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Candescent positioned as a SPARK Leader and the Only Emerging Innovator in the QKS Group SPARK Matrix(TM): Digital Banking Platform, 2026. ACCESS Newswire 16 Jul 2026, 21:21 GMT+10 Candescent's Recognition as the Category's Only Emerging Innovator Validates its Intelligent Banking Strategy and Signals Where the Market is Heading ATLANTA, GA / ACCESS Newswire / July 16, 2026 / Candescent, defining the era of Intelligent Banking for banks and credit unions, today announced it has been named a SPARK Leader and the only provider recognized as an Emerging Innovator in the QKS Group SPARK Matrix(TM): Digital Banking Platform, 2026. The recognition affirms Candescent's innovation momentum as the company leads the shift to Intelligent Banking. The QKS Group SPARK Matrix(TM) provides a comprehensive, research-based evaluation of digital banking platform providers, giving financial institutions a clear view of vendor capabilities, competitive position, and market direction. Placement as a SPARK Leader recognizes Candescent's standing among the top providers in the digital banking platform market, while its distinction as the only Emerging Innovator highlights the company's differentiated trajectory and its role in advancing the category. For more than a decade, the industry's focus has been making banking digital. Candescent is defining and driving what comes next: Intelligent Banking, where unified experiences and AI-powered, real-time intelligence move customers and members from access to understanding, helping them know not just what happened, but what to do next. That vision took center stage at AXIS 2026, Candescent's premier client and partner conference, where the company unveiled a coordinated wave of innovation across its Intelligent Banking Platform. Announcements included Votiv, a reimagined mobile experience built on proactive intelligence; Votiv for Business, a connected operating platform unifying onboarding, payments, servicing, and intelligence for businesses of every size; the Candescent Marketplace; and Forge, the company's developer experience platform. Together, these launches bring Intelligent Banking to life across consumer banking, business banking, and the partner and developer ecosystem, making clear that the era of Intelligent Banking is not coming - it is here. 'Candescent has moved quickly to differentiate itself in the digital banking platform market with a cohesive Intelligent Banking strategy, strong technology foundation, and clear product roadmap,' said Akhilesh Vundavalli, Principal Analyst at QKS Group. 'Its recognition as both a SPARK Leader and the only Emerging Innovator reflects the company's momentum in advancing more intelligent, connected, and extensible banking experiences for financial institutions.' 'The industry spent well over a decade making banking digital. Our focus now is making it intelligent,' said Jason Edelboim, CEO of Candescent. 'Being named a SPARK Leader and the only Emerging Innovator reflects the progress we are driving. We are bringing our technology, teams, and clients together around a unified platform with real-time intelligence embedded across the experiences banks and credit unions rely on every day. This recognition reinforces the direction we are leading, in partnership with our clients, as we shape where banking goes next.' The SPARK Matrix recognition follows Candescent's recent naming as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: North America Retail Digital Banking Solutions 2025-2026 Vendor Assessment. Candescent serves more than 1,300 banks and credit unions representing more than 30 million registered users. This continued recognition highlights both the company's established market position and the innovation trajectory of its Intelligent Banking Platform. By leading the shift to Intelligent Banking, Candescent is helping financial institutions create lasting value through smarter ecosystems, deeper customer insight, and experiences that strengthen every relationship. About Candescent Candescent is defining the era of Intelligent Banking for banks and credit unions. Through its cloud-native Intelligent Banking Platform, Candescent enables institutions to unify data, channels, and real-time intelligence to deliver differentiated experiences, accelerate growth, and deepen customer and member relationships across account opening, consumer and business banking, and digital and branch experiences. Candescent serves more than 1,300 banks and credit unions representing more than 30 million registered users. For more information, visit www.candescent.com. About QKS Group QKS Group is a global analyst and advisory firm helping enterprises, technology vendors, and investors make trusted, data-driven decisions. Its portfolio spans the flagship SPARK Matrix(TM) evaluation framework, SPARK Plus(TM) analyst advisory platform, QKS Intelligence(TM) for market and competitive tracking, and QKS Community(TM) for CXO leaders and practitioners. All offerings are powered by a Human-Intelligence-driven framework and QKS's closed-loop research methodology - integrating expert-led insights, quantitative modeling, and continuous validation to deliver credible, outcome-focused intelligence. Media contact:

