FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
AAG | September 29, 2022
Great Place to Work® and Fortune have honored American Advisors Group (AAG) as one of the 2022 Best Workplaces in Financial Services & Insurance™. Earning a spot means that AAG is one of the best companies to work for in the country.
The Best Workplaces in Financial Services & Insurance award is based on analysis of survey responses from more than over 176,000 employees from Great Place to Work-Certified™ companies in the financial services and insurance industry
"It's an honor to be named a Great Place to Work and we are so grateful for our dedicated employees who have made us a part of this list, AAG is truly a very special place, where we do extraordinary things for seniors, so they can achieve a better retirement."
-Rebecca Pacillas, AAG Chief People Officer
AAG is committed to building its Caring, Driven, and Ethical culture through employee engagement, competitive compensation, and professional development. AAG recently launched One AAG, an internal sharing initiative focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion. One AAG invites its employees to share their real stories and experiences through internal company newsletters and discussion panels to create a space where diverse perspectives, cultures, and values are celebrated.
In 2022, AAG was endorsed for multiple corporate accolades including Best Workplace for Millennials. AAG was also recognized by Inspiring Workplaces and awarded Arizona Top Workplaces in 2022.
AAG is headquartered in Irvine California.
About the Best Workplaces in Financial Services & Insurance™
Great Place to Work® selected the Best Workplaces for Financial Services & Insurance™ by gathering and analyzing confidential survey responses from more than 176,000 employees from Great Place to Work-Certified™ companies in the financial services and insurance industry. Company rankings are derived from 75 employee experience questions within the Great Place to Work® Trust Index™ survey. Great Place to Work determines its lists using its proprietary For All™ methodology to evaluate and certify thousands of organizations in America's largest ongoing annual workforce study, based on over 1 million survey responses and data from companies representing more than 6.1 million employees, this year alone. Read the full methodology.
About Great Place to Work®
Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture. Since 1992, they have surveyed more than 100 million employees worldwide and used those deep insights to define what makes a great workplace: trust. Their employee survey platform empowers leaders with the feedback, real-time reporting and insights they need to make data-driven people decisions. Everything they do is driven by the mission to build a better world by helping every organization become a great place to work For All™.
About AAG
AAG is dedicated to helping older Americans find new ways to fund a better retirement through the responsible use of home equity. As the nation's leader in reverse mortgage lending, AAG offers a suite of home equity solutions including Home Equity Conversion Mortgages, traditional and proprietary mortgages — that are designed to give seniors a better financial outcome in retirement. AAG is a proud member of the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA).
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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
PNC | September 27, 2022
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. today announced it has acquired Linga, a point of sale (POS) and payments solutions firm providing an industry-leading, cloud-based restaurant operating system. The acquisition of Linga and its technology will further expand PNC's digital resources and enhance the bank's capabilities to better serve its hospitality and restaurant industry clients.
"This acquisition reflects our continued commitment to expanding our corporate payments capabilities, as well as investing in the solutions and tools our clients need to run their businesses more effectively, Leveraging Linga's proprietary solutions and PNC's competitive treasury management platform, we will be able to provide our restaurant and retail clients with the tools they need to keep up with ever-changing consumer expectations."
- Emma Loftus, executive vice president and head of PNC Treasury Management
Founded in 2004, Linga developed its restaurant operating system, Linga rOS®, which was the first all-in-one, cloud-based operating system introduced to the marketplace. Today, Linga remains an industry-leading provider across the hospitality industry, offering restaurateurs, retailers and others a way to leverage technology to streamline their operations, increase revenue and improve customer experiences. Over the years, Linga has added new functionalities to its operating system to support the needs of today's business owner, including online ordering, payments, QR code-based menus, and virtual kiosks, among others. The company currently serves clients in 48 countries and as of today, will be seamlessly integrated into PNC's existing digital solutions ecosystem.
We believe this is an exciting opportunity to continue to grow our business and support our existing channel partners and clients, and to do so with a company that shares our vision of delivering innovative and high-quality solutions, As we've worked with PNC over the last several years, we've had incredible success with our combined payments capabilities and we look forward to continuing this strategic collaboration as we move forward together,said Onur Haytac, founder and CEO of Linga.
Linga will retain its founder and CEO, Onur Haytac, its existing management team, and U.S. and Canada-based employees, and will continue to operate out of Naples, Fla., and Toronto. Linga will continue to manage its portfolio of channel partners and clients.
