Day: September 20, 2021

Becky Newman to support Company’s infrastructure to meet growing global demand for WRAP’s BolaWrap® and Wrap Reality™Becky NewmanLeading International Customer Relations at WRAP Technologies (Nasdaq: WRAP)TEMPE, Ariz., Sept. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Wrap Technologies, Inc. (the “Company” or “WRAP”) (Nasdaq: WRAP), a global leader in innovative public safety technologies and services, announced the appointment of Becky Newman as its Vice President of International Customer Relations. Becky will report to Tom Smith, the Company’s CEO and will be responsible for establishing and supporting customers worldwide as WRAP continues to see increased demand for its pre-escalation and apprehension tool, the BolaWrap® Remote Restraint technology and Wrap Reality™ virtual reality training system. “We are excited to welcome...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., Sept. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sotherly Hotels Inc. (NASDAQ: SOHO) (the “Company”) today announced that its operating partnership, Sotherly Hotels LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership” and, together with the Company, “we”, “us” and “our”), has commenced an underwritten public offering of its senior unsecured notes (the “Notes”), subject to market and other conditions. The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Company. The Operating Partnership expects to grant to the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 15% of the Notes being offered to cover over-allotments, if any, at the public offering price. The Operating Partnership has applied to list the Notes on the NASDAQ® Global Market under the symbol “SOHOL.” The Operating Partnership intends...

PGCConboyDiane Conboy, Senior Managing Director, Market President, Peapack-Gladstone BankBedminster, NJ, Sept. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NewMediaWire — Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation (NASDAQ Global Select Market:  PGC) and Peapack-Gladstone Bank announce the appointment of Diane Conboy, Senior Managing Director, Market President.  Operating out of the Bank’s newest private banking location in Red Bank, New Jersey, she will lead a team of commercial private bankers, providing high-touch, personal client service, along with wealth and deposit solutions for Commercial and Industrial (C&I) businesses throughout Monmouth and Ocean Counties.  With 35 years of financial services experience focused on C&I lending and new business development, Ms. Conboy previously served as Senior Relationship...

LAS VEGAS, Sept. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via InvestorWire – Asia Broadband Inc. (OTC: AABB) (“AABB” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that the Company has reached the final stages of development in preparation for the soon to be launched proprietary cryptocurrency exchange (the “Exchange”) within the AABB Wallet. With over 14,000 AABB Wallet user downloads and 260,000 lines of development code written, the size and scope of the Exchange project has grown tremendously over the past several months. Many new features and capabilities have been added to expand functionality, usability, module additions and market penetration including the web version, Spanish language version and a new Exchange website. Therefore, the Exchange will be launched in a staged implementation roll-out over the coming weeks. AABB management and...

TORONTO, Sept. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BWR Exploration Inc. (TSX.V: BWR) (“BWR” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce receipt of assays regarding four exploratory drill holes completed earlier this summer (see press release dated August 11, 2021) on its wholly-owned Vendôme Sud Property, located in the Abitibi Region of Northern Quebec, approximately 30 km. north of Val d’Or. The recent drill program by BWR was designed to investigate and confirm historical nickel and copper mineralization at various locations on the property. The program confirmed nickel and copper mineralization of sufficient grade that warrants further exploration. The best assay interval of 6.75m averaging 0.59% copper and 0.56% nickel at a vertical depth of about 50 metres was encountered in the first hole. BWR is currently planning a follow-up exploration...

NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Virtu Financial, Inc. (Nasdaq:VIRT), a leading provider of financial services and products that leverages cutting-edge technology to deliver innovative, transparent and multi-asset trading solutions to its clients and liquidity to the global markets, today announced that Virtu CEO, Douglas A. Cifu, will participate in a fireside chat at the upcoming Rosenblatt Securities 14th Annual Global Exchange Leader Conference. This virtual event will be held on Thursday, September 23, 2021 and the fireside chat will start at 9:30 am ET. More details available at http://ir.virtu.com. The Global Exchange Leader Conference gathers senior executives from exchange groups, asset managers, market makers, proprietary-trading firms, broker-dealers and regulatory bodies for a day of spirited debate and lively...

MCLEAN, Va., Sept. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released an analysis showing that appraisal values are more likely to fall below the contracted sale price of a home in census tracts with a higher share of Black and Latino households, resulting in an appraisal gap. The extent of that gap increases as the percentage of Black and Latino individuals in the census tract increases. The research is based on 12 million appraisals for purchase transactions submitted to Freddie Mac between 2015 and 2020 through the Uniform Collateral Data Portal. “An appraisal falling below the contracted sale price may allow a buyer to renegotiate with a seller, but it could also mean families might miss out on the full wealth-building benefits of homeownership or may be unable to get the financing needed to achieve the American...

NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Logiq, Inc. (NEO: LGIQ) (OTCQX: LGIQ), a global provider of award-winning e-commerce and fintech solutions, has entered into a preliminary agreement with Novaji Introserve, a value-added IT and financial services company based in Lagos, to provide home delivery and mobile financial services to millions of unbanked and underbanked people in Nigeria. As a government-licensed value-added services and fintech provider, Novaji would deploy Logiq’s GoLogiq and PayLogiq platforms to offer home delivery services, mobile digital wallet and point of sale, micro-lending, and other mobile fintech products and services. As part of the first phase of the engagement, Logiq is working with Novaji’s business and technology teams to determine product and feature offerings, as well as the necessary integrations...

CARLSBAD, Calif., Sept. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Aurora Spine Corporation (“Aurora Spine” or the “Company”) (TSXV: ASG) (OTCQB: ASAPF), a designer and manufacturer of innovative medical devices that improve spinal surgery outcomes, today announced that it has closed its previously announced private placement of the Company’s common shares (or common share equivalents) (a “Common Share” and, collectively, the “Common Shares”) and warrants to purchase common shares (“Common Warrants“) to institutional investors for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of C$6,508,139.40 (the “Private Placement“). Pursuant to the Private Placement, the Company has issued 11,220,930 Common Shares and Common Warrants to purchase up to 8,415,697 Common Shares at a combined purchase price of C$0.58 per Common Share and associated...