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Product Innovations at Unanet Champions 2025 Leverage AI to Help Customers Achieve Unprecedented Efficiency and Business Development Success

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GovCons and AEC firms attended annual user conference to gain best practices for streamlining processes and generating new business

DULLES, Va., May 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Unanet, the leading provider of growth, productivity, compliance, and operations solutions for the government contracting (GovCon) and architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry unveiled new product innovations and essential research at its annual user conference, Champions 2025, which took place in Atlanta last week. More than 1,000 attendees and dozens of sponsors and partners came together to collect best practices, network, and connect with Unanet experts to maximize their project-based ERP and CRM solutions and achieve greater business success.

At the conference, Unanet shared a variety of new product innovations – many of which leverage artificial intelligence (AI) – and are designed to help customers win more business and execute it more efficiently. The new innovations include:

GovIntel provides actionable intelligence to growing GovCons seeking new business and partner opportunities by integrating over 80 million federal records with AI-powered scoring and summaries, task automation, notifications, and agency and vendor profiles to enable teams to assess, pursue, and win more contracts.OpportuneAI helps GovCon and AEC firms make smarter early stage go/no-go decisions by surfacing AI-powered insights on client history, past performance, available resources, and competition—right inside Unanet CRM. It reduces wasted effort on low-probability pursuits and ensures teams focus on the work they’re most likely to win. Purpose-built for the way GovCon and AEC firms pursue new business, OpportuneAI brings strategy to the start of every pursuit.Unanet ProposalAI is a secure, AI-powered solution that helps GovCon and AEC firms generate high-quality first draft proposals up to 70% faster. By automating RFP analysis, content creation, and compliance checks, it empowers teams to pursue more work without sacrificing quality. Purpose-built for the GovCon and AEC industries, Unanet ProposalAI turns firm expertise into polished, winning proposals that drive growth.Spend Management is a modern expense solution that helps GovCon and AEC firms control spending, reduce risk, and improve profitability. Through a partnership and integration with Mesh, it offers proactive spend controls, automated approvals, real-time tracking, and integrated corporate cards, empowering firms to manage spending with less effort and more control.AP Automation has undergone major enhancements to further help companies manage their accounting operations more efficiently than ever before. Using advanced AI capabilities, vendor invoices can be scanned and processed via email and automatically routed to accounting for payments. Customers also gain real-time visibility and control, and faster month-end closings.

“Our customers came to Champions for real support during what is becoming a turbulent time for businesses everywhere,” said Steve Karp, Chief Innovation Officer, Unanet. “We listened, collaborated, and most importantly, delivered solutions that will help them actively manage their businesses for success. Whether it’s identifying, pursuing and winning more business using our CRM growth suite solutions, or more effectively managing existing projects for maximum efficiency, our goal is to help all our customers succeed. Innovation coupled with unsurpassed customer support are how we make that happen.”

In addition to launching new product enhancements at Champions, Unanet released its 2025 AEC Inspire Report. This primary research unveils insights into the challenges, solutions and industry dynamics faced by hundreds of AEC executives. This year, the AEC Inspire Report reveals that AEC firms are most concerned with talent, business development, and resource management, areas where Unanet’s new AI-enabled solutions can help ease their strain.

“Champions is more than a user conference. It’s a celebration of peers, friends, and colleagues who all have one mission: to do great work,” continued Karp. “We were thrilled to be working side-by-side with our customers to help them gain even greater business advantages with Unanet.”

About Unanet
Unanet is a leading provider of project-based ERP and CRM solutions purpose-built for government contractors, architecture, engineering, construction, and professional services. More than 4,000 project-driven organizations depend on Unanet to turn their information into actionable insights, drive better decision-making, maintain regulatory compliance, and accelerate business growth. All backed by a people-centered team invested in the success of your projects, people, and financials. For more information, visit www.unanet.com.

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Hexagon Composites ASA: Eirik Løhre appointed permanent CFO

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OSLO, Norway, May 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement dated 11 November 2025, where Eirik Løhre was appointed interim CFO in Hexagon Composites.

The Company is pleased to inform that Eirik Løhre has been appointed permanently to the role of CFO in Hexagon Composites, effective today.

Eirik Løhre has been with the Company since 2021 and prior to his role as interim CFO, he served as EVP Corporate Development on the Executive Team.  

“Eirik has demonstrated strong financial leadership and execution, and he has been instrumental in strengthening our financial performance. I look forward to continuing our work together to develop and position Hexagon in this next phase of growth,” said Philipp Schramm, CEO, Hexagon Composites. 

For more information:
Berit-Cathrin Høyvik, Senior Director, Communications, Hexagon Composites
Tel: +47 988 92 161, berit-cathrin.hoyvik@hexagongroup.com

About Hexagon Composites ASA
Hexagon delivers safe and innovative solutions for a cleaner energy future. Our solutions enable storage, transportation and conversion to clean energy in a wide range of mobility and industrial applications. Learn more at www.hexagongroup.com and follow @HexagonASA on LinkedIn.