About Linga
Linga is an industry-leading point of sale (POS) and payments solutions company offering a cloud-based, platform-as-a-service solution for the hospitality industry, specifically restaurants. Founded in 2004, Linga was the first processor agnostic, cloud-based POS system designed specifically for the hospitality industry, and remains one of the most sophisticated restaurant operating systems on the market. The Linga cloud-based platform is completely customizable and includes user-friendly functionalities such as online ordering, payments, QR code-based menus and virtual kiosks, among others.
About PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. is one of the largest diversified financial services institutions in the United States, organized around its customers and communities for strong relationships and local delivery of retail and business banking including a full range of lending products; specialized services for corporations and government entities, including corporate banking, real estate finance and asset-based lending; wealth management and asset management.
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Sun Life | September 26, 2022
Sun Life has been named a Top Workplace by the Hartford Courant for the third year in a row, a recognition based on employee surveys conducted by Energage, as well as information about Sun Life's employee programs and benefits.
"We believe in creating a workplace that fosters support, flexibility, collaboration and camaraderie, no matter where an individual employee might be based, Our employees have continued to show commitment to and passion for their work, and it brings us pride to know they have responded favorably to surveys that result in Sun Life receiving this recognition in Hartford."
-Dan Fishbein, M.D., president of Sun Life U.S.
In early 2023, Sun Life's Connecticut office will be moving into downtown Hartford's "Gold Building." The new office space is currently under renovation to reflect Sun Life's Future of Work approach, which prioritizes group collaboration spaces, state-of-the-art design, and technology solutions that make virtual and in-person work more seamless and efficient – while also giving employees the choice of whether to work from an office or home each day. Sun Life will continue leveraging the talented pool of professionals in and around Hartford and other offices, as well as virtual talent throughout the U.S.
During the pandemic and beyond, Sun Life has emphasized flexibility, encouraging employees to step away from their at-home workstations and prioritize work/life balance. With caring support as a core part of Sun Life's culture, employee engagement has reached its highest levels in the last few years and continues to thrive.
When you support employees and prioritize their wellness, they deliver above and beyond, We believe in a workplace where everyone can be their authentic selves and truly belong. Through our Inclusion Networks, discussion forums, introspective work, and building a caring, empowered culture, we have made sustainable progress toward a more inclusive and diverse workplace,said Tammi Wortham, senior vice president of Human Resources at Sun Life U.S.
Sun Life has also received the Top Workplaces U.S.A. recognition for two consecutive years, and has been named a Top Workplace by the Boston Globe for four consecutive years, making the top ten for the region's largest companies in 2020 and 2021. The company has also received recognitions as a top place to work from Forbes, Ingram's Business Magazine in Kansas City and the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index, as well as recognitions for its paid leave program from Bloomberg and the National Partnership for Women and Families.
Sun Life launched expanded paid family and medical leave in 2020, offering generous paid leave for all employees, whether they are welcoming a new child, recovering from a health issue, or taking care of a loved one, including chosen family. Employees have shared stories of taking leave without the stress of job concerns, and the positive impact it has had on their families and their health. Sun Life also offers a sabbatical program that gives employees an opportunity to disconnect and spend time on personal and/or professional growth.
Sun Life's Future of Work approach also includes new ways of addressing issues around diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I). Formed in 2020, Allies Acting for Change (AAC) is a group of Sun Life employees that serve as an extension of the leadership team, assess business practices and recommend actions to make lasting progress on DE&I at the company. AAC's work has resulted in more inclusive hiring and retention practices, including the implementation of "stay" conversations, and coaching and development for Black and other professionals of color.
About Sun Life
Sun Life is a leading international financial services organization providing asset management, wealth, insurance and health solutions to individual and institutional Clients. Sun Life has operations in a number of markets worldwide, including Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, India, China, Australia, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia and Bermuda. As of June 30, 2022, Sun Life had total assets under management of C$1.26 trillion.
Sun Life Financial Inc. trades on the Toronto (TSX), New York (NYSE) and Philippine (PSE) stock exchanges under the ticker symbol SLF.
In the United States, Sun Life is one of the largest group benefits providers, serving more than 55,000 employers in small, medium and large workplaces across the country. Sun Life's broad portfolio of insurance products and services in the U.S. includes disability, absence management, life, dental, vision, voluntary and medical stop-loss. Sun Life and its affiliates in asset management businesses in the U.S. employ approximately 8,000 people. Group insurance policies are issued by Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (Wellesley Hills, Mass.), except in New York, where policies are issued by Sun Life and Health Insurance Company.
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