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Strongpoint Partners Expands Partner Services Team with Investments in Sales, Operations, and Marketing Infrastructure

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New additions reinforce Strongpoint’s commitment to building the infrastructure its partner firms need to grow in their local markets, serving a rapidly expanding advisor and employer client base across a coast-to-coast network Strongpoint Partners (“Strongpoint”), a tech-enabled retirement services platform serving small- to mid-sized businesses with integrated retirement third-party administration, recordkeeping, payroll, and HR solutions, announced a series of additions to its Partner Services team spanning sales, operations, strategic partnerships, marketing, and events. The hires extend the sales organization buildout announced earlier this summer and broadens the commercial infrastructure supporting Strongpoint’s 24 partner firms nationwide. The announcement includes the addition of Mindy O’Connor as Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, Darius Setna as Business Development Representative, Allison Broussely and Meosha Bates as Marketing Engagem...

Convera and JustLogin Partner to Enable Cross-Border Payroll and Payments Across Singapore and Southeast Asia

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Partnership brings regulated, multi-currency payments into everyday HR workflows, supporting companies as they scale teams, payroll and operations Convera , a global leader in commercial payments, and JustLogin, an AI-Powered Singapore-based human resource cloud platform operating for the last 26 years, announced a partnership that brings embedded cross-border payroll and business payment capabilities directly into the HR workflows. The partnership is designed to support companies operating and expanding across Singapore and Southeast Asia where hiring, managing and paying teams across multiple countries and currencies is now a prerequisite for regional growth. Through the integration, JustLogin customers will be able to initiate payroll and employee-related payments in up to 16 currencies from within the JustLogin platform, while Convera manages the underlying cross-border payment execution. The result: faster salary disbursement, improved visibility, and reduced operational co...

Self-Learning HRtech: Building Workforce Systems That Improve From Every Employee Interaction

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Traditional HRtech has been built mostly around predictable processes. Employee data is held in structured profiles, workflows are set up based on pre-defined rules, engagement is measured through periodic surveys and HR teams manually adjust processes as per organizational requirements. This has helped businesses to take key HR functions to a digital format. But it can become restrictive when the conditions of the workforce are constantly changing. Today’s employees don’t work in static environments. Expectations around flexibility, career development, learning, communication, recognition, and workplace support can change fast. Work patterns are also evolving as organizations move to hybrid models, distributed teams, automation, AI-enabled tools and project-based collaboration. At the same time, employees are gaining new skills, moving between roles and taking on responsibilities that may not have existed when their HR profiles were first created. This creates a gap between the pace...

UKG Named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Workforce Management (WFM) Technology

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Key Points: UKG is now a Leader in both the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Workforce Management report and 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant for HCM Suites for 1,000+ Employee Enterprises report UKG’s Workforce Operating Platform connects workforce intelligence with real-time execution, helping organizations respond to changing frontline conditions across people and operations More than 80,000 organizations in 150+ countries use UKG to reduce frontline workforce complexity UKG® , the AI-first Workforce Operating Platform for HR, payroll, and workforce management, has been named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Workforce Management report for its ability to execute and completeness of vision. This follows UKG’s recent position as Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud HCM report . UKG is defining the future of workforce operations with a system of action grounded in the realities of the fast-changing nature of frontline work. Catch more HRTe...

Alliant Insurance Services Welcomes Jennifer Bryson to Texas Employee Benefits Team

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Veteran consultant has extensive experience in employee benefits, client development, and large-employer solutions Jennifer Bryson has joined Alliant Insurance Services as Senior Vice President within its Employee Benefits Group, based in Dallas, Texas. She will work with employers to develop strategic health and welfare solutions while building long-term relationships and connecting clients with the resources needed to address evolving benefits challenges. Catch more HRTech Insights:  HRTech Interview with Emma Lavelle, Chief Operating Officer, UneeQ “Jennifer has an outstanding ability to understand what clients need and then bring together the right people and resources to deliver meaningful results,” said Kevin Overbey, President, Alliant Employee Benefits. “Her strong relationships, strategic approach, and commitment to client service will bring tremendous value to our team and the employers we serve.” Bryson brings more than 20 years of experience in employee benefits,...