano Corporation, leading the company through its 2006 initial public offering and its acquisition by Philips in 2015. He also served as President and CEO of Verb Surgical, the surgical robotics venture formed by Google and Johnson & Johnson, which was subsequently acquired by Johnson & Johnson in 2020. Earlier in his career, he served as President and CEO of diagnostic imaging company Digirad. His experience includes extensive board leadership across public and private medical technology companies.

“The next generation of interventional medicine will depend on giving physicians a more complete understanding of what is happening at the point of treatment,” said Scott Huennekens. “DeepSight’s approach to combining advanced sensing with imaging and AI creates a compelling opportunity to address that need. I see significant potential for this platform across image-guided interventions and robotic procedures, and I look forward to working with Nader and the team to translate that potential into meaningful clinical and commercial impact.”

DeepSight is developing technologies designed to provide real-time information about instrument position and surrounding anatomy during minimally invasive procedures. Its NeedleVue™ technology focuses on precise instrument-tip localization, while its OnPoint™ technology is being developed to enable ultrasound imaging from the perspective of the instrument tip. Together, these capabilities support the company’s vision of connecting physical sensing with actionable intelligence in interventional medicine.

About DeepSight Technology

DeepSight Technology, Inc. is developing a Physical AI platform for interventional medicine, combining proprietary sensing technology, ultrasound imaging, and artificial intelligence. The company’s mission is to equip clinicians with greater precision and confidence during minimally invasive procedures and expand access to advanced image-guided care. For more information, visit www.deepsight.com.

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Transaction brings Finia’s technology and experience serving micro-businesses to PayJoy’s global platform

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — PayJoy, a leading financial services provider for underserved consumers across emerging markets, today announced the acquisition of select strategic assets of Finia AI, Inc., a fintech company that developed AI-powered underwriting and financial products for micro-businesses in Mexico.

The transaction will enable PayJoy to apply Finia’s technology and expertise to its global platform, strengthening its underwriting capabilities and expanding its financial product offering for customers with limited access to formal credit.

PayJoy has reached more than 20 million customers across nine countries in Latin America, Africa, and Asia through innovative financial products including digitally secured smartphone financing, credit lines, and the PayJoy Card. This acquisition brings technology developed specifically for the needs of small and informal businesses to a platform with the scale and reach to extend those innovations across global markets.

Finia built its AI underwriting capabilities to serve micro-businesses with limited financial data and owners with little or no formal credit history. The venture-backed fintech developed new ways to assess creditworthiness and applied them to offer financial products including credit cards and installment loans.

“I’m excited about the path ahead with PayJoy,” said Uri Pomerantz, founder and CEO of Finia AI. “We’ve spent years building AI underwriting and financial products to serve micro-businesses in Latin America that traditional lenders too often overlook. PayJoy’s global reach creates an opportunity to scale our technology and everything we’ve learned alongside one of the strongest teams in fintech. We share a commitment to improving customers’ financial well-being, and this transaction opens a new chapter in that work.”

“Finia has developed valuable technology and deep insights that can help address one of the fundamental challenges in financial inclusion: how to assess creditworthiness when traditional financial data is limited,” said Jose Luis Gonzalez, Head of Growth for PayJoy Mexico. “Bringing these capabilities to PayJoy will strengthen our platform, enhance how we assess risk, and broaden our product offerings. We see a meaningful opportunity to extend the impact of Finia’s work across the markets we serve.”

PayJoy and Finia AI are also partnering to help eligible Finia customers access PayJoy’s loans and other financial products. Interested customers can apply at https://go.payjoy.com/finia_leads, subject to PayJoy’s eligibility requirements and approval.

About Finia AI

Finia AI, Inc. develops AI-powered underwriting and financial products designed to expand access to credit for micro-businesses. The company has served tens of thousands of micro-businesses across Mexico, including small and informal businesses, through credit cards and installment loans tailored to their needs. Finia AI’s investors include Deciens Capital, Precursor Ventures, and Clocktower Technology Ventures, alongside venture funds and angel investors across the United States and Mexico.

About PayJoy

PayJoy expands credit access across emerging markets through point-of-sale financing and card offerings. Its proprietary secured-credit technology enables first-time borrowers to responsibly build financial stability and participate fully in the modern economy. Through its cutting-edge machine learning, data science, and anti-fraud AI, PayJoy has financed over $3.5 billion of loans with over 20 million people and employs over 1,000 people worldwide. For more information, visit https://www.payjoy.com/.

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