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LONGPORT Whale Enters Malaysian Market with Next Generation Trading Infrastructure for Local Brokerages

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LONGPORT Whale, with proven track record across 100+ institutional clients in Asia, makes its Malaysia debut at Bursa Malaysia Stockbroking Trade Fair 2026

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — LONGPORT Whale, a provider of AI-Ready securities trading infrastructure, is making its entry into the Malaysian market at the Bursa Malaysia Stockbroking Trade Fair 2026. The move comes as Malaysia’s Capital Market Masterplan 2026–2030 (CMP4) continues to hone in on local brokerages to modernise core systems, balancing investor experience, regulatory compliance, and operational resilience simultaneously.

Malaysian brokerages are increasingly confronted by a challenge that goes beyond front-end upgrades. Legacy architectures struggle to keep pace with digital-native investor expectations, rising cybersecurity standards, and the demand for multi-market expansion simultaneously. For many such brokerages, the question is no longer whether to modernize, but how to do so without adding complexity or disrupting the business continuity that clients depend on.

Zhong Hua, CEO, LONGPORT Whale, said, “Core trading infrastructure must support continuous evolution — in investor experience, compliance, and AI readiness — without adding unnecessary complexity. The brokerages that lead the next decade won’t be the ones with the best system today; they’ll be the ones whose systems are designed to keep getting better. LONGPORT Whale aims to bring its Asia-proven experience to help Malaysian brokers strike that balance.”

Built on a cloud-native microservices architecture and trusted by more than 100 institutional clients in Asia, Whale’s platform is engineered by industry professionals and refined through years of first-hand operational experience. For the Malaysian market, it addresses four priorities: a best-in-class trading experience validated across competitive, highly regulated markets in Asia; system resilience and performance built for institutional scale, with high system performance and output, real time risk management, and low system latency; global market connectivity spanning Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong SAR, US, and Japan without requiring system rebuilds; and an API-first, data-unified architecture that gives brokerages a practical foundation for AI adoption.

Hong Kong SAR and Singapore, where Whale serves online brokers, traditional banking firms, banks and wealth management institutes in a stringent regulatory environment, serve as the primary reference market for its Malaysia expansion. The company said it aims to work with local industry participants as both an infrastructure partner and a contributor to broader conversation on responsible modernization under CMP4.

About LONGPORT Whale

LONGPORT Whale provides integrated securities trading infrastructure to brokers, banks, fund houses, wealth managers, and family offices across Asia. Its cloud-native platform supports multi-market, multi-asset trading across front-, middle-, and back-office workflows, with a deployment model designed for regulatory alignment and long-term scalability. Website: www.longportwhale.com

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Thunes and Vodacom Tanzania Unite to Power Cross-Border M-Pesa Payments Across China and Uganda

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Collaboration revolutionises trade & financial convenience for Tanzanian merchants and consumers

SINGAPORE, May 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Thunes, the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world, has joined forces with Vodacom Tanzania, the country’s leading telco company, to transform cross-border trade and digital financial inclusion with Vodacom’s new M-Pesa Global Payment solution. Thanks to the collaboration, Vodacom customers in Tanzania can now seamlessly pay merchants in Uganda and China directly from their mobile phones.

This milestone solution responds to growing demand from Tanzanian traders who engage in commerce with Ugandan and Chinese markets but often face challenges with costly, slow, and insecure payment methods. With this innovation, leveraging the Thunes Direct Global Network, Vodacom aims to bridge those gaps, offering secure, real-time digital payments across borders and reinforcing its leadership in mobile money innovation in Africa.

The solution supports trade with two key markets for Tanzania. For eight consecutive years, China has been Tanzania’s largest trading partner, with bilateral trade hitting $8.8 billion in 2024. In the same year, bilateral trade between Tanzania and Uganda reached approximately $2.23 billion, an increase of 64% on the previous year.

Epimack Mbeteni, M-Pesa Director at Vodacom Tanzania said: “This is more than just a payment feature, it is a catalyst for economic empowerment and a gateway for small and medium businesses and entrepreneurs in Tanzania to compete and thrive in regional and global markets. Through Thunes’ expansive and trusted Network we are enabling seamless, secure, and affordable cross-border payments that empower people, fuel trade and place M-Pesa at the center of Africa’s digital commerce future.”

Through Thunes’ Direct Global Network, customers can now send payments to merchants in Uganda using MTN MoMo and to Chinese merchants through the Alipay network, all through the M-Pesa USSD menu or the M-Pesa Super App. The process is secure, user-friendly, and eliminates the burden of traditional banking barriers for everyday traders and businesses.

Dawei Wang, SVP Network at Thunes, added: “Vodacom Tanzania joining the Thunes Direct Global Network to digitise cross-border payments is a game changer for local businesses. By combining Vodacom’s technology with Thunes’ trusted and proprietary Network, Tanzanian customers can pay partners in China and Uganda in real time. This innovation accelerates interoperability along with international trade and business growth and supports our vision of connecting the next billion end users to the global economy.”

This initiative stands as a strategic enabler for consumers and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) who need reliable and quick financial tools such as mobile money. A 2025 GeoPoll survey on Tanzania Financial Services and Usage found that 94% of the survey’s respondents use mobile money.

The Thunes and Vodacom Tanzania alliance is set to transform the lives of millions of consumers by dismantling cross-border barriers. By hyper-connecting Tanzania to global powerhouses like China and streamlining intra-African trade, the collaboration is helping to build an inclusive economy and grow Tanzania’s role as a force in the global market.

About Vodacom Tanzania

For more information, visit: https://www.vodacom.co.tz/

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For more information, visit: https://www.thunes.com/

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