TORONTO, Oct. 14, 2026 /CNW/ — Platform Financial is pleased to announce its expansion into Alberta, marking a significant milestone in the firm’s continued growth across Canada. As part of this expansion, the firm has appointed Brad Malazdrewicz as Managing Partner, Alberta, and Blaise Morin, as Director, Insurance Solutions, further strengthening Platform Financials’ ability to deliver comprehensive planning and advisory services to clients nationwide.

Brad Malazdrewicz joins Platform Financial with extensive experience in financial services leadership, business development, and advisor growth. Based in Calgary, Brad will lead Platform Financials’ Alberta operations, supporting the firm’s expanding advisor network and driving growth initiatives throughout the province. His appointment reinforces Platform Financials’ commitment to building a strong presence in Western Canada while maintaining its advisor-first approach.

In addition to its Alberta expansion, Platform Financial is pleased to welcome Blaise Morin, CFP, CLU, as Director, Insurance Solutions.

Blaise brings more than 20 years of experience in the financial services and insurance industry, with a specialized focus on insurance planning, estate preservation, and advisor support. Throughout his career, he has worked closely with business owners, professionals, affluent families, and their advisors to develop sophisticated insurance strategies integrated with broader wealth, tax, and estate planning objectives. His extensive experience includes leading insurance teams, supporting advanced case design, and implementing customized solutions for complex client needs.

As Director, Insurance Solutions, Blaise will support advanced insurance planning initiatives and help deliver customized solutions for business owners, professionals, families, and affluent clients across Canada. His expertise in insurance design, estate preservation, and advisor collaboration further enhances Platform Financial’s ability to provide integrated planning solutions that address clients’ evolving financial needs.

“Our expansion into Alberta represents an exciting new chapter for Platform Financial,” said Matthew Francis, President of Platform Financial. “Brad’s leadership and deep understanding of the advisor landscape make him the ideal person to lead our Alberta operations. At the same time, Blaise’s extensive insurance experience and track record supporting high-net-worth clients significantly strengthens our national capabilities. Together, these appointments reflect our commitment to providing advisors and clients with best-in-class support and sophisticated planning solutions across Canada.”

The addition of Brad and Blaise underscores Platform Financial’s ongoing commitment to attracting exceptional talent, expanding its national footprint, and delivering comprehensive insurance, wealth, tax, estate, and succession planning services under one roof. As the firm continues to grow, Platform Financial remains focused on helping Canadian families, professionals, and business owners achieve their long-term financial goals.

About Platform Financial

Platform Financial is a Canadian advisory firm specializing in life insurance, estate planning, and wealth preservation strategies for affluent individuals, families, business owners, and professionals. Through a collaborative and client-focused approach, Platform Financial provides customized solutions designed to protect wealth, support long-term financial objectives, and create lasting value for clients and their families.

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VIENNA, Oct. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — On October 13, at the Net5.5G Intelligent IP Network Summit during UBBF 2026, John Cai, Vice President of Huawei’s Data Communication Product Line, delivered a keynote speech, highlighting AI as a definitive opportunity in an uncertain future. He noted that the widespread deployment of the NG WAN Solution marks the full-scale commercialization of NG WAN. He stated that Huawei hopes to collaborate with industry stakeholders to continuously fortify a secure, resilient foundation and drive shared growth in the AI era.

Security & Resilience: Multi-Layered Defense

Huawei’s NG WAN Solution builds a multi-layered security system spanning device, link, and service layers. At the device layer, Huawei’s innovative RDR solution—powered by independent Threat Protection Units (TPUs) and a multimodal behavior expert algorithm—runs isolated from the router OS to detect over 95% of threats and trace APTs within minutes. On the data plane, Huawei’s proprietary NP and intelligent flow identification algorithm achieve 1:1 traffic inspection, detecting attacks in seconds and reducing DDoS risks by 90%. During over three months of use with a leading Chinese carrier, TPUs have thwarted 324 attacks from eight countries.

