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NICE Actimize, a NICE (NASDAQ: NICE) business, has been ranked #8 in the inaugural Chartis Research RiskTech AI50 Report, which assessed 50 top vendors in risk management. The report evaluated their AI capabilities across various domains. NICE Actimize also received three category awards for its AI-specific solution expertise:

• Use of AI in AML and transaction monitoring
• Use of AI in communication and control
• Use of AI for customer service

This recognition highlights NICE Actimize's leadership in AI-powered financial crime solutions and its commitment to innovation in risk management technology.

NICE and Karpel Solutions have announced a technology partnership to digitally transform the criminal justice process for prosecutors. The integration of NICE Justice digital evidence management solution and PROSECUTORByKarpel (PbK) case management software aims to streamline workflows and increase efficiency for prosecutors by:

• Automating the ingestion, organization, and correlation of evidence into digital case files in the cloud
• Consolidating all evidence into a single pane of glass
• Eliminating manual processes associated with managing digital evidence
• Synchronizing digital evidence and data across both systems bi-directionally in real-time

The integration also leverages NICE Justice's AI and automation capabilities for managing digital evidence, including automated case building, face/object detection, and video/audio transcription.

NICE Actimize, a NICE (NASDAQ: NICE) business, has been recognized as a Leader in Enterprise Fraud Management by Forrester Research in their Q2 2024 Wave report. The company received the highest possible scores in several criteria, including:

• Machine learning based risk scoring and alerting
• Productized and in-house models
• Queue management
• Channels
• Reporting
• Scale

Forrester highlighted NICE's investment in AI for fraud detection and prediction, praising their typology-based scoring, entity risk scoring, and innovations in generative AI-based transaction trajectory models. The report also commended NICE's strong machine learning capabilities, segmentation management, and out-of-the-box models for transaction risk scoring across various channels.

NICE announced that Open Network Exchange (ONE), a travel industry business solutions provider, has transformed its CX strategy using NICE Enlighten AI. ONE implemented Enlighten AI for Customer Satisfaction, Enlighten AI for Sales Effectiveness, and Enlighten XO to enhance its existing CXone solution. This AI-driven approach has led to significant improvements:

• 5% monthly decrease in score disputes
• 95% CSAT
• 76% deflection of payment call volume through self-service options

The implementation has saved supervisors five hours per week previously spent on manual call scoring. ONE has also added CXone Expert and Enlighten Autopilot to further improve guest experiences and self-service containment.

NICE (NASDAQ: NICE) reported strong Q2 2024 results with total revenue growth of 14% year-over-year to $664.4 million, driven by 26% cloud revenue growth to $481.7 million. The company's non-GAAP operating income increased 19% to $201.7 million, with a 30.4% operating margin. Non-GAAP diluted EPS grew 24% to $2.64.

Highlights include:

• Operating cash flow of $170 million, up 160% year-over-year
• Share repurchases of $146 million in Q2
• Raised full-year 2024 EPS guidance
• Record quarter for CXone bookings

NICE expects Q3 2024 non-GAAP revenues between $676-686 million and full-year 2024 revenues of $2,715-2,735 million, representing 15% growth at the midpoint.

NICE (NASDAQ: NICE) has announced the appointment of Scott Russell as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2025. Russell will succeed Barak Eilam, who is retiring after more than 10 years as CEO and 25 years at NICE. Russell brings over 25 years of experience in the enterprise software sector, most recently serving as a member of SAP's Executive Board and Global Chief Revenue Officer. He has led customer success initiatives, including global sales and partnerships, responsible for $31 billion in revenues.

The Board of Directors, led by Chairman David Kostman, expressed confidence in Russell's ability to lead NICE through its next growth phase, leveraging his extensive experience in adjacent markets and global leadership. Eilam will continue as CEO until the end of 2024 and assist with the transition into 2025.

NICE Actimize, a NICE (NASDAQ: NICE) business, has won the 'Best e-Comms Surveillance Solution' category in the 2024 RegTech Insight Awards Europe. The award recognizes their cloud-based SURVEIL-X Communication Surveillance solution, which offers comprehensive coverage for all communication modalities including email, chat, video, and voice. Key features include natural language understanding, built-in transcription, contextual querying, and integrated case management. The solution aims to help financial firms meet regulatory pressures for accurate and effective communication monitoring to detect and prevent misconduct. NICE Actimize's win was determined by online votes from the RegTech Insight community and verified by A-Team Group editors and advisory board.

NICE (Nasdaq: NICE) has been named a Leader and Star Performer in Everest Group's 2024 Conversational AI Products PEAK Matrix® Assessment. The company scored high on both 'Vision and Capability' and 'Market Impact' axes. Everest Group praised NICE's Enlighten Actions for enabling natural language data interaction and highlighted the company's advanced conversational features such as omnichannel contextual memory and multiple intent detection.

NICE's strengths in conversational AI are evident across its Enlighten solutions, including Enlighten Copilot for AI-powered agent assistance, Enlighten Autopilot for intelligent self-service, and Enlighten Actions for conversational data interaction. The assessment also noted NICE's ability to import interaction transcripts from various sources to automatically discover intents and create new workflows.

NICE Actimize, a NICE (NASDAQ: NICE) business, has been awarded honors for 'Excellence in Innovation in Anti-Fraud/Security Solutions' by Global Banking & Finance Review for the third consecutive year. The 2024 Global Banking & Finance Awards® recognized NICE Actimize in three categories: Anti-Fraud/Security Solutions for Europe, Asia Pacific, and North America.

NICE Actimize's Integrated Fraud Management (IFM) platform offers critical differentiators, including recent advancements in artificial intelligence and unique collective intelligence capabilities. The enhanced IFM is the first solution to deliver AI pervasively across all fraud prevention processes, from detection and strategy to investigations and operations, providing unprecedented fraud detection accuracy and efficiency.