Candescent taps former iCIMS CEO to drive AI banking evolution. By PYMNTS | June 23, 2026 Candescent has named former iCIMS CEO Jason Edelboim as CEO, succeeding Brendan Tansill, who will step down to pursue other endeavors. Edelboim, who has built and scaled artificial intelligence-powered software business, will accelerate innovation across the Candescent Intelligent Banking Platform, which is used by more than 1,300 banks and credit unions, the company said in a Monday (June 22) press release. "Jason is the right leader at the right moment," Ramzi Musallam, CEO and managing partner of Veritas Capital, parent company of Candescent, said in the release. "Candescent has established itself as the leader in Intelligent Banking, and Jason's proven ability to scale enterprise software and AI-enabled platforms positions the company to extend that lead." At iCIMS, Edelboim led the company's transformation into an AI platform for talent acquisition. Before that, he served as president and chief operating officer of Dataminr, an AI platform for real-time event, threat and risk intelligence, according to the release. "Banking is moving from digital to intelligent, and Candescent is at the forefront of this shift," Edelboim said in the release. "The winners will be the institutions, and the platforms, that move with speed, trust and intelligence. I joined Candescent because it has the platform, scale and conviction to define this next era for banks and credit unions." Candescent was the digital banking unit of NCR Voyix until it was sold to Veritas Capital in September 2024, became a privately owned company and rebranded as Candescent. Tansill became CEO of Candescent at that time after serving as president, digital banking at NCR Voyix from January 2024 through September 2024, according to his LinkedIn profile. During April, Candescent launched an all-new mobile banking experience called Votiv, added new Intelligent Business Banking capabilities to the Candescent Intelligent Banking Platform, introduced new capabilities to its curated FinTech ecosystem called Candescent Marketplace, and launched a developer experience called Forge that helps financial institutions and FinTech partners build and scale on the Candescent Intelligent Banking Platform. When announcing the launch of Forge, Candescent Vice President of Developer Experience Kranti Talluri said: "Over time, we believe building on the platform should help developers move from idea to working capability as naturally as they describe what they want to create."

Candescent names Jason Edelboim CEO to accelerate the shift to Intelligent Banking. June 22, 2026 6:37 AM Gift Article ATLANTA, GA / ACCESS Newswire / June 22, 2026 / Candescent, defining the era of Intelligent Banking for banks and credit unions, today announced the appointment of Jason Edelboim as Chief Executive Officer. Edelboim, a proven operator who has built and scaled AI-powered software businesses, succeeds Brendan Tansill, who will step down to pursue other endeavors. Edelboim's appointment comes as the banking industry reaches an inflection point in its shift from digital to intelligent, a transition Candescent is leading. As CEO, Edelboim will accelerate innovation across the Candescent Intelligent Banking Platform, deepening the real-time intelligence that helps more than 1,300 banks and credit unions anticipate, guide, and act on the needs of their customers and members. He brings nearly two decades of experience driving product innovation, operational discipline, and durable growth across AI, data, and enterprise software businesses, most recently as CEO of iCIMS. "Banking is moving from digital to intelligent, and Candescent is at the forefront of this shift," said Edelboim. "The winners will be the institutions, and the platforms, that move with speed, trust, and intelligence. I joined Candescent because it has the platform, scale, and conviction to define this next era for banks and credit unions. I've spent my career building AI products that deliver real results, and I'm excited to do that with the Candescent team at scale. I want to thank Brendan for his contributions in establishing Candescent as a standalone business and setting the organization up for continued success." "Jason is the right leader at the right moment," said Ramzi Musallam, CEO and Managing Partner of Veritas Capital. "Candescent has established itself as the leader in Intelligent Banking, and Jason's proven ability to scale enterprise software and AI-enabled platforms positions the company to extend that lead." Most recently, Edelboim served as CEO of iCIMS, where he led the company's transformation from a market-leading product into a category-defining AI platform for talent acquisition, uniting powerful, responsible AI with enterprise-grade technology to help organizations modernize hiring at scale. Prior to iCIMS, Edelboim served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Dataminr, a leading AI platform for real-time event, threat, and risk intelligence. He previously held senior leadership roles at Cision and PR Newswire. Today, Candescent is well established as the market's leading Intelligent Banking platform, with differentiated capabilities, strong momentum, and a clear path for continued growth. About Candescent Candescent is defining the era of Intelligent Banking for banks and credit unions. Through its cloud-native Intelligent Banking Platform, Candescent enables institutions to unify data, channels, and real-time intelligence to deliver differentiated experiences, accelerate growth, and deepen customer and member relationships across account opening, consumer and business banking, and digital and branch experiences. Candescent serves more than 1,300 banks and credit unions representing over 30 million registered users. For more information, visit www.candescent.com. Candescent Media Contact Carly Martinetti [email protected] 978-996-2078