At the link layer, the PQC algorithm is supported on all Huawei devices in all scenarios, boosting encryption performance by 40%. The industry’s first built-in QKD solution enables three-channel integration, slashing network construction costs by 60% and breaking the 80 km transmission distance limit. Recently, Huawei and a carrier in Macao unveiled the world’s first quantum-secured target network, driving a 50% surge in private line revenue.

At the service layer, “1+4” defense-in-depth reduces border DDoS attack response from 1 minute to under 5 seconds. It improves unknown threat detection by 15%, achieves a 100% ransomware detection rate, and shortens threat handling to under 30 minutes via the CT-SOC.

Lossless Computing Efficiency: Unleashing Token Productivity

As AI increasingly advances into core business, intelligent computing is hyper-sensitive to packet loss—a mere 0.1% loss can slash computing efficiency by up to 55%. Huawei’s NG WAN Solution leverages AI Fabric to strengthen compute through network enhancements: The simplified two-layer multi-plane architecture expands network scale fourfold while reducing hardware usage by 30%. Network-wide NPLB achieves 98% link utilization and lifts training and inference performance by over 7%. For computing-network synergy, the Starnet lossless algorithm achieves zero packet loss for transmission over 1,000 km with more than 96% remote computing efficiency. This enables carriers to deliver a local-like experience, accelerating ToB monetization. The solution was deployed by a Chinese carrier to support a healthcare project, slashing hospital computing costs by 30% while driving a fivefold surge in private line ARPU.

Network Autonomy: AN L4 in Four Scenarios

Huawei’s “One Map, One Brain” autonomous network architecture achieves AN L4 across fault handling, network changes, network optimization, and security protection. Closed-loop automation is achieved for network changes spanning configuration verification, simulation, and comparison. Security protection enables intrusion detection, attack tracing, and one-click blocking within minutes.
Huawei has helped multiple carriers achieve AN L4, with a South African carrier becoming the world’s first to reach this level of autonomy on an IP network.

Over 60 carriers worldwide have deployed the NG WAN Solution. Through continuous innovation in lossless computing efficiency, multi-layered security, and network autonomy, the solution shifts carriers’ AI strategies from efficiency optimization to value creation, solidifying a secure, resilient network foundation for the AI era.

Looking ahead, Huawei will work with industry partners to expedite the global adoption of the NG WAN Solution, helping build secure, resilient, intelligent, and efficient next-generation bearer networks to drive carrier growth in the AI era.

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WYALUSING, Pa., Oct. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Peoples Ltd. (OTC: PPLL) OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of regulated markets for trading 12,000 U.S. and international securities, today announced Peoples, Ltd. (OTCQX: PPLL), the holding company for PS Bank, has qualified to trade on the OTCQX® Best Market. Peoples, Ltd. upgraded to OTCQX from the OTCID™ Basic Market.

Peoples, Ltd. begins trading today on OTCQX under the symbol “PPLL.” U.S. investors can find current financial disclosure and Real-Time Level 2 quotes for the company on www.otcmarkets.com.

Graduating to the OTCQX Market marks an important milestone for community banks in the U.S. public markets. The OTCQX Market enables banks to maximize the value of being a public company by providing transparent trading and easy access to company information for shareholders. To qualify for OTCQX, community banks must meet high financial standards, follow best practice corporate governance, and demonstrate compliance with applicable securities laws.

“Joining the OTCQX Market is an exciting next step for Peoples Ltd. as we continue to grow and connect with investors. This move supports our focus on creating lasting value for our shareholders while staying true to the community banking values and financial stability that have guided us for generations” said Anthony J. Gabello, President & Chief Executive Officer.

About Peoples, Ltd.

The Company provides a full range of basic financial services to individuals, small businesses and corporate customers through offices in Bradford, Lackawanna, Sullivan, Wyoming, and Susquehanna counties of Pennsylvania